All Multi-Asset articles
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White papersCross Asset Investment Strategy - October 2026
Topic of the Month - US midterm elections: fiscal gridlock on the horizon?
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White papersInvesting, reimagined: Rethinking the building blocks of a portfolio
At UBS’s Unified Global Alternatives (UGA), we cater to growing client demand for multi-alternative solutions. So what are these solutions, and why are they becoming increasingly prominent in client portfolios?
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White papersAsset Allocation Outlook 4Q 2026: Repricing Risk, Recalibrating Exposure
The Asset Allocation Committee enters the fourth quarter moving to a more cautious near-term stance while maintaining a broadly constructive posture on risk assets. Higher long-end rates and the beginning of a modest rate hike cycle prompts risk adjustment at the margins.
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White papersThe New Era of Income Investing
How to design income portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds.
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White papersUnlocking AI’s Advantages in Investing: How Asset Managers Can Create Lasting Benefits for Clients
AI is becoming ubiquitous in asset management, but adoption alone won’t create an edge. Lasting value will come from a clear strategy that connects AI tools with proprietary data, disciplined workflows, human judgment and strong governance. Firms that use AI to strengthen research, sharpen decision-making and build more capable investors will be best placed to turn the technology’s promise into better insights and portfolio outcomes for clients.
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White papersThe next phase of EM: AI, resilience and selective opportunities
Pulse on EM is UBS Asset Management’s regular emerging-market insights series, featuring expert views on EM equities, debt and multi-asset opportunities, with on-the-ground perspectives from our global investment teams.
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PodcastEverything Everywhere All at Once: What it Takes to Be a Multi-Asset Investor
Risk, diversification and discipline: Julia Hilgers discusses the strategic foundations of investing for clients.
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White papersThe Red Thread: Disruption 2.0 - 2026 edition
wo years ago, our Disruption edition argued that investors who weren’t thinking about disruption were neglecting their duties. The disruptor-in-chief since then has, of course, been artificial intelligence.
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White papersBonds: Normal for Longer
One of the most common phrases in markets over the past three years has been “higher for longer.” The phrase implies that today’s bond yields are unusually elevated. We think this framing misses a more important point.
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White papersEmerging Markets Have Changed. Should Allocations Follow?
For years, global debt and equity investors have been voting against emerging markets (EM) through their allocation decisions. But today’s EM opportunity set looks very different from the one investors have been avoiding, backed by stronger fundamentals and diverse drivers of return potential.
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White papersOn the Cutting Hedge: Generating Alpha While Managing Risk in the Current Regime
As volatility, correlations, market concentration and geopolitical risk have all risen, asset allocators are increasingly turning to hedge funds for strategic diversification.
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White papersThe Everything Trade
Artificial intelligence (AI) is all-consuming in terms of investors’ attention. Its demand for capital is creating linkages across asset classes that make diversifying AI exposure significantly harder. We are in no way bearish on the AI trade and maintain our positive views on equities and the US. Calling a tactical top would be futile, anyway. However, there is an urgency in constructing portfolios that can be robust to any ebbing of the AI trade.
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White papersEmerging markets investment insights and market outlook: Pulse on EM, August 2026
Pulse on EM is UBS Asset Management’s regular emerging-market insights series, featuring expert views on EM equities, debt and multi-asset opportunities, with on-the-ground perspectives from our global investment teams.
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White papersIran conflict: Diversification at play
“Diversification and selectivity could help navigate a period of increasing scrutiny over policymakers’ credibility and the sustainability of earnings in the AI ecosystem”
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PodcastOuterblue Talks Research - The Lifecycle Remix - How the Glidepath Fits into Retirement Solutions
Retirement investing is changing as individuals take on more responsibility for their long-term outcomes, especially in defined contribution pension plans and personal savings. In this episode of Outerblue Talks Research, host Swaha Pattanaik speaks with Dominic Byrne, Global Head of Retirement Solutions at Amundi, about how lifecycle investing is evolving to include glidepath strategies.
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PodcastReplacing Equity Beta with High-Carry Credit
Trevor Slaven joins the podcast to discuss the rationale for and conclusions of his recent piece, Replacing Equity Beta with High-Carry Credit.
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White papersReplacing Equity Beta with High-Carry Credit
With U.S. equity valuations elevated and fixed income yields attractive, investors may be better served replacing portions of broad equity exposure with high-carry credit over the next three to five years.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - August 2026
July saw tensions flare once again in the Middle East. Markets questioned the feasibility of returning to a ceasefire, pushing Brent oil prices back towards $100. Previously, prices had fallen to pre-war levels due to effective rerouting efforts and a reassessment of supply risks.
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VideoSeeking Steady Income in an Unsteady World
Investors are grappling with how to generate sustainable income in a challenging market environment. De-globalization and trade tensions are driving up inflation and instability, while geopolitical risks and high fiscal deficits are making economies more fragile.
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White papersMulti-Asset Investments Views: You spin me round
The re-escalation of Middle East hostilities has effectively buried the Memorandum of Understanding between the US and Iran.
