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Active portfolios face a leadership test
  • 23 Aug 2026

The gap between top- and bottom-decile US large-cap active managers is near a two-decade high as portfolio positioning becomes increasingly consequential

The 100-Year Portfolio: A State of Mind Rather Than an Allocation
  • 21 Aug 2026

A Bigger Basket Isn't Always a More Diversified One
  • 21 Aug 2026

What might happen if investors looked beyond a US-only allocation—not only through broad emerging-market exposure, but also through targeted country allocations based on their investment convictions?

Treasury’s Buyback Plan Unsettles Investors
  • 21 Aug 2026

A review of the week’s top global economic and capital markets news.

Positives and negatives: what’s fuelling moves in battery value-chain equities?
  • 20 Aug 2026

Leading names in the battery value-chain have sold off as a result of wider clean energy pressures and idiosyncratic factors, but the longer-term outlook remains...

EMD: Navigating geopolitics, rates volatility and valuations in a changing global regime
  • 20 Aug 2026

In this blog, we look at the forces shaping EMD over the remainder of the year and how we’re navigating them in our portfolios

Unified Global Alternatives – Hedge Fund Bulletin
  • 19 Aug 2026

Asset Class Returns Forecasts H2 2026
  • 19 Aug 2026

H2 2026 CMA update confirms a regime of ruptures, with expected returns improving in fixed income and selected equity markets.

Multi-asset chart of the month for August: US rally broadens out from reliance on Big Tech
  • 19 Aug 2026

The ‘Magnificent Seven’ group of Big Tech companies is no longer the key driver of US equities, as the rally broadens out to other sectors.