Macro Pulse offers holistic global economic, geopolitical, and asset allocation views. We believe the next 3 months mark a major inflection point for global asset allocation. Will U.S. growth slow, allowing rates to decline and global growth to converge? Or will it re-firm, increasing the likelihood of a more pronounced…

Allocating toward alts could be a powerful tool for investors seeking to both capture opportunities and mitigate downside risk, no matter what the future holds.

In this latest Global Macro Shifts, India offers new economic and investment advantages, as both long-term reforms and recent, post-pandemic changes in the global economy combine fortuitously, according to Templeton Global Macro.

It’s a defining 12 months for the world we live in today and wake up to tomorrow as billions of people across more than 50 countries head to the polls in 2024, although not all national elections will be free and fair. Romil Patel looks at some of the key votes from the world’s oldest to its largest democracies, as well as…

To uncover opportunities in the credit market, we asked clients to pinpoint the questions they needed addressed. We then sought expertise from within Robeco to provide the solutions. Following the fiercest hiking cycle by central banks in the past 40 years, the past year has understandably been dominated by rate rhetoric.…

Explore key highlights and return forecasts for the next decade: impact of climate delays, AI gains, and valuations on asset class profiles.

In this primer, we’ll explore this strategy’s fundamental principles, key performance and investment characteristics, and the role global macro can play in building more resilient investment portfolios. ​

This guide will help practitioners evaluate investments and capital projects globally by providing a good understanding of the cost of capital.

With the paths of major economies poised to diverge, we believe it is critical to actively seek out investment opportunities globally.

How much trend-following should investors hold in a portfolio?

In the initial analysis of U.S. and Canadian asset owners (endowments, foundations, SWFs, and pension funds), 13F filings were used to analyze ETF holdings and trends in these investments. In 2023, asset owner ETF AUM increased 22%, to USD 56 billion. Over the past 10 years, ETF usage has increased 4x, with most of that…

The new Global EV Outlook finds that the world’s electric car fleet continues to grow strongly, with sales set to reach 17 million this year. Despite near-term challenges in some markets, the report projects that based on today's policy settings, almost one in three cars on the roads in China by 2030 is set to be electric,…

What impact does Bitcoin halving have on Bitcoin’s supply, market structure, and more?

As the market climbed in the early stages of 2024, we are witnessing moderate shifts in the dynamics of the equity market, one that may suggest a departure from the trends established in recent years. This evolution, emerging from a period of prolonged accommodative monetary policies that favored market-cap-based indexes,…

What’s behind the recent strong inflows into European credit and what could reverse that trend? Why, does LGIM we believe, worries over upcoming high-yield maturity walls are unfounded? And what’s behind our reasoning that emerging market high yield valuations appear cheap relative to historic levels?

The first small cracks are starting to appear in credit driven by the higher for longer rates environment, while select opportunities are surfacing in emerging markets.

While holding cash can provide a sense of security, it can come at a cost.

Explore the frontiers of EMD, the opportunities within infrastructure investing, and the shift across global wealth.

Bruce Feibel of State Street provides a primer that covers vital aspects of the alternative investment performance measurement process. Analysts need to carefully consider, and sometimes modify, the return calculations, ex post risk measurement, and performance presentation methods used in traditional investment performance…