All White papers articles – Page 22
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White papersFixed Income Investment Outlook: 4Q2025
As global monetary policy continues to moderate while trade and political strains persist, we are seeing decided changes in the fixed income landscape. In our view, U.S. investment grade bonds appear to offer less relative value than issues in Europe and elsewhere that may provide windows to capitalize on price dislocation. At the same time, the all-in yields provided by high yield and other sectors merit consideration despite tight credits spreads, albeit with an eye toward careful security selection.
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White papersFixed Income Perspectives Q4 2025
Fixed Income Perspectives outlines the current macro and market views from across Capital Group’s extensive fixed income team and offers insights on investors’ bond exposure against an ever-changing backdrop.
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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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White papersJapanese politics: Brinkmanship or break-up?
The Komeito Party’s announcement of its withdrawal from its 25-year coalition with the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has caused political uncertainty in Japan. Carl Vine, Co-Head of Asia Pacific Equities, explores historical precedents and considers the potential political and market implications of this split.
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White papersMIM Public Market Signals for Private Real Estate Investors Part II: Risk Assessment
Housing supply is tight in the Midwest and Northeast; inventory is building up in the Sun Belt
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White papersESG Thema #21 - From access to empowerment: how financial inclusion fuels resilience
Financial inclusion spans savings, credit, payment services, insurance, and investments. Many low-income households and small businesses, particularly in developing countries, remain excluded or underbanked, relying mainly on cash transactions that expose them to risks and hinder their saving and investing activities. Credit access is often limited or costly, pushing many to informal lenders or expensive formal options. Digital finance—financial services delivered via mobile and internet platforms—is central to expanding access.
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White papersHow can investors lean into blended finance structures: demystifying credit enhancements
Blended finance structures are key to deploying catalytic capital coming from public, philanthropic, and private sector sources. The combination of the three allow for investors to pool essential capital meeting sustainable or development financing needs (e.g., SDGs, NDCs) in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies (EMDEs).
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White papersLessons from First Brands and Tricolor
While idiosyncratic issues seem to have driven these recent corporate failures, they serve as a reminder of the importance of credit risk as the cycle matures.
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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 papersEuro credit sectors offer opportunities despite market volatility
Despite facing multiple episodes of volatility in recent years, the euro credit market has demonstrated notable resilience, consistently delivering solid returns to investors.
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White papersCapital Market Assumptions
Why a new economic regime calls for a reassessment of risk and rewards
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White papersRelative Value & Tactical Asset Allocation – Q4 2025
Turbulence in growth resulting from U.S. policy vacillations continues to drive expectations for global activity and inflation risks. Although initial tariff announcements resulted in a significant equity market downturn and a surge in volatility, financial markets have recovered and rallied. However, the tariff impact on data is likely to lag survey and other data, suggesting that we are unlikely to see a significant acceleration in economic activity anytime soon.
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White papersThe rise of Green Loans in European real estate debt
While European real estate lending volumes have been relatively subdued in recent years due to a slowdown in transaction activity, green lending has emerged as a notable exception to this trend.
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White papersAI: Boom? Bust? Or Both?
Amid the AI frenzy are some early signs of the technology’s positive impact on productivity, raising profound implications for growth, inflation, labor markets, and asset prices.
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White papersJapanese dividends: The trend is your friend
Dividends in Japan have been growing in the past decade, and the trend is accelerating. Carl Vine, Co-Head of Asia Pacific Equities, explains why dividend growth is a compelling element of the Japan “reform” story – and why he believes the trend is set to continue.
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White papersLots of game left as we enter the fourth quarter
Bond markets have been in ‘white out’ mode recently.
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White papersMarket Snapshot: Japanese stocks rally on election result
Market Snapshot is a weekly view from our portfolio managers, offering sharp, thematic insights into the trends shaping markets right now.
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White papersWhat do we know about retail responsible investors?
The Amundi Investment Institute, in partnership with Crédit Agricole du Languedoc, the University of Montpellier, and Montpellier Business School (MBS), has forged a unique collaboration dedicated to advancing our understanding of individual investors’ financial preferences and needs. This partnership combines academic rigor with practical insights from the financial industry, creating a rich foundation for exploring the evolving landscape of retail investment behavior.
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White papersA good quarter for rates and spreads as the bond market inches along
The Fed does what it must and the everything rally resumes.
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit, H1 2025
In our latest report, the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit team provide an overview of how engagement has driven change in the first six months of the year.
