All Global articles – Page 5
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Research ReportReal Estate House Views H1 2025
Explore our collection of in-depth outlooks on real estate investing globally.
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White papersDemocracy in decline: the impact on financial markets
World leaders are getting older and global democracy scores are falling. What are the potential outcomes for global markets?
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White papersNavigating listed infrastructure investing and tariffs
Time to “play defense” after an eventful first quarter?
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White papersDiversification in times of uncertain markets
Over the past week, markets have experienced extreme uncertainty caused by US policy gyrations on tariffs. This uncertainty has started to weigh on US assets, including the dollar and US Treasuries. Despite the 90-day pause announced on 9 April, the US average tariff rate remains at a 100-year high, with rising US tariffs on China triggering retaliation from the latter.
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - April 2025
Topic of the month: Navigating trade war turbulence
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White papersThe world turned upside down - Global Market Perspectives, 2Q 2025
Our quarterly investment outlook highlights the themes and investment implications for the period ahead.
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White papersFixed on Bonds: What do tariffs mean for the automotives industry?
Threats of tariffs have been hitting the sector from multiple angles. It is hard to keep up, but this is what we know so far.
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White papersCIO view: an irreversible reversal of globalisation?
“In all the years my career spans, I have been through a very wide range of economic and financial market events that have generated extraordinary moves in the prices of bonds, equities, gold, oil and every other asset class you can think of. However, I cannot recall one that has been as fast-moving, volatile and possibly irrational as what we have been through in 2025 so far.”
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White papersRationalized
Trevor Slaven and Ben Gillingham of Barings’ Multi-Asset Strategy & Allocation team explore how investors can manage risk and capitalize on opportunities in this analysis of the Trump administration’s announced tariffs and their resulting impact on global economies and markets.
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White papersInfrastructure Debt: The Long Game
Helping insurers deliver value to policyholders, shareholders and the world we live in through infrastructure debt.
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White papersResponsible Investment Pension Fund Outlook
The landscape of responsible investment has rapidly evolved in recent years, influenced by stricter regulatory changes, shifting market dynamics, and an increased emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors.
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White papersPension Funds Letter 23 - Bridging the gaps to pension and climate resilience
Warnings over a looming pension crisis occur with increasing regularity. Global populations are not only ageing, they are also shrinking in many regions. The number of workers is declining in Europe and parts of Asia, living costs are rising and wages are stagnating. Set against a backdrop of extraordinary global uncertainty, this demographic transition is putting pressure on retirement systems around the globe.
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White papersWhat do tariffs mean for emerging market debt?
At this point, it is challenging to determine the precise impact of tariffs on EM economic activity as there are too many moving parts, including the possibility of negotiated reductions, retaliatory actions by US trading partners, and fluctuations in the currencies of affected economies. That said, we can look at the current level of tariffs and exports to the US to give us an idea about the portion of EM GDP that is at risk.
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White papersHow are investors responding to the latest wave of tariffs from Donald Trump?
“The news flow is constant and ever changing,” says Premier Miton’s CIO and lead manager of the Diversified fund range Neil Birrell.
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White papersFixed on Bonds: who are the potential winners and losers from Trump tariffs?
In the Premier Miton Fixed Income team’s latest Fixed on Bonds blog post, Premier Miton credit analyst Joe Macland considers some possible impacts on consumer brands and asks fund manager Simon Prior to sum up what this has to do with fixed income investing.
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PodcastOuterblue Talks Research - Seat belts fastened for the global economic rewire
The market roller coaster continues. After riding a wave of optimism in Europe in the wake of the German fiscal bazooka to increase defence spending, the confirmation of US tariffs sent markets suddenly plunging. What will be the economic impact of Trump’s approach to trade and tariffs?
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White papersFixed income at the crossroads of trade and trust
Trade tensions and shifting alliances are shaking investor confidence in 2025. This article explores how fixed income markets are navigating the dual challenges of inflation and geopolitical uncertainty, with a focus on the evolving role of U.S. Treasurys as a global safe haven.
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White papers2025 Global Insurance Survey
In the 14th annual Global Insurance Survey, 405 Chief Investment Officers (CIOs) and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs), representing over $14 trillion in balance sheet assets combined, provide their insights regarding the macroeconomic environment, return expectations, industry capitalization and asset allocation.
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WebinarWhat’s Next for Europe and the World
Against a backdrop of rising geopolitical tensions and a shifting transatlantic relationship, our panel of experts - Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute & Chief Strategist; Amaury D’Orsay, Head of Fixed Income; and Barry Glavin, Head of Equity - share their initial assessments of recent trade tariffs and their implications for the global economy and markets, with a special focus on Europe.
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White papersScaling SDG investing: Partnering to shape the future of outcome measurement
Sustainable Development Investments Asset Owner Platform (SDI AOP) has just released their Outcomes dataset, a new data solution that enables investors to track how investments are contributing to sustainable outcomes over time. We look back at how their work has evolved over the last decade when PGGM initially developed the SDI framework with APG to align investments with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The work has and continues to facilitate greater transparency and comparability among investors.
