CIO reading list: November 2025

The credit market cracked. Now what?

Explore this month's most exciting thought leadership on major topics, including U.S. debt, investing when markets are elevated, efficient capital allocation, and the big macro forces driving economies.

For CIOs

Harnessing Sentiment Analysis in Asset Allocation (PGIM)

PGIM's NLP-based news sentiment indicator offers investors a valuable complement to traditional economic data and market-based indicators.

Global Equity Insights - November 2025 (FTSE Russell)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in certain geographies

Quarterly insights for equity investors: market drivers, global index analysis, and key equity trends shaped by today’s macroeconomic landscape.

Gold Demand Trends: Q3 2025 (World Gold Council)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in certain geographies

Given the pace of investment and price rises, the authors of this paper revise their FY 2025 investment materially higher and their jewelry expectations lower.

Active Fixed Income Q4 2025: Caught in the Crosswinds (Vanguard)

For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States

The labor market is realigning to a lower trajectory, and the impact from tariffs will build into 2026.

Buffer Strategies For Downside Protection (STOXX)

A new STOXX whitepaper explores the relative performance behind a hypothetical European buffer index to assess its benefits and drawbacks.

From CIOs

Assessing Recent Cracks in the Credit Market (Rockefeller Global Family Office)

The credit market is cracking. Are we headed for a global crisis?

AI: A Rational Bubble? (Nomura)

AI as an investment theme in late 2025 sits at an inflection point, inflated by extraordinary capital flows and ambition yet underpinned by genuine technological transformation.

APEC Summit – The Deals and Their Implications (Deutsche Bank)

U.S.-China trade relation is important, and the recent agreement released after the Xi-Trump meeting was a clear de-escalation of the trade tensions.

Global Market Outlook November 2025 (Standard Chartered)

Investors need good reasons to be optimistic. This report provides in-depth analysis into key asset classes that are well positioned to perform in the months ahead.