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MAN: The Wisdom of Buying Absurdly Expensive Stocks (Or Not!)
Are todays expensive AI stocks the next market leaders or just another bubble waiting to burst?
AXA IM: The known unknowns for fixed income
Over the last few years, returns for bonds has been good and helped investors progressively recover from 2022s challenging environment.
Pictet: Positive change: a powerful value driver
Despite the heated debate over the merits of environment, social and governance (ESG) principles in investment, the transition to a sustainable future is proving to be a big opportunity for companies across many industries.
Aberdeen: Climate risk and supply chains: The hidden link investors can't ignore
Climate risk is breaking supply chains. Are investors asking the right questions? Discover why indirect exposure could cost more and how resilience creates opportunity.
M&G Investments: The enduring power of dividends
Dividend strategies are a well-established feature of investing, valued for their ability to generate income, resilience and potential for long-term growth.
Schroders Equity Lens July 2025: your go-to guide to global equity markets
Investing when the market is at an all-time high, market breadth, and a deep dive on corporate supply/demand (buybacks, IPOs, )
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Charles Stanley: Quarterly MPS Webinar - Sept 2025
24/09 at 10am. Join us for our 2025 MPS Webinar Series updating you on our Managed Portfolio Services.
Pictet: Chips with everything
The world depends on semiconductors. In this interview, Professor Chris Miller highlights the industry's latest innovations and their implications for our future in a Q&A format with Anjali Bastianpillai, Senior Client Portfolio Manager.
M&G Investments: The great uncoupling: Is this the end of dollar domination?
The historic relationship between the US dollar and Treasury yields has been broken. Typically in times of crisis, Treasury yields fall, while the greenback strengthens.
Aberdeen: Macro: Why geopolitics matters when investing in the shadow world
In a world where the old rules no longer apply, how can investors stay ahead? Discover why geopolitics, scenario planning and conviction are now essential to navigating global uncertainty.
BNY: Balanced investing in an unbalanced world
Newton head of mixed assets investment, Paul Flood, discusses the confluence of macroeconomic factors leading the multi-asset team to look outside the US for investment opportunities.
Schroders: Family offices prioritise resilient portfolios as policy risks intensify
As US policy uncertainty and market volatility rise, family offices focus on building resilience into portfolios.
Aberdeen: Fixed Income: Why Euro corporate bonds may be one solution to fading US exceptionalism
Euro corporate bonds are gaining ground amid fading US exceptionalism and rising hedging costs. Discover why investors around the world are rethinking their bond allocations.
AXA IM: Take two: Eurozone inflation rises; US stocks hit fresh highs
Eurozone annual inflation edged up to 2% in June - the European Central Banks (ECB) target - from 1.9% in May, according to an official flash estimate.
BNY: What Is Driving Slowing Inflation?
Inflation came in cooler than expected in May. In fact, its down from Januarys growth rate of 3.0% year over year to 2.4%. While stickier services components such as shelter have driven this decline, could the recent uptick in oil prices and higher tariffs pose headwinds?
Schroders: Emerging markets debt investment views Q3 2025
We continue to favour EM local currency debt given US dollar weakness and attractive inflation-adjusted yields in many emerging markets.
Quilter: A new, innovative solution for cash savings
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BNY: Evaluating fixed income: is it doing the right job in a portfolio?
Advisers are rethinking the role of fixed income in portfolios after the challenges of 2022. While risk reduction remains a primary goal, higher yields and the turbulence of recent years have prompted shifts in allocation strategies and exposed gaps in evaluation processes, particularly for strategic bond funds.
Aberdeen: Our Short Dated Enhanced Income Fund turns two
Mark Munro and Joyce Bing take stock on the second anniversary of the Short Dated Enhanced Income Fund.
Pictet: Plugging the gap: tackling urban environmental challenges with adaptation and resilience investment
Discover how adaptation and resilience investments are transforming urban environments. Explore profitable solutions and innovative technologies driving sustainable growth.
M&G Investments: How can we embed nature risks in investment decisions?
As part of the 2025 London Climate Action Week, M&G hosted a roundtable event on nature-related risks and financial materiality. This article summarises some of the key points of discussion on the day.
