All Multi-Asset articles
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White papersEmerging from Behind the Scenes: Finding Income Further Afield
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.
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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.
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White papersThe Future of Asset Management: The Macro Imperative
This note outlines an outlook for the asset management industry rooted in our view of the macro investment environment, which suggests that asset owners may need to reexamine their strategic allocations. A higher equilibrium level of inflation, high valuation multiples and less available diversification are not bearish per se, but they do prompt a need to change portfolio design, with the need to protect long-term purchasing power at its heart.
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PodcastPivot Points: Rediscovering Europe, Japan and Emerging Markets
Amid shifting global market currents, investors are reassessing where the most compelling opportunities lie beyond the US. Shifts in earnings trajectories, valuation dispersion, and evolving policy signals are reshaping the risk-reward across regions and asset classes, prompting a fresh look at how to balance exposures.
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White papersClass of ’25: 5 things I asked about you
Ever wondered what drives the people behind the portfolios? In this feature we pull back the professional curtain to reveal the personalities and philosophies of investors and leaders at M&G Investments. Pull up a chair and get some popcorn as we meet the minds behind the money!
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White papersQuarterly Equities and Multi Asset Outlook – Q4 2025
The recent flurry of AI deals, creating increasing interdependencies among some of the world’s largest AI players, is bringing back memories of the dot.com bubble. The key question in investors’ minds is whether we are now facing an AI bubble. The second derivative of the same question is whether we have reached a peak in equity markets overall, after a remarkable run. In our opinion, as is often the case, the answer’s not straightforward.
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PodcastPlaying the Long Game: A Tale of Time and Investment
Have you ever wondered how investment professionals navigate the complexities of forecasting asset returns and constructing robust portfolios in an uncertain world? In this insightful conversation, Alla Harmsworth from AllianceBernstein delves into the intricacies of long-term asset allocation, emphasizing the importance of humility in forecasting and the need for thoughtful portfolio construction.
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White papersRebalancing Risk, Repositioning for Opportunities
After a couple of remarkably resilient quarters for the global economy and markets, the Asset Allocation Committee (AAC) maintains confidence in its overall medium-term outlook for growth and risk assets in parallel with applying more targeted exposure across asset classes and regions.
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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 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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PodcastRate Expectations: Reading the Macro Tea Leaves and Why it’s Critical for Income Investors
How can investors navigate the complexities of today’s economic environment while maintaining a long-term perspective? Sandra Rhouma, AllianceBernstein’s European economist, emphasizes the importance of maintaining a calm and steady approach to economic forecasting that sifts through the noise and is focused on the global economy’s long-term trajectory.
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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 papersIn the public versus private debate, who’s winning?
Private markets have increasingly captured investor attention over recent years. However, public markets still dominate most portfolios. Here, the chief investment officers (CIOs) of M&G Investments debate the merits and drawbacks from choosing one over the other.
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White papersThe Search for Goldilocks
Moving into the final quarter of the year, investors face a series of questions around key macroeconomic variables that will define the growth and risk asset outlook for 2026, and hope that the balance will get things “just right.”
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White papersGlobal Investment Views - September 2025
US equities touched new highs in August and European markets traded close to their March levels, while corporate credit spreads compressed over the summer. Sentiment was led by expectations for AI capital expenditure, a strong US earnings season, and a relatively dovish Fed at Jackson Hole. Markets seems to be ignoring the risks around economic activity (e.g., labour markets), political pressure on the Fed, fiscal deficits, and corporate margins.
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White papersSmooth sailing? Don’t get caught in the cross currents
The full impact of tariffs is not yet clear, but investors’ resilience to crises looks to be challenged. In this CIO Note, Fabiana Fedeli, CIO Equities, Multi Asset and Sustainability, emphasises the importance of focusing on the ‘micro’ when the macro backdrop is uncertain. In a market where return dispersion is growing, Fabiana suggests granular stock selection is key to identifying the winners and taking advantage of idiosyncratic opportunities.
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White papersThe Power of Embracing Competing Ideas
This year’s recommendation for vacation reading is a fascinating exploration of the sources of rising political polarization in the U.S. and how it can be addressed.
