All Strategies articles – Page 13
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White papersIndex investing and Dr. Frankenstein’s creation
Something changes when the benchmark takes on a life of its own.
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White papersInfrastructure Debt: A Strategic Anchor in a Shifting Landscape
Infrastructure debt is evolving into a cornerstone of institutional portfolios. Barings explores how macro trends, financing shifts, and investor innovation are reshaping the market and unlocking long-term value.
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White papersECB strategy review: The investment implications
A cursory glance at the European Central Bank’s (ECB) 2025 monetary policy strategy assessment shows no major changes to its last review four years earlier – something which should, in the main, comfort investors. However, a deeper dive into the document and the surrounding macroeconomic backdrop reveals it to be - in our view at least - an ECB strategy policy overhaul, rather than a technical fine-tuning exercise.
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White papersDivergence calls for diversification: Asia’s investors look to Europe
Over more than a decade, many Asian countries have looked beyond their own borders for long-term investment opportunities, with significant amounts of capital being directed towards the US. This year we note that Asian investors are increasingly aiming at rebalancing their portfolios, with European assets deemed as an attractive alternative.
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White papersMuni market: embracing challenge to create opportunity
The municipal bond market is approaching a compelling inflection point. While headlines focus on yield curves and historical comparisons, a deeper narrative is emerging — one of resilience, strategic opportunity and potential reward for forward-thinking investors.
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White papersThe factors driving Eurozone investment potential to the next level
The world is changing, and investors need to have a clear view of how, and what that means for Europe.
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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 papersBond markets fret over rising budget deficits
An uncertain economic backdrop continues to push up long-term government bond yields in comparison to short-term rates.
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WebinarAutumn: A Season of Change? Navigating Economic Winds
During this webinar, our experts Vincent Mortier, Group Chief Investment Officer, and Monica Defend, Head of Amundi Investment Institute & Chief Strategist, shared insights on navigating economic changes in autumn, moderated by Swaha Pattanaik, Head of Publishing and Digital Strategy at Amundi Investment Institute.
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White papersReconciling Prime Market and Fund-level Returns
The strong long-term correlation between our usual European prime market returns and European fund-level returns provides a solid basis for testing whether we can use prime market returns to project fund returns.
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PodcastThe ABCs of Asset-Based Credit
Asset-based credit is reshaping the private credit landscape, offering investors new ways to diversify portfolios with the potential to capture higher yields amid market volatility. As banks pull back from certain lending markets and consumer behaviors evolve, asset-based credit stands out for its short duration, high yield, and low correlation to corporate credit.
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White papersImproving Fixed Income Portfolio Resilience with Leveraged Loans
We discuss key considerations for investors allocating to leveraged loans, and explain how loans may serve as powerful diversifiers to most other fixed income sectors. Included are assessments of recent performance and current loan fundamentals, as well as strategic asset allocation considerations.
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White papersWhy now? The case for European high yield
As investors reassess their fixed income allocations, we believe the European high yield (HY) market is emerging as a compelling opportunity. European HY has matured into a robust and diversified asset class, offering attractive risk-adjusted returns and strategic diversification benefits.
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White papersPrivate Debt at a Turning Point: Risks and Opportunities as the Industry Scales up
Private Debt typically offers higher yields than public credit, partly due to the illiquidity premium investors receive for committing capital to less liquid loans, as well as a complexity premium for the expertise required to access, source and structure these loans.
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White papersCan AI continue to power U.S. exceptionalism?
As AI demand drives technology stocks to record highs, investors question whether extraordinary capital spending will deliver sustainable returns and if the Magnificent 7’s market dominance can continue. Discover why U.S. tech leadership may face new challenges, how market concentration creates both opportunities and risks, and what the competitive threat from emerging markets like China means for long-term investment strategy.
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White papersSub-Saharan Africa: The Resurgence
Over the last decade, private capital investors have focused almost exclusively on the developed world, particularly the US. As these markets become increasingly saturated with capital, leading to falling lending standards and returns, it is time for private investors to look further afield. One region which has been overlooked by private credit allocators is Sub-Saharan Africa, a vast region of 48 countries which has a host of positive tailwinds that we believe make it an exciting proposition.
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White papersIs global high yield a short duration market now?
Over the duration, duration has declined.
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White papersWhich indices have surprised on the upside?
As summer season in the northern hemisphere begins to wrap up, we take a rollcall of the indices that have outdone themselves so far this year.
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PodcastInfrastructure Debt: From Opaque to Opportunity
Orhan Sarayli, Head of North America for Barings’ Global Infrastructure Debt group joins Streaming Income to discuss the evolving opportunity in infrastructure debt.
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White papers5 leadership lessons from top CEOs
Culture eats strategy for breakfast, according to management guru Peter Drucker.
