Financial market coverage by the UBS CIO House View. The Fed’s hawkish rate hike has led markets to price in more tightening.
AI hyperscalers are reshaping the IG credit market, creating attractive dislocations in fundamentally strong issuers – and an attractive entry point.
This edition of AI in Focus puts energy in the spotlight.
Essential assets, long-term investment trends and the case for listed infrastructure today.
Geopolitical tensions remain elevated and are likely to generate periodic volatility but the broader backdrop remains supportive of risk assets, underpinned by resilient global growth, healthy labo...
The cycle is shifting. Beta is fading. Dispersion is rising. AI is fragmenting. Read in our Hedge Funds Outlook H2-2026 which strategies win
A multifaceted perspective is critical for a full understanding of opportunity and risk. At the halfway point of 2026, resilient growth, persistent risks and tight spreads complicate insurance po...
Read our outlook for North American real estate
Northern Trust Asset Management’s playbook for investing in a higher-for-longer rate environment.
Despite persistent outflows, global investor underweights and little direct exposure to the AI-led market rally, UK equities have generated strong relative returns.
Credit markets have remained resilient, with yields still at interesting levels. But tight spreads, rising bond issuance and growing dispersion mean selectivity is becoming increasingly important.
Our global capital markets outlooks generally moved lower in the second quarter as risk assets rallied sharply. The rebound reversed much of a first-quarter rotation into value stocks, with strong...
Our Mid-Year Capital Market Assumptions highlight that asset return forecasts have generally improved, supported by higher interest rates and more attractive equity valuations. Our 10-year assumpti...
Our long-term asset class forecasts are forward-looking estimates of total return and risk premia for major asset classes. Read our update for Q3 2026.
Our latest Capital Markets Assumptions point to a familiar but important conclusion: we still see a narrower band of outcomes across asset classes, as central banks do less to suppress rates in...
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