All Multi-Asset articles
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White papersGlobal Fixed Income Macroeconomic And Sector Views: Q1 2021
Commentary from Franklin Templeton Fixed Income.
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Podcast: Looking back and looking forward
The past year has delivered a rollercoaster of uncertainty, and it’s not over yet. Next year will likely bring a continued equity rotation and a challenging environment for bond investors. Ewout van Schaick shares his investing resolutions for 2021.
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Podcast: Brave new central banking world
Central banks’ monetary policy options are becoming more limited but they still have some options left. Fiscal support has become a far more important tool for getting the economy back on track. Vaccine news will keep markets upbeat but policy support remains important for the longer term.
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Secular Forces Are Carving New Paths for Active Investing
The coronavirus has accelerated and redirected long‐term trends.
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A look ahead to 2021: fiscal policy-makers will also need to deliver vaccine
Mass vaccinations starting in Q2 could facilitate gradual normalization of economic life. The strength of the recovery will depend on policy support. We are positive on equities, Eurozone periphery bonds, IG credits, energy, metals.
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Podcast: Looking ahead to a 2021 recovery
Vaccine access and fiscal policy will be crucial to economic recovery in 2021. Recovery is likely to favour riskier asset classes; sectors hardest hit by crisis may rebound faster. Sustainability is gaining traction as an investment theme and will play a key role in 2021.
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What will business operations look like in a post-pandemic world?
Covid-19 has exposed the cracks in supply chains and highlighted the need for business flexibility. Diversification or localisation of supply chains could be the key to long-term resilience. Intelligent automation could be the next disruption.
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How will our changing consumption habits alter the world around us?
The Covid-19 pandemic has irreversibly altered our consumption habits and our lifestyles. Entire industries will need to reinvent themselves in order to survive. The rise of corporate citizenship could spur a wave of genuine social progressiveness.
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The case for flexible multi-credit investing
First Class Yield Opportunities responds to changing fixed income market conditions. Diversification reduces the exposure to idiosyncratic risk. Strategies include a lower-risk variant.
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The Four U.S. Election Scenarios with Erik Knutzen
As we approach the 2020 U.S. election and its upcoming result, Erik Knutzen, CIO—Multi-Asset Class, dives into the possible scenarios and discusses the economic implications of what could happen with each hypothetical outcome.
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The growth of multi-asset investing
Multi-asset investing has grown dramatically in popularity during the last decade. Together with passive investing, it is currently one of the fastest-growing segments of the global asset management business.
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Podcast: Looking through the uncertainty
US elections and hopes of fiscal stimulus are driving global markets. Markets are becoming optimistic about a Democratic sweep and a big fiscal package. We opt for a cautious stance and close our overweight in Italian government bonds.
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Bracing for Winter, Looking Forward to Spring
“Anticipation of much lower levels of uncertainty in 12 months’ time—paired with the after-effects of unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus, the potential for another fiscal boost to come, and the Federal Reserve’s new, more dovish policy framework—feed into this quarter’s changes to our asset class views.”
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Where to next? - Embracing global real estate in the era of COVID-19
Real estate is an important part of any multi-asset portfolio. Going global rather than sticking to the domestic market can be highly beneficial for investors, though they must consider strategy carefully and actively manage risk.
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Podcast: Tech stocks still have room to grow
Markets hit by renewed volatility amid President Trump’s virus diagnosis. Positive vaccine news, better macro data could presage rotation away from Covid winners towards traditional cyclicals. Cloud-exposed tech stocks still offer attractive long-term growth trajectory.
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Asset allocation: a round trip in our equity exposure
As volatility rears its head and headwinds begin to blow, risky assets take a pause. We prefer credits over equities.
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Market review: a volatile month for risky assets amid rising uncertainty
A correction in tech stocks, a sharp increase in coronavirus infections and growing political uncertainties made for a volatile month for risky assets.
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Beyond coronavirus: the future of the corporate world
The Covid-19 crisis continues to reshape the realities of our daily lives and the world around us. A path back to “normal” is becoming harder and harder to envision. Companies, governments and individuals are grappling with transformative changes that have put new and unexpected trends in motion in virtually every industry.
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Market Talk Podcast
In our Market Talk podcast series, our investment experts tackle ongoing developments and the most pressing issues of the day. Tune in to find out what’s happening in the world and what it could mean for your portfolio.
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Risk budgeting and trade sizing: why they matter to multi-asset portfolio construction
In the current environment of heightened uncertainty, managing a multi-asset portfolio has rarely looked as complex as it does today, especially for those investors looking for an appropriate governance model on which to take investment decisions.The issue is not only to make accurate market forecasts and formulate appropriate investment views, but also to construct an efficient portfolio based on these views within a given risk budget.
