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What’s driving the gold price? … and other important questions
  • 14 hours ago

The gold price has made a series of new all-time highs over the past year, driven partly by demand from investors. Find out more about what’s been driving the gold price, as well as answers to some...

Balancing Act Monthly Insights: Global Multi-Asset (June 2026)
  • 14 hours ago

We downgraded our score for growth assets to neutral and upgraded our defensive scores to overweight. For growth assets, the shift in our score is due to elevated valuations following the strong ra...

The Weekly Brief
  • 22 Jun 2026

The Bank of England (BoE) is in a challenging position as the UK economy battles with still-sticky inflation and questions around the growth outlook. Last week’s data showed headline inflation acce...

The Credit Market Lens: Sharpe Is Back in Emerging Markets
  • 22 Jun 2026

Why emerging market bonds are delivering the best risk-adjusted returns in fixed income, and what it means for multi-asset portfolios in 2026.

Real assets: diversification through conflict
  • 22 Jun 2026

Real assets show diverging correlations during conflict, reinforcing their role as dynamic diversifiers as inflation, rates, and geopolitical shocks reshape portfolios.

Hawkish Fed signals drive market caution
  • 22 Jun 2026

Hawkish signals from the Fed, steady UK policy, and Japan’s rate hike highlight a cautious global outlook amid inflation risks and evolving fiscal uncertainty.

Dissecting equity momentum
  • 22 Jun 2026

Momentum has been the main driver of 2026 equity factor returns, particularly in Technology. But diversification remains essential as market leadership evolves.

Rediscovering Europe
  • 22 Jun 2026

European equities are back. Capture attractive valuations and diversification with Robeco’s active 3D ETF built for balanced return, risk, and sustainability.

Fixed income outlook: Unlocked
  • 22 Jun 2026

Hormuz relief may lift markets, but inflation, restrictive policy and tight spreads call for a selective fixed income approach.