Charles Stanley: Why decumulation requires a different approach
This article reflects on key findings from Alpha FMCs recent report on decumulation, explores practical approaches to address regulatory demands, evolving client needs, and key risks such as sequencing and longevity, offering actionable insights for more resilient retirement outcomes.
AXA IM: The Gini is out of the bottle
The US economy defies a lot of conventional economic analysis. Perhaps what is not understood, is the effect that high levels of income inequality have on how the economy operates.
Artemis: What beat Spider-Man and Darth Vader wont beat our process
The practice known as Hollywood accounting shows how profits are open to interpretation. Artemis' William Tamworth explains how cashflows tell a different, more reliable story.
AXA IM: The quiet evolution of green bonds in global portfolios
The green bonds market is maturing as an asset class and with this maturity, it is beginning to enjoy global relevance.
Pictet: Investing to achieve sustainable impact in the era of ESG turmoil
For environmental investors, there is a silver lining to the shakeout in ESG
M&G wealth: Client-ready videos to support your conversations
We launched two interactive PruFund videos designed to help you have engaging and informative clients conversations.
Charles Stanley: Section 899 - The art of the tax deal
Section 899 has been removed from the "One Big, Beautiful Bill". Here's how Section 899 became Washington's fiscal bargaining chip.
AXA IM: Gilt yields spike on UK governments precarious finances
The UK government bond (gilt) market sold off aggressively on 2 July on the back of traders and investors concerns over the potential for further fiscal deterioration.
Aberdeen: The Investment Outlook Q3: Introduction
Whats next for the dollar, private markets, and global portfolios? Aberdeens experts share their insights.
Charles Stanley: Is AIMs long-awaited revival finally here?
30/07 at 10am - Join us for a special session marking the 30th anniversary of the Alternative Investment Market (AIM).
T.Rowe Price: Gone Private: Allocating to Private Credit in Multi-Asset Income Portfolios
In an uncertain environment, multi?asset (MA) solutions are well?suited for investors seeking capital growth, downside risk management and a steady income. However, the investment landscape in 2025 appears particularly tricky, with elevated trade and geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic risks, and unease about rising global debt. This confluence of factors could potentially cause typical cross?asset class correlations to break down.
Baillie Gifford: The invisible millions: bankings new frontier
From microloans for farmers to free savings accounts for the unbanked: a growing range of services is helping the world's poorest citizens build financial resilience. Baillie Giffords Ed Whitten explains more. Capital at risk.
Fidelity Adviser Solutions: Markets back on the front foot after a volatile first half year
From Middle East tensions to US deficits and stubborn interest rates, markets have taken it all in their stride. This mid-year Investment Outlook unpacks the surprises of 2025 so far. Fidelitys Tom Stevenson shares his thoughts on the global economy and why staying diversified and focused on the bigger picture is more important than ever.
T.Rowe Price: 125 years of returns: Timeless lessons in investing
Professor Elroy Dimson of Cambridge University recently presented his findings on the Dimson, Marsh and Staunton (DMS) Investment Returns database as part of our T. Rowe Price Investment Institute Speaker Series. Now 125 years old and counting, this dataset is highly authoritative on equity and bond returns. So, what does it reveal that might help us today?
M&G Wealth: Are your clients diversified enough to cope with volatility?
Research published by M&G measured the level of concern that market volatility causes. 61% of investors, and 65% of advised investors, say that the volatility of financial markets worries them. So, one effective way to mitigate investor concern about market volatility for many clients may be to introduce smoothed investment funds into their portfolios.
M&G Wealth: How to give your clients access to private markets
Recent research undertaken by M&G confirms that there is strong retail investor interest. 75% of investors, and 81% of advised investors, say that consumers should have routes to invest in private assets.
M&G Wealth: Are there two routes to smoothed funds?
Recent research published by M&G showed that Womens greater focus on the impact of volatility is one of the factors that may make them more reluctant to enter the investment arena, so solutions that help to reduce the impact of this volatility may be a way to better engage them.
PIMCO: Balancing Act: Building Resilient Portfolios in a Changing Landscape
Systematic equity strategies and disciplined diversification can help multi-asset portfolios thrive in unpredictable markets.