Together, these two articles shed light on important micro and macro challenges facing the growth of ethical responsibility in investment and wealth management.

This paper looks at the impact of repetition on our perceptions of unethicality and truth. It finds that the more times we hear about a wrongdoing, the more we may believe it - but the less we may care.

Rather than treating ethical decision-making as a cognitive issue, investment professionals should develop "ethics muscle memory", increasing the chances of successfully navigating moral predicaments in the moment.

Individual investors have long responded to the public communications of well-placed, popular investment experts. This paper offers a new understanding of how the rise of "finfluencers" is reshaping the information landscape.

Whether your clients are looking for enhanced income, greater capital appreciation, or balance & diversification, alternatives may allow you to build portfolios to better pursue these outcomes together.

Backed by decades of outperformance, private market assets can serve as powerful tools to diversify return streams, providing ballast to portfolios.

Private credit may represent a simple and direct way to offer clients exposure to private markets and help them pursue investment goals, whether they are savers, spenders or growers.

Less than 5% of individual portfolios are allocated to alternative investments. Yet, private markets have outperformed their public counterparts over the long term.

By understanding the fundamentals of private capital, investors can make more informed investments, potentially unlocking paths to greater diversification, attractive returns, increased income, and lower volatility.

Private market assets can complement traditional equity and fixed income allocations, helping investors participate in the upside of favourable equity markets while mitigating drawdowns in difficult ones.

Two trends have propelled direct lending’s market’s remarkable growth over the past decade and these tailwinds are expected to continue.

A complex array of issues is changing the outlook for economies and investment markets. It is time to make a move to better understand these issues so we can better manage risk and uncertainty, and design portfolios capable of improving the financial well-being of individuals.

From the origins of Western order in the Renaissance through the Enlightenment, five interconnected crises now threatening its foundations. Our choice is simple – optimise within decline, or rebuild the foundations that made our prosperity possible.

In an era defined by rapid economic shifts and evolving banking regulation, the time to make a move is now – asset-based finance is emerging as a compelling frontier for investors.

With parts of the private credit market under pressure from rising impairments and liquidity constraints, investment-grade credit provides a way to access equity-like returns without taking on additional risk or sacrificing liquidity.

Investors should challenge what value means in today's evolving market and think pragmatically about how value co-exists alongside other accretive factors, thereby uncovering opportunities that challenge the traditional definition.

An absolute return, long-short approach to global equities investing offers the freedom to invest in the best long-term opportunities whatever they are, turning time and disruption into a competitive advantage.

A new approach to asset allocation is needed to create long-term wealth for clients, focusing on risk-adjusted returns with up to 50% of portfolios allocated to private markets asset classes.

Private credit is a maturing asset class globally but expanding rapidly in Europe, with spreads tending to price at a premium to their US counterparts, providing higher interest cover and lower default rates.

It's time to move global equities portfolio construction and stock selection with the corporate life cycle - for alpha, balance, and consistency.