Perspectives
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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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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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Global Value Improvers Strategy Commentary September 2024
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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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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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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Emerging Markets Strategy September Commentary
China’s bazooka stimulus package symbolised a turning point of growth narrative of emerging markets.
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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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Global Value Improvers Strategy August Commentary
The Strategy outperformed its benchmark, led by stock selection in Japan, the U.K. and the industrials sector, which more than offset detractors in Europe and the materials sector.
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Global Infrastructure Value Strategy August Commentary
We continue to see positive earnings revisions for regulated and contracted utilities, based on that pass-through of inflation and on the growth in their underlying asset bases.
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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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Global Infrastructure Income Strategy August Commentary
In this environment, we believe infrastructure’s defensive qualities and its income stability will become more apparent, as has been evident during recent market selloffs.
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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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