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.
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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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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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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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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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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Rising Unemployment: Closer Look, Different Conclusion
A triggering of the Sahm rule has spooked financial markets in recent weeks but a deeper analysis shows increasing labour supply, rather than job losses, is a primary contributor to the pickup in unemployment.
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AOR Update: The Great Rotation?
With equities experiencing the most volatility since the pandemic, we examined the five factors driving the move out of mega cap growth stocks and why a slowing but still expansive economy, with the aid of imminent rate cuts, should support value, small cap and cyclical stocks in coming quarters as well as active management.
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Valuation of Infrastructure Assets Q2 2024
In our latest Valuation update, Portfolio Manager, Daniel Chu, discusses the contributors to infrastructure returns in the second quarter of 2024, and weighs in on the factors impacting different infrastructure sectors across the globe.
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The Long View: It's All About Perspective
The ClearBridge Recession Risk Dashboard improved to an overall green signal this month with three underlying indicator improvements, supporting our view of continued economic normalisation.
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Midyear Equity Outlook: Rotation Seems Inevitable
While second-half profit expectations are likely to be reduced, we believe weakness will be contained, and the U.S. economy will avoid a recession.
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U.K. Water: Flat or Bubbly?
Near-term political volatility could represent a buying opportunity for listed U.K. water utilities, whose spending on improving environmental impacts adds to the bottom line, as investments can earn attractive allowed returns, which translates to better earnings and dividends.
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Transports Poised for Delayed Recovery
An extended contraction in U.S. manufacturing activity has left the transports industry mired in a freight recession, yet the emergence of reshoring and improving operating efficiencies leave high-quality operators attractively positioned for an economic recovery.
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