Thematic / Megatrends

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JH Explorer in the Andes: Take my breath away – Inside the Vicuña district, a future engine of global copper supply
  • 30 Mar 2026

A first-hand look at the Vicuña district high in the Andes, exploring why large-scale copper projects are vital to the energy transition and long-term global supply.

Emerging-Market Equities: A Brief History of Volatility and Recovery
  • 30 Mar 2026

Could heightened uncertainty driven by the Middle East conflict lead to strong return potential? Emerging-market (EM) equities have been hit hard since the Iran war began, as investors worry about...

What five weeks of conflict mean for emerging market debt
  • 30 Mar 2026

EM spreads are holding up well as energy route disruption from the Iran war continues, but differentiation is occurring across sovereign credits as investors reassess future risk.

Why Today’s Heightened Dispersion Suits a Systematic Approach
  • 27 Mar 2026

When bond markets exhibit wide credit-spread dispersion, look to a systematic approach to generate alpha. Today’s credit markets look deceptively dull: while average spreads are tight, dispersion a...

Diversification by Design: Tapping the Return Potential of Everyday Cash Flows
  • 27 Mar 2026

Curating diverse return streams is important. Asset-based finance may help. Diversification is often treated as an asset-allocation decision. How much capital should go to equities? Bonds? Alterna...

Private Credit After the Software Reset: Where Stress Is Emerging
  • 27 Mar 2026

Private credit stress is emerging as Artificial Intelligence reshapes software risk. CI Private Markets examines legacy underwriting, vintage dispersion, and disciplined post-large language models...

The Quest for Energy Independence
  • 27 Mar 2026

Energy scarcity is back, and its consequences may endure. Carl Tannenbaum explains.

THE CASE OF AI DISRUPTION AND CLO DISPERSION
  • 26 Mar 2026

Recent AI-driven volatility within the tech sector is fueling increased dispersion across the leveraged loan market with pronounced effects on CLOs.

Japan’s renaissance: macro, micro and physical AI
  • 26 Mar 2026

Japan is entering an exciting new phase, with several advantages that distinguish it from other major markets. There will inevitably continue to be periods of volatility as geopolitical tensions pl...