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29 October 2026
Multi-Asset
Macro Pulse: Low-key UK Budget leaves tough decisions for another day
The UK Budget announcement saw no major surprises with a flurry of measures to address cost of living issues, but the macroeconomic measures were limited, as Chancellor John Healey stuck to the “do no harm” approach that was hoped for.
29 October 2026
Equity
Emerging Markets: A broadening opportunity
We explain how we’ve navigated recent market moves across emerging markets and why we see opportunities broadening across countries, sectors and companies.
29 October 2026
Active ETFs
Rethinking the core: why active ETFs can play a bigger role in today’s equity portfolios
A repeatable, rules-based investment process can help active ETFs navigate concentrated markets, capture opportunities created by stock-level dispersion and offer investors a more purposeful approach to core equity exposure.
29 October 2026
Equity
Too Big to Bundle: Why Japan merits a dedicated equity allocation
For decades, corporate Japan was defined by stagnation—low growth, entrenched management teams and idle capital on balance sheets. Today, that landscape looks markedly different.
28 October 2026
Equity
The UK: The path from squeeze to spending
We look at how the UK domestic economic cycle operates and why the UK consumer recovery could be closer than you think.
26 October 2026
Alternatives
UK Real Estate: Talking Points October 2026
Welcome to our concise quarterly snapshot of
current real estate market trends.
22 October 2026
Equity
Technology expertise at the source
In this video series, portfolio manager Vimal Patel together with senior analysts Nitin Saigal and Israel Hernandez share perspectives on opportunities emerging across the technology landscape.
20 October 2026
Fixed income
AI bond supply: Why the market can absorb the coming wave
Strong demand, robust issuer fundamentals and clearer communication should help the market absorb the expected surge in artificial intelligence-related bond issuance.
20 October 2026
Responsible investment
Our approach to system-level stewardship
Discover how system-level stewardship helps investors address systemic risks through engagement with policymakers, regulators and market standards.
Weekly insights
Market Perspectives – our Senior Economist Anthony Willis with a timely update on economies and markets
2 November 2026
Multi-Asset
Market Perspectives: UK Budget 2026: The consequences
Last week's UK Budget proved, as expected, to be a non-event for financial markets. Rather than tackling the major macroeconomic decisions facing the UK, it deferred them.
26 October 2026
Multi-Asset
Market Perspectives: The sum of all fears
Renewed volatility across equity and bond markets reflects the convergence of several familiar risks: fiscal and political uncertainty in France, scrutiny of artificial intelligence-related investment, and renewed inflation concerns as oil prices rise.
12 October 2026
Multi-Asset
Market Perspectives: Why is oil stuck at $100/barrel?
Oil markets have received some comparatively encouraging signals from the Middle East, but the improvement in physical supply has yet to translate into a decisive fall in prices.
In Credit – the latest news and views from across fixed income markets
3 November 2026
Fixed income
In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Tech it to the limit
The AI financing wave is weighing on the weakest credits within high yield. The key question is, will the stress be contained at the bottom of the spectrum?
27 October 2026
Fixed income
In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Copacabana
His name is Lula, and a surprising election victory in Brazil saw spreads widen in
local markets. Elsewhere, yield curves flattened in the US, Japan and Germany.
20 October 2026
Fixed income
In Credit Weekly Snapshot – One night in Bangkok
Geopolitics remain a key market concern, despite being hard to measure, with tensions feeding through to oil prices, inflation concerns and bond markets.
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