Our latest CIO Insight

Our CIO of Public Markets Colin Purdie’s latest video series is designed to inform and help investors navigate uncertainty and opportunity in the current market environment.

What’s driving the recent performance of Asian equity and credit?

Hear Colin Purdie highlight the fundamental and technical factors supporting equity and credit across Asian economies and the geographies and sectors showing particular promise.

Current trends and opportunities across global bond markets

Volatility breeds opportunity: Colin Purdie demonstrates the importance of broad capabilities and local expertise that inform our global preferences and perspectