All Strategies articles – Page 5
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PodcastThe Colour of Money: Managing Currency Risk in Investing
Currency management is crucial for all investors—but it needs to be done right, says Julia Keating
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White papersExtended Fixed Income: Seeking Returns in Public and Private Debt
In an environment where rates are normalizing and credit spreads are tight, European insurers are seeing a mix of interesting opportunities in emerging markets debt, private credit and securitised products.
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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 papersWhen credit demand follows supply
Corporate issuers are increasingly traversing the global credit markets to optimize their funding strategy. Investors should adopt the same mindset, argue David Mechlin and Eileen Liu.
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White papersMore growth, less heat: January macro and asset class views
Consensus growth forecasts for the US and other advanced economies have been repeatedly revised higher since Liberation Day for both 2025 and 2026. We still think a 2% US GDP forecast for 2026 is too low.
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VideoThe 2026 Global Equity Playbook
Nelson Yu, our Head of Equities, discusses key strategies to help investors address the challenges that lie ahead.
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White papersEmbracing alternatives in a supply-driven world
Evan Brown and Ray Fuller explore how alternatives can help reinforce portfolios, manage risk and capture returns in this new world order.
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White papersThe Bull, the Bear and the Bubble
Many bull markets lead to bubbles, then bears, but the present bull is no bubble…yet.
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White papersQ4 2025 Short Duration Commentary
MetLife Investment Management’s Q4 2025 Short Duration Quarterly Commentary recaps 2025 and shares insights into opportunities and risks for 2026.
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White papersRelative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation Q1 2026
The dispersal of artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies across the economy is creating both optimism and pessimism. Job disruptions caused by the spread of this technology appear to be manifesting in rising youth unemployment, a development that has real social and economic impacts in both the short and long term — both on the workers directly impacted and on their families.
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White papersEquities: Stay Invested, Stay Diversified
Looking back over the past year and ahead to 2026, it feels especially relevant to re-emphasize the importance of staying invested and diversified.
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PodcastMonetary policy resolutions for a new year - Global Investment views by Outerblue Convictions
It’s the time of year to look ahead, reflect back on what has happened, and make resolutions for the coming year. After explaining our market forecasts and investment views for 2026 in last month’s podcast, in this episode we’re focusing more closely on a key factor that drives market movements, monetary policy.
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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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White papersThe Journey of Global Liquidity
Tracking global liquidity is essential because it influences all assets, which has significant implications for portfolio construction. However, analysing global liquidity is complex: while measuring the initial supply is relatively straightforward, understanding how it spreads and multiplies is challenging.
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White papersNetflix and the Credit Implications of an M&A Surge
How could the new wave of high-profile dealmaking affect the investment grade landscape?
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White papersAI’s growing economic footprint: A new era for markets
AI adoption is accelerating productivity and investment, marking a structural shift in market dynamics.
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White papersKey Investment Themes 2026: Our roadmap for the new investment landscape
2025 has seen the global economy hold firm, despite headwinds from the US ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs and concerns over fiscal dominance and the ability of the Federal Reserve to maintain its independence. Most central banks normalised monetary policy while the AI investment boom helped to support growth.
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White papers2026 Fixed income outlook: Structural shifts create strategic opportunities
The global fixed income landscape is becoming more differentiated and policy-driven. Fiscal policy is reshaping yield curves, while the narrowing gap between developed and emerging markets demands a fresh approach to credit assessment. Despite tight valuations in traditional credit, the macro environment remains constructive with improving growth, moderating inflation and healthy corporate balance sheets. Discover where we’re finding the most attractive risk-adjusted opportunities across securitized credit, municipals, leveraged finance and beyond.
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White papersEntry Valuations: Private Deals at a Discount to Public Markets
Year-to-date 2025, private deals are trading at a deeper discount to public markets, where concentration has increased and the ‘Magnificent Seven’ now represent a significantly larger share of the S&P 500 than historically.
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White papersGermany: from crisis comes opportunity
The German economy has entered a phase of structural stagnation. Growth remained weak in 2025, following two consecutive years of recession. The export sector and industry as a whole are in crisis. The shift in fiscal policy at the beginning of the year, coupled with the relaxation of the debt brake rule, is expected to boost growth in 2026, but to what extent?
