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Source intel on energy, metals, and raw materials markets – plus more

AI era: How data centres are transforming utility demand at Xcel Energy
  • 17 hours ago

AI and data centres are reshaping electricity demand, creating both powerful growth opportunities and complex challenges for utilities. In this video interview, Rebecca Sherlock, Portfolio Manager...

Reviving Guns & Butter?
  • 17 hours ago

Some observers today have drawn parallels between the recent oil price surge spurring inflation and the oil shocks of the 1970s, but there are also stark similarities to the 1960s Guns & Butter per...

Fixed-Income Outlook: From Oil Shock to Oil Spillover?
  • 17 hours ago

Oil’s rise could linger. Here are six ways bond investors can build resilience. Geopolitics rarely stay contained to the headlines for long. Conflict in the Middle East is already reverberating t...

The “end” of emerging markets narrative—questioned (and answered)
  • 17 hours ago

A dispersion-first framework for institutional investors in an Iran-linked energy shock.

Is Gold’s Old Playbook Broken?
  • 17 hours ago

Gold’s role in Fixed Income portfolios has shifted over the past three years, making diversification less dependable amidst a broader repricing of structural risks, including fiscal sustainability,...

How is the Iran conflict impacting energy-transition materials?
  • 17 hours ago

Looking beyond oil and gas, blocked sulphur shipments are impacting copper, nickel and zinc production – likely driving prices structurally higher.

Q2 2026 Credit Research Outlook
  • 31 Mar 2026

Geopolitical and energy shocks raise late cycle risks, but strong banks and senior exposure suggest volatility—not systemic stress.

In Credit Weekly Snapshot – Pump it up (when you don’t really need it)
  • 31 Mar 2026

Rising petrol prices will eventually feed into higher inflation, which is being reflected in the pricing of government bonds.

Iran war: Energy normalization drifts further away
  • 31 Mar 2026

Markets see de-escalation as signaling war's end, but even if a ceasefire forms, the energy shock may last longer than consensus expects.