As public markets and large-cap private equity present valuation challenges, allocators are increasingly targeting the lower 'bottom half' of the market, inspired by operational upside and pricing inefficiencies.
How can investors tackle a landscape of volatile markets, concentrated benchmarks and stock dispersion? Watch this video and read the views of Wellington Management’s Edward Baldini, portfolio manager, and Philip Li, investment director, on the importance of security selection in creating more potential for outperformance than sector allocation.
Infrastructure, mid-market corporate lending and emerging areas such as fund financing continue to attract capital, supported by structural financing gaps and resilient cashflows.
With the long-term opportunities in global emerging markets being the best they have been in years, an active, differentiated, style-neutral portfolio is best placed to generate alpha, say Anik Sen, global head of equities, and Robert Hinchliffe, CFA, portfolio manager and head of global sector cluster research at PineBridge Investments.
The next-generation of family offices in Asia are taking a fresh look at asset classes, as interest turns away from traditional investments and towards exciting new ventures.
There is definite proof that sustainability-focused funds are outperforming their conventional counterparts. But some experts believe the traditional explanations for this are wrong.