All Global articles – Page 6
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit, H1 2025
In our latest report, the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit team provide an overview of how engagement has driven change in the first six months of the year.
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White papersSpectrum: A quiet revolution
Innovation and evolution are at the heart of our MDT quant strategies. Our latest Spectrum report examines how the team uses machine learning, novel factors and decision trees to gain an edge.
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PodcastTalking Heads – Flexibility in global bonds with absolute return
James McAlevey, Head of Global Aggregate and Absolute Return explains how his team applies the flexibility of an absolute return approach to generate returns regardless of the overall environment in bond markets.
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White papersAI, cloud computing see data markets mature
Principal Asset Management’s Matt Hackman and Sebastian Dooley see data centres emerge as in-demand asset as a matter of function and investment
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White papersFrom niche to core: Asset-based finance emerges as a driving force as private debt markets continue to evolve
Asset-based finance is capturing the attention of institutional investors – from pension schemes to insurers – thanks to its diverse risk-return drivers and its growing role as a strategic building block in investors’ portfolios.
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White papersCapturing the European Risk Premia Dislocation
When the facts change, we change our minds. The ‘liberation day’ sell-off increased the value proposition of non-U.S. markets, particularly in Europe and Asia. This is no longer the case.
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White papersWhat is the next chapter for the dollar?
Structural tailwinds that have supported the US dollar over the past three years appear to be fading: global growth is converging, the US Federal Reserve has started to cut rates, and the European Central Bank is set to hike.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - October 2025
US bond yields have declined over the past couple of months, and gold has touched records levels. Global and US equities have also reached new highs on the back of expectations of continued economic strength in the US, the monetary easing cycle, earnings resilience, and AI-led momentum. We see an inherent contradiction here, but agree with the monetary easing aspect. The contradiction arises from the view that if the Fed implements rate cuts mainly to address a slowing economy, then the effects of a slowing economy should already be evident in weak labour markets, consumption, and eventually in corporate earnings.
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White papersA balancing act: how can sustainably managed forests offer investment opportunities while protecting forestland and safeguarding biodiversity?
While the notions of natural capital and nature-based solutions are spreading amongst the investment community, the initial focus has been on a forest’s ability to sequester and store carbon. When it comes to forests as a solution to the biodiversity crisis, very few investors new to forestry investing know what sustainable forest management endeavours to achieve, and why it can indeed be one of the answers to safeguarding biodiversity.
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White papersNavigating volatility: The rise of Cboe Credit Index Futures in a transforming bond market
In an era defined by macroeconomic uncertainty and digital transformation, credit futures are revolutionizing how investors manage risk and access liquidity. Cboe® Credit Index Futures were designed to mirror the liquidity and structure of popular credit ETFs and have seen record adoption in recent years. This growth reflects a broader transformation in how investors manage credit exposure, hedge risk and optimize capital allocation.
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White papersBeyond emerging markets: unlocking benefits of frontier local currency debt
Frontier local currency debt is among the most overlooked corners of the global fixed income market, yet it offers a rare mix of diversification, yield, and - contrary to popular belief - relatively low volatility. Building on the familiar case for emerging market debt, frontier markets take investors a step further into smaller, less crowded economies that remain far off the radar of most global allocators. Few are better positioned for this challenge than Aktia’s Emerging Markets team, which has been managing the Aktia EM Frontier Bond+ strategy for nearly a decade.
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White papersEMD report. The end of exorbitant privilege?
The shift in U.S. trade policy under the new administration has exposed deep structural issues in developed markets (DM). While initial fears of a collapse in asset flows were exaggerated, the long-term fundamentals are shifting. Post-global financial crisis, DM governments absorbed private sector debt, creating a cycle of easy money and rising public debt. The pandemic intensified this trend, pushing debt-to-GDP ratios beyond national income in many DM countries.
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White papersEvolving Energy Transition, Evolving Opportunities
BlackRock’s insights on an evolving energy transition and related investment opportunities
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White papersReframing China: Why It’s Time to Rethink China Exposure as “AllChina”
For decades, global investors have treated China as a fragmented market: Mainland China as emerging, Hong Kong as developed, and Macau as too small to matter. This divide reflected the 1997 “one country, two systems” framework that granted Hong Kong a high degree of autonomy. But that separation is increasingly obsolete.
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White papersHigher yields signal fiscal considerations may be back in the spotlight
Rising long-term bond yields reflect growing investor focus on fiscal sustainability, as elevated government debt and deficits re-enter the spotlight and drive cross-market volatility beyond central bank policy shifts.
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White papersMIM Short Duration Commentary Q3 2025
MetLife Investment Management’s Q3 2025 Short Duration Quarterly Commentary provides an informed look at how shifting macro and sector trends shaped short-term fixed income strategies.
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White papersMulti-Asset Investing Comes to the Fore
The economy and risk assets seem to be telling a conflicting story. In this environment, we believe there’s no better time to be taking a multi-asset approach to investing.
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White papersGold is on track for a strong year
Gold prices set new record highs recently above $3,700 per ounce and are on track to deliver returns above 40% this year, the strongest yearly performance since 1980. This stellar performance follows already strong gains in 2023 and 2024, and compares with the long-term average annual return of around 6.0%.
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White papersGlobal SMID Equity Engagement Report: A focus on responsible AI
This report outlines why – in light of the rapid developments in AI and the early-stage adoption across industry – we have chosen to purposefully scale up our AI-related engagement efforts with a range of companies, particularly in the software space.
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White papersThe end of exorbitant privilege? EMD report Q3 2025
Fast-developing economies are transforming global markets.
