Perspectives

Stay up-to-date with the current investment and macroeconomic issues at ClearBridge Investments. We provide analyses of the themes and trends which lie at the heart of your investment challenges.

Infrastructure Insights Portfolio Insights
Broadening Market Lifts Infrastructure

Broadening Market Lifts Infrastructure

Q3 2024 Global Infrastructure Value Strategy Commentary: The defensive and income-producing qualities of infrastructure should continue to become more apparent and reflected in market pricing.

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Infrastructure Insights Portfolio Insights
Infrastructure Outpaces Equities in Market Rotation

Infrastructure Outpaces Equities in Market Rotation

Q3 2024 Infrastructure Income Strategy Commentary: A market rotation to a mixture of defensive, commodity- and rate-sensitive securities benefited listed infrastructure.

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Anatomy of a Recession
AOR Update: Election Themes and Investment Implications

AOR Update: Election Themes and Investment Implications

Election outcomes will determine government policy across four key areas impacting the economy and equity markets: taxes, regulation, trade and fiscal spending.

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Infrastructure Insights Video
Valuation of Infrastructure Assets Q3 2024

Valuation of Infrastructure Assets Q3 2024

In our latest Valuation update, Portfolio Manager, Simon Ong, discusses the contributors to infrastructure returns in the third quarter of 2024, and weighs in on the factors impacting different infrastructure sectors across the globe.

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Anatomy of a Recession
The Long View: Stick the Landing

The Long View: Stick the Landing

A healthier U.S. economy, the start of a rate cutting cycle and aggressive Chinese stimulus all improve the chances of a soft landing.

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Equity Insights Portfolio Insights
Global Value Improvers Strategy September Commentary

Global Value Improvers Strategy September Commentary

September was a positive month for global markets, as the beginning of the rate cut cycle in the U.S., news of upcoming Chinese stimulus and a broadening of market leadership helped bolster global equities broadly.  

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Infrastructure Insights Portfolio Insights
Developed Markets Infrastructure Income Model September Commentary

Developed Markets Infrastructure Income Model September Commentary

We remain defensively positioned as impacts of tightened financial conditions continue to impact the economy. 

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Emerging Markets Strategy September Commentary

Emerging Markets Strategy September Commentary

China’s bazooka stimulus package symbolised a turning point of growth narrative of emerging markets.

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Equity Insights
Governance Reforms Power Japan Forward

Governance Reforms Power Japan Forward

A new emphasis on corporate governance has helped to revitalise the Japanese market by improving corporate profitability and shareholder engagement while better integrating sustainability disclosures.

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Anatomy of a Recession
AOR Update: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

AOR Update: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

The ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard has seen a shift with Jobless Claims improving to green, a development inconsistent with substantial deterioration in the labour market.

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Infrastructure Insights
Listed Infrastructure Powers AI - And Vice Versa

Listed Infrastructure Powers AI - And Vice Versa

The potential of AI and data growth to drive significant infrastructure investment represents an emerging long-term thematic driver for the listed infrastructure asset class.

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Infrastructure Insights Video
INBrief with Infrastructure Portfolio Manager, Shane Hurst

INBrief with Infrastructure Portfolio Manager, Shane Hurst

Portfolio Manager, Shane Hurst, sits down with Giselle Roux from The Inside Networks to discuss how AI and decarbonisation are fuelling major investments in energy infrastructure.

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