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Portfolio Insights
  • 21 hours ago

Explore timely commentary, strategic perspectives and in-depth analysis from our investment teams to help guide your portfolio decisions.

Three Reasons to Stick with Growth Stocks in Rotating Markets
  • 21 hours ago

Market forces that have challenged profitable-growth stocks could set the stage for a recovery. US growth stocks underperformed in early 2026 amid AI disruption fears and an unresolved conflict in...

Rethinking global diversification
  • 21 hours ago

Geopolitics, tariffs and the energy crisis are reshaping markets around resilience, fiscal dominance and regional diversification. Investors should rethink...

What’s next for quant investing
  • 21 hours ago

Dr Joanna Nash, Senior Quant Portfolio Manager and Head of Portfolio Management and Dr David Walsh, Head of Investments share the key drivers of recent outperformance and how AI is enhancing the in...

IMF Spring Meetings – Emerging markets in a highly uncertain world
  • 21 hours ago

IMF Spring Meetings 2026 highlighted uncertainty and a focus on potential tail risks. Stronger EM fundamentals, policy credibility and diversification stand out amid energy and political volatility.

Home Alone: inflation and the new Fed chair; investing in China’s AI ecosystem; Prediction markets
  • 21 hours ago

The new Fed chair Kevin Warsh, like Kevin McAllister in Home Alone, faces a lonely vigil: survive until the adults get home again. The latest on inflation, rising Treasury yields, shrinking equity...

Diversified alternatives: How resilient is your portfolio, really?
  • 21 hours ago

Portfolios built for yesterday’s relationships may behave very differently in a more correlated world

The Weekly Brief
  • 25 May 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...

Balancing Act Global Multi-Asset Quarterly (Q1 2026)
  • 25 May 2026

Escalating geopolitical risks prompted a reduction in risk exposure as the quarter progressed.