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Navigating Japan Equities: Monthly Insights from Tokyo (March 2026)
  • 06 Mar 2026

The reaction by the Japanese market to the Iran conflict reflects uncertainty rather than immediate damage. Oil prices alone are unlikely to cause stagflation in Japan; rather, supply disruption is...

Playback | Implications of US-Israel strikes on Iran
  • 06 Mar 2026

Replay: experts analyse scenarios after US–Israel strikes on Iran, energy and inflation impacts, regional and cross‑asset implications.

Reforms and reflation: unlocking Japanese equity upside
  • 06 Mar 2026

Governance-driven reform and a stronger macro backdrop are lifting ROE and can result in a sustained rerating of Japanese equities.

Guided Retirement – ushering in a new era for UK defined contribution pensions
  • 06 Mar 2026

Shriti Jadav and Simon Eagle discuss the new Guided Retirement requirements, what DC Trustees will need to do to meet them and what options are available.

The simple, low-cost way for US funds to market in Europe
  • 06 Mar 2026

NPPR allows individual EU member states to permit US and other non-EU funds to market in their territory.

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AI’s expansion runs on smaller companies
  • 06 Mar 2026

ClearBridge Investments: The AI revolution's biggest winners may not be the mega-cap developers everyone's watching. Smaller-cap specialists building the physical infrastructure behind AI could off...

Middle East Conflict Rattles Market
  • 06 Mar 2026

Global equity markets declined on the week; growth and US stocks outperformed

International Large-Cap Value: The Forgotten Asset Class
  • 06 Mar 2026

Investors seeking to capture the benefits of diversification may be well served by an allocation to international large cap value given its sector composition and the low correlation of the asset c...

SLOWLY EARNED, QUICKLY LOST: REVISITING CENTRAL BANK CREDIBILITY
  • 06 Mar 2026

This post extends the framework of our Inflation Fighting Credibility Index as we analyze nine EM central banks that operate under inflation-targeting regimes.