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14 January 2025
Fixed income
Alpha, an active approach and fundamental research – how we invest in credit
Alpha, an active approach and fundamental research – how we invest in credit
Want to know what differentiates us from our competitors when it comes to investment grade?
13 January 2025
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Will the bond market vigilantes hit Equities?
Will the bond market vigilantes hit Equities?
Many analysts of my age are thinking back to the 1970s and 1980s when the US authorities lost control of both inflation and the budget deficit.
10 January 2025
Global investment solutions
LDI
Q4 2024 repo update
Q4 2024 repo update
With political risk/geopolitics to the fore we assess the impact on repo markets and activity.
6 January 2025
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Stagflation (UK), Stagnation (Europe) and Goldilocks (US) - What could possibly go wrong?
Stagflation (UK), Stagnation (Europe) and Goldilocks (US) - What could possibly go wrong?
Stagflation in the UK, stagnation in Europe and goldilocks in the US. This week, we’ll look at what this means and ask where consensus might be wrong.
16 December 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi-Asset
Closing Bell 2024 : ‘Immaculate disinflation’ and the ‘Magnificent Seven’
Closing Bell 2024 : ‘Immaculate disinflation’ and the ‘Magnificent Seven’
US mega-cap tech stocks drove strong equity returns whereas bonds had a largely dull year. Is the stage set for continued US outperformance in 2025?
13 December 2024
Equity
It’s a value trap! How research intensity can help reveal genuine recovery stocks
It’s a value trap! How research intensity can help reveal genuine recovery stocks
With intangible asset growth increasingly a driver of performance growth, a core research theme for us is ‘human capital’. It's just one way our Global Fundamental Research Group feeds into our investment process.
9 December 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Is the UK heading for recession?
Is the UK heading for recession?
There has been a major decline in optimism about UK economic prospects in recent months.
6 December 2024
Equity
Equity
UK equities: don’t believe the doom mongers
UK equities: don’t believe the doom mongers
While Labour’s first Budget was a surprise in terms of the scale of the fiscal loosening, there remain grounds for cautious optimism about UK equities.
5 December 2024
Alternatives
Alternatives, Real Estate
2025 Global Real Estate Outlook: Is property at a turning point?
2025 Global Real Estate Outlook: Is property at a turning point?
Global property prices have broadly stabilised. With interest rates heading lower, is real estate at a turning point?
2 December 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
The US under the new President: four good years or four bad?
The US under the new President: four good years or four bad?
It is no exaggeration to say that financial markets and governments across the world have greeted the clean sweep by Republicans in the US elections with some nervousness.
21 November 2024
Macro Outlook
2025 Macro Outlook: Slower growth amid geopolitical uncertainty, but opportunities remain
2025 Macro Outlook: Slower growth amid geopolitical uncertainty, but opportunities remain
Headwinds are blowing but conditions are supportive, so we see both risks and opportunities in 2025.
19 November 2024
Equity
Equity
2025 Equity Outlook: Will lower rates and strong earnings be enough to keep markets up?
2025 Equity Outlook: Will lower rates and strong earnings be enough to keep markets up?
Going into 2025, strong company fundamentals and trends in innovation could be outweighed by increased geopolitical risk and policy uncertainty.
18 November 2024
Multi-Asset
Lifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions
Lifestyling: the Achilles heel in DC pensions
Why too much derisking – the accepted orthodoxy in UK defined contribution pensions – is a bad thing.
15 November 2024
Fixed income
Fixed Income
2025 Fixed Income Outlook: A year of opportunity amid economic uncertainty?
2025 Fixed Income Outlook: A year of opportunity amid economic uncertainty?
Soft landing supports bond performance – but will it last?
12 November 2024
Responsible investment
COP29: Will it deliver on climate finance?
COP29: Will it deliver on climate finance?
With mitigation and adaptation needs running into hundreds of billions of dollars, and public finances stretched, the private sector will need to deliver much of the necessary ‘climate finance’
11 November 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Will trade wars end the Equity Bull market?
Will trade wars end the Equity Bull market?
Assessing the impact of Trump-era trade tariffs.
4 November 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Britain's big Budget - will it work?
Britain's big Budget - will it work?
The sheer scale of the fiscal changes in the recent budget were surprising, and confirmed growing fears around tax rises. But might UK businesses respond by boosting productivity?
28 October 2024
Multi-Asset
Multi Asset
Looking beyond the UK Budget
Looking beyond the UK Budget
The new UK government’s first Budget looks set to be an historic event.
25 October 2024
Fixed income
Economic nationalism will present a constant challenge for investors
Economic nationalism will present a constant challenge for investors
A decade ago there was little sight of the seismic changes that have since occurred; similarly, events that might be impossible to imagine today will undoubtedly jolt financial markets in coming years.
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