Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
March 6, 2024

Dutch ABP set to shift €30 bln towards impact projects

ABP, the Netherlands’ largest pension fund managing over €500 billion in total assets, has revealed…
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Miners at work with picks and shovels during the 19th century gold rush in Klondike, Alaska.
Asset Allocation
February 22, 2024

Picks-and-shovels strategies alive as Nvidia fuels AI gold rush

Artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks rallied late Wednesday during after-hours trading…
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Joan Solotar, global head of private wealth solutions at Blackstone.
Asset Managers
February 21, 2024

Blackstone’s Solotar foresees structural shift to private credit

Interest in investing in private markets, private credit in particular, may have surged, but that…
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KKR headquarters, New York, photo: Wally Gobetz, Flickr 
Asset Allocation
February 19, 2024

45% of family offices want more private credit in portfolios

More than half of family offices want to add even more private investments to portfolios by 2024…
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Pictet Asset Management has an office on the Kirchberg Plateau in Luxembourg. Photo: IO
Asset Allocation
February 6, 2024

Pictet sees ‘tactical opportunity’ in stocks, Gilts

Pictet Asset Management has shifted its investment strategy, upgrading its allocations to global…
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Franck Dixmier, Global CIO Fixed Income at Allianz Global Investors.
Asset Managers
February 1, 2024

Allianz’s Dixmier sees no evidence of slowing Euro inflation

Allianz Global Investors’ Franck Dixmier expects faster monetary easing in the US now that inflation…
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The ECB in Frankfurt opened an Andy Warhol exhibition this month. Photo: ECB.
Asset Allocation
January 24, 2024

‘Fixed income portfolios now require a tactical approach’

Fixed income portfolios are likely to face a more complex and volatile environment, as the rate…
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Asset Allocation
January 17, 2024

European small caps are staging a comeback

Small-cap stocks in Europe seem to be making a comeback. After two years of declining relative…
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Asset Allocation
November 15, 2023

US inflation data challenges ‘higher for longer’ narrative

The suggestion that the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates is wavering after…
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Photo by Mathew Schwarts via Unsplash CC-BY-2.0.
Asset Allocation
November 14, 2023

Foreign investors defy junk threat in Italy

Italian government bonds face a downgrade to “junk status”. Nevertheless, after years, the interest…
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Peter de Coensel, CEO at DPAM.
Asset Managers
November 9, 2023

Bond market revival brings back the vigilantes

Bonds are now recognised as a legitimate investment alternative, long overdue for acknowledgment…
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Federal Reserve, Washington DC
Asset Allocation
October 31, 2023

Not everyone shares fresh enthusiasm for bonds

Despite the resilience of the American economy, investors in Treasuries and bonds harbor stiff hopes…
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Pieter Laan
Asset Allocation
October 18, 2023

High-yield senior loans gain traction despite niche status

Senior loans, currently the highest-yielding bonds, witness substantial inflows in tracker funds. In…
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Asset Allocation
October 13, 2023

Private credit’s test: Rising defaults as banks compete

Once a rising star among investment options, private credit now faces headwinds as defaults increase…
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