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Mid-year outlook video – Overweight equities; locking in today’s yields
Equities should see further good returns in the second half of 2024, justifying a continuation of our overweight stance, particularly in the US and for NASDAQ stocks. In Europe, small capitalisation stocks should benefit from the ongoing recovery fuelling consumer demand.
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Investment grade: attractive yields with lower risk profile
The asset class is in a fundamentally good place, with the past few years seeing index yields rise to 5.5% – competing quite well with asset classes such as equities.
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Fund Selector Masterclass - Global Equities
In this Fund Selector Masterclass, expert panellists, including Martin Todd, Portfolio Manager of Sustainable Global Equity at Federated Hermes, is joined by a top fund selector to discuss global equities, where they see opportunities and what’s ahead for H2 2024 and beyond.
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Midyear Equity Outlook Investing Beyond the Megacaps
Nelson Yu: If you told me at the beginning of the year that we were going to go from starting with six interest-rate cuts to now we’re hoping to get one, I would be shocked to say that the equity markets are up 15%.
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Talking Markets – Infrastructure Investing
In this episode of Talking Markets, Fund Manager, Jim Wright, discusses the key trends and themes he is currently seeing across the infrastructure sector, the impact of rising electricity demand in the U.S, politics and infrastructure spending, and the current positioning of the Premier Miton Global Infrastructure Income Fund.
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Diversifying Private Credit Beyond Corporate Risk
Over the past ten years, life insurers have increased allocations to private credit, both as way to hunt for yield in the zero-rate environment as well as to match their long dated liabilities.
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Emerging Markets: Q2 CIO Update:
Chief Investment Officer Sean Taylor provides a Q2 update on what’s driving emerging market growth, a regional outlook on key countries, the impact of the 2024 global election cycle, and why country selection is a key risk control in seeking opportunities.
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The role of natural capital in long-term savings
Our natural capital journey—as the world’s largest investment manager of natural capital assets,* Manulife Investment Management’s Global Head of Institutional Colin Fitzgerald shares how nearly 40 years of experience has refined our understanding of natural capital’s potential for addressing critical environmental challenges, and why these long duration assets are a natural fit for insurance companies and pension funds.
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10 Minute Masterclass—Senior Secured Loans
Senior secured loans offer a unique blend of attractive yield potential with some protection against both credit and interest rate risk. At a high level, senior secured loans have the potential to provide attractive risk-adjusted returns and other portfolio benefits.
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CIO outlook: Is higher volatility on the horizon?
Interest rates won’t come down as quickly as some had hoped, says our CIO, William Davies, but further gains for equities are still possible this year.