CIO reading list: December 2025

Insights for and from CIOs

This year's final CIO reading list highlights some of the most compelling thought leadership around, featuring the likes Crescat Capital, New York Life Investments, and Deutsche Bank. Read about 2026 – right now.

For CIOs

2026 Outlook: Charting the Year Ahead (New York Life Investments)

Markets are currently highly taught. Where are the alpha opportunities in 2026?

Constructing a Broad Digital Asset Index (MarketVector Indexes)

Crypto-curious investors can be overwhelmed by the nuances of the digital asset market, and wild price swings and complex technological jargon can be confusing.

Sustainable investment: plateauing or poised for growth? (FTSE Russell)

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

Since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began, energy security has eclipsed net zero as a priority for policymakers, while issues such as diversity, equity and inclusion have faced growing political pushback.

Dynamic Allocation Rises, Pensions Face Disorder (Amundi)

For compliance reasons, this paper is NOT accessible in the United States

Pension investors have entered a new regime of controlled disorder: a multipolar world reshaped by the tech revolution and fiscal divergence.

25 Years of ETFs in Europe: Charting the Next Frontier (State Street)

It’s been 25 years since the first ETF launched in Europe. Since then, the market has grown — first steadily, then exponentially.

From CIOs

CIO Insight: Series 4 (Manulife IM)

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

Colin Purdie, CIO – Public Markets at Manulife IM, sits down with senior leaders from across the business to share perspectives on key themes shaping markets and portfolios.

Spain — Impressive Economic Growth, Once Again (Deutsche Bank)

The Spanish economy will close 2025 having posted impressive growth levels, once again well above the European average.

Megacap Tech Top (Crescat Capital)

Has Nvidia, along with the rest of the “Magnificent 7,” the Nasdaq 100, and the S&P 500, already peaked for the current business cycle?

CIO Industry Guide: November 2025 (DBS)

For now, it seems as though the tariff bugbear has made way for a different concern in the markets—that highly divisive b-word: Bubble.