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Helping investment portfolios get real
  • 20 hours ago

Understanding real assets as a portfolio tool for diversification and inflation resilience.

Emerging Markets Have Changed. Should Allocations Follow?
  • 22 Sep 2026

Investors may be underexposed to a compelling asset class because of outdated assumptions.

Securitisations for Insurers: The Long and Winding Road
  • 22 Sep 2026

Securitisations have been underutilised by insurers outside the US and Bermuda, despite compelling risk-adjusted returns. Evolving global regulations and expansions in securitisation markets may be...

Bumps Ahead
  • 22 Sep 2026

The Northern Trust Economics team shares its outlook for U.S. growth, employment, interest rates and inflation.

5-year Expected Returns: The Great Rewiring
  • 22 Sep 2026

Expected Returns 2027-2031: How AI, geopolitics and resilient supply chains are rewiring the global economy and asset return outlooks.

A Sharpe(r) Buyout? | The Role of Secondaries in Private Equity Portfolios
  • 22 Sep 2026

Apogem Capital's latest research examines why secondary funds may offer an attractive risk-adjusted complement to private equity fund portfolios. The paper explores the historical dispersion of ret...

Ares Acquires Stake in U.S. Solar Energy and Battery Portfolio from EDPR
  • 22 Sep 2026

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES), a leading global alternative investment manager, announced today that an Ares Infrastructure Equity fund has acquired an 80% stake in a 384 MW solar and st...

Technology outlook: Balancing rapid growth with long-term valuations
  • 22 Sep 2026

By Vincent Nichols, Senior Investment Specialist, US and Global Thematic Equities Technological innovations are disrupting virtually every part of the global economy – from consumption, financial t...

GEM Equities: Doubling Down on Quality Growth in Emerging Markets
  • 22 Sep 2026

The emerging markets rally looks broad, but three chipmakers now make up close to 30% of the index. GEM Portfolio Manager Nick Payne discusses why owning the index isn't the same as owning the oppo...