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Asset Managers, Research Desk and Observations

Pascal Blanqué, Chairman, Amundi Institute
Amundi Asset Management,  20 April 2022
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Charles-Henry Monchau, Chief Investment officer
Banque Syz SA, Focus, Major turning point? 29 March 2022
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Tristan Perrier, Global Views Analyst
Amundi Asset Management,  February 02, 2021
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The Debt Reaper

Governments have traditionally argued that as long as debt remains manageable and serviceable without difficulty, there’s little cause for concern. While this notion holds some truth, the reality is that recent growth has largely been fueled by an insurmountable increase in debt.

Robert Burrows
M&G Investments,  Bond Vigilantes, 14 November 2023

Are US Stocks Worth the Price?

The Magnificent 7 have distorted US equity valuations

Tim Murray, Capital Markets Analyst
T. Rowe Price,  Investment Insights, November 2023

High yield maturity walls are steep, but not unclimbable

We are now 18 months into the Fed’s tightening cycle and many market participants, including us, have been surprised by the resilience of credit spreads, particularly in the high yield (HY) market where the option-adjusted spread for the Global HY index has dipped to the low 400s (bps), one of the tightest levels of post Global Financial Crisis observations.

Ana Gil
M&G Investments,  Bond Vigilantes, 9 October 2023

The Inflation Battle May Not Be Over

An uptick in some prices could mean higher rates for longer

Tim Murray Capital Markets Strategist, Multi‑Asset Division
T. Rowe Price,  October 2023

One for the road.

Has the ECB just delivered its final rate hike of the cycle?

Wolfgang Bauer
M&G Investments,  Bond Vigilantes,15 September 2023
Investment Review April 2023

Investment Review April 2023

Many impossible things are happening in the investment world at the moment; like the bluebottle which sits upside-down on the ceiling, we have to come to realise these things were not so impossible, after all.

Jonathan Ruffer, Chairman
Ruffer, Investment Review, 3 April 2023
Pension Funds  Asset Allocation 2022

Pension Funds Asset Allocation 2022

Thinking Ahead Institute and secondary sources
Willis Towers Watson, Global Pension Assets Study 2023
Aggregate P7 asset allocation from 2002 to 2022

Aggregate P7 asset allocation from 2002 to 2022

Thinking Ahead Institute and secondary sources
Willis Towers Watson, Global Pension Assets Study 2023