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Ready for the Reopening?
Our Latin American & US Offshore Portfolio Barometer examines portfolio trends and positioning in the transition from the stay-at-home to reopening economy.
Blended Finance: Finding the Right Mix of Public and Private Investment
To shift capital and enable ambitions to become reality, investment projects need a clear purpose and the right mix of public and private investment.
What, How, Why: Understanding the GameStop Frenzy
Moments of irrational exuberance provide useful reminders that markets don’t always behave in ways consistent with traditional economic theory.
Corporate Culture and the Pandemic: Challenges Can Create Opportunity
PM Mike Tian of WCM Investment Management discusses how some businesses are adapting to a changed business environment as a result of Covid-19.
Can Sustainable Investing Really Save the World?
Amid the clamour for everything ESG today, asset managers, investors and advisors need to decide what they are genuinely trying to achieve.
Loomis Sayles Growth Equity Strategies: The Search for Alpha Is a Search for Skill
Steps taken to pursue sustainable alpha generation are explained by Loomis Sayles Growth Equity Strategies CEO and portfolio manager Aziz Hamzaogullari.
10 Potential Market Risks and Questions for 2021
Global Market Strategist Esty Dwek outlines her Top 10 potential risks – and questions to consider – for the year ahead.
Beyond Covid: Better Times Ahead
Global Market Strategist Esty Dwek discusses prospects for growth, returning to normal, and the risks ahead in the new year.
Reflections on Ten Years in Trend Following
AlphaSimplex Chief Research Strategist, portfolio manager and inventor of “crisis alpha” Kathryn Kaminski discusses how her approach can benefit investors.
Split Down the Middle
Following the quickest selloff and rebound in history, the Natixis Strategist Outlook offers diverging views to the question: What comes next?
Volatility 2020: How Model Portfolios Weathered the COVID-19 Selloff
Amid extreme market volatility model portfolios outperformed the index, according to the Latin American & US Offshore Advisors Portfolio Barometer.
Times Like These: Financial Professionals Chart a Course from a Pandemic Market to Profitable Growth
Results from the 2020 Global Survey of Financial Professionals reveal optimistic growth goals and the opportunity for professionals to recalibrate strategy and rethink business models.
As the US Reopens, How Likely Is a Second COVID-19 Lockdown?
Why increasing case counts may not be the best metric to look at when considering the potential market impact of a COVID-19 second wave.
Out of the Frying Pan: Institutional Investors Are Responding to a Daunting – and Growing – Set of Challenges
Institutions face an environment without precedent in global politics, finance and economics. They are developing creative solutions to navigate it, drawing on a wider variety of assets and resources than ever to pursue their investment mandates.
Portfolio Defense: Value, Growth, or Neither?
Analysis of 20-year returns suggests that sector diversification may be a more effective defensive strategy than favoring growth or value equity styles.
Are Markets Underestimating Recovery Challenges?
While fiscal and monetary responses to the COVID-19 economic crisis have given markets reasons for optimism, risks and challenges remain.
Global Barometer: How Advisor Portfolios Were Positioned Heading into 2020
See how moderate portfolios varied by geographic region at the end of 2019 in the Natixis Investment Managers Global Portfolio Barometer.
Coronavirus and Inflation: Pricing the Pandemic
COVID-19 supply and demand shocks are being met with historic monetary and fiscal measures – should businesses and investors be concerned about inflation?
Alpha Thesis of Loomis Growth Equity
Aziz Hamzaogullari, CIO of Growth Equity Strategies at Loomis, Sayles & Company, explains the deeply held beliefs behind his high-conviction, concentrated approach to risk-adjusted excess returns.
Top Concerns for Professional Fund Buyers in 2018
With the return of market volatility, professional fund buyers reveal their top concerns–and how they plan to meet their goals despite them.
Institutional Investor Survey: Preparing for a Market Shift
Three ways institutional investors are preparing for a market shift – and how they plan to balance risk management with investment return.