In the space of little more than two months, Trump has turned the world inside out. The Trump shock is the functional equivalent of a full-blown crisis. Concerns over the global economic forecast seem almost trivial.
This narrative has been doing the rounds for a while and - in terms of unlisted property at least - has been fairly close to the mark. However, going forward, it has become a really unhelpful idea.
Direct lending has become the fastest-growing segment within private credit offering the opportunity for premium yields that are often unavailable in the public credit markets.
As investors chased Mag7, a wide valuation gap opened up. Investors need a fresh growth narrative. TICKing off four markets - China, India, Korea, and Taiwan - is the most efficient starting point and opportunities abound.
If there is one thing those in the finance industry should understand, it is how markets function. The starting point is the Efficient Market Hypothesis - however EMH is amazingly poorly understood.
Led by behavioural finance expert, Herman Brodie, the Behavioural Finance - Investment Decision-Making course will help you identify, analyse and evaluate the principal human preferences that influence decision-making in situations of uncertainty, so you can recognise and identify these preferences in others, to improve investment decision-making.
Private debt has grown in popularity as an alternative source of debt financing, with the asset class tripling in size since 2008. This self-paced, two-hour online short course equips you with the expertise to navigate private debt investment confidently across diverse market conditions.
If MAGA ultimately helps everyone break their dependency on the US consumer, the rest of the world will have much to thank Trump for. The only losers will be ordinary Americans.
According to the latest generation of behavioural finance theory, individuals seek life wellbeing (underpinned by financial wellbeing) which additionally incorporates non-financial factors.
At current valuations, high quality core bonds offer attractive yields relative to cash, as well as the prospect of higher and less volatile returns than equities over the next five years.
As inflation has re-emerged, interest rates have risen and asset prices have levelled off and even declined, a withdrawal of capital from commercial real estate lending markets is creating a new opportunity to be greedy when others are fearful.
The multi-asset, multi-manager approach to investing is fundamentally about diversification to control risk including volatility, but also the risk that's most important to clients which is the risk of not meeting the end objective.
After withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement and the WHO, President Trump may pull the country out the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. But a withdrawal would primarily harm the US.
Extraordinary and interrelated developments are unfolding in politics, geopolitics and deep tech innovation. Trump's disruptive approach has enormous implications for global markets.
The new US administration could upend assumptions about global growth and markets for years to come. Investors need to prepare portfolios now for a new investing era.
The US (and soon rest of world) hasn't seen this much demand for power since World War 2. While this introduces investment possibilities for many segments, listed infrastructure is disproportionately well-placed to fill this gap.
Traditional asset allocation is insufficient for addressing investors' real-world needs. A more dynamic approach to portfolio construction is needed, incorporating risk factor diversification to account for tail risks, and objectives-based investing.
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