All Multi-Asset articles
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Asset Manager NewsMetLife Investment Management and PineBridge Investments
MetLife Investment Management and PineBridge Investments now have more to offer; broader reach, deep insights and specialized capabilities— forming a top-tier global investment platform.
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VideoPortfolio Design as Gesamtkunstwerk: The Total Portfolio Approach
In this video I discuss an increasingly important framework for institutional investing: the Total Portfolio Approach, or TPA which is the subject of our latest paper.
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White papersApplying AI in multi-asset investing: Beyond generative AI
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the investment landscape, but the most meaningful applications in multi-asset investing are not the ones making headlines.
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White papersHarnessing Yield—and Growth—in Multi-Asset Income
Multi-asset investors should use a diversified toolkit to generate income efficiently.
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PodcastConnecting Capital to Opportunity: A conversation with Barings Chairman & CEO, Mike Freno
In this episode of the Streaming Income podcast, Barings Chairman & CEO Mike Freno shares how long‑term partnerships, innovative thinking, and deep global relationships are reshaping the asset management landscape.
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White papersAsset Allocation Committee Outlook: 1Q 2026
The Asset Allocation Committee (AAC) continues to see opportunity in growth and risk assets over the medium term, even as elevated risks and increasingly divergent policy paths make the investment landscape more complex. We believe this environment rewards disciplined, selective risk-taking.
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VideoMulti Asset - Eurozone equities have “more short-term potential”
Diversified multi-asset portfolios look set for attractive returns in 2026. The US continues to benefit from a balanced ‘Goldilocks’ economy with government stimulus bolstering growth. Fiscal expansion also beckons for the eurozone and Japan, creating an overall favourable setting for risky assets.
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White papersStrategic Integration of Private Assets into Multi-Asset Allocations
This study presents a practical framework for sizing private asset allocations and planning capital commitments from the perspective of a Multi-Asset allocator. In today’s evolving investment landscape, private assets have become a crucial element of institutional portfolios, offering distinct advantages such as enhanced diversification, the potential for higher risk-adjusted returns, and lower correlation with traditional public markets. However, integrating illiquid investments into multi-asset portfolios introduces a set of unique challenges that CIOs must navigate carefully.
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White papers2026 Multi-Asset Outlook: Back to Micro
Many believe the economy will slow throughout 2026, with inflation remaining stuck near 3% and a deflating AI bubble keeping U.S. markets lagging others throughout 2026. A bit too much extrapolation, perhaps? We are optimistic that U.S. markets will likely resume their leadership positions in 2026, particularly as AI investment continues.
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White papersMarkets in 2026: Full Speed Ahead—With Eyes Wide Open
When everything seems to be going right, that is precisely when vigilance is needed.
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White papersMulti-Asset 2026 Outlook: Navigating Key Controversies
Active multi-asset strategies should embrace slower growth, monetary easing and a tech-led equity market.
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White papersEurozone Multi-Asset shines in 2025
A 50-50 Eurozone equity and fixed‑income index has delivered only two negative annual returns since 2015, showing how diversification across asset classes and a long-term investment horizon can help overcome volatility. The 2022 exception – when both equities and bonds delivered negative returns – was followed by three years of above-average returns.
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White papersMulti-asset credit investing: A quantitative framework
The credit universe has expanded far beyond government bonds and investment-grade corporates. Today’s investors navigate high yield, leveraged loans, securitized assets, emerging markets debt and private credit, requiring a disciplined approach to capture value across complexity. Discover how a quantitative framework integrating capital market assumptions, risk modeling and optimization can help institutional investors construct portfolios tailored to specific objectives, from matching insurance liabilities to meeting pension obligations.
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PodcastQuality is Queen: Why Investment Grade Bonds are Anything but Boring
Souheir Asba explains why investment grade credit remains a crucial source of stable income in a turbulent world
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White papersAI Capex: It’s Not All or Nothing
Recent AI-related volatility across risk markets mixes signal with noise. The more important task is to recognize that we are in a multiyear buildout and to invest with that sequencing in mind.
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White papersEmerging from Behind the Scenes: Finding Income Further Afield
Can investors tap the potential of developing world debt without taking too much risk? Liz Bakarich says yes.
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White papersThe Federated Hermes 2026 Outlook
For the Federated Hermes 2026 outlooks series, we brought in our three CIOs – in liquidity, fixed income and equities and our head of private markets – as well as key portfolio managers across the business for their sector-specific views.
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PodcastThe Hunt for Efficient Income: Navigating Safe Waters in Yield Investing
Welcome to AB’s Alpha Females, the Multi-Asset Investment Podcast from AllianceBernstein. I’m Karen Watkin and I’m a fund manager in the Multi Asset Solutions team here at AB. The Alpha females are those women who have developed unique areas of expertise and made their mark in the investment industry. For many clients, generating income from their investments is a priority. But market conditions are very different now from those that we’ve had over the past decade’s decade.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - November 2025
Global equities reached all-time highs in October, led by strong momentum in the AI sector in the US, expectations of Fed easing, and positive sentiment around fiscal expansion in Germany. However, a resurgence of the US-China trade spat, concerns over some credit events in the US, and continuing US government shutdown created volatility in risk assets. While the US and China have extended their truce, we’d like to see how effectively this is sustained in the long term.
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PodcastLive Long and Prosper: How to Target a Happy Retirement
Saving for retirement poses increasing challenges in an ever-changing financial landscape. In this episode, Karen Watkin talks with Elena Wang, a Portfolio Manager at AllianceBernstein, who says investors need to adopt a flexible and diversified approach to retirement savings, considering both growth and risk management.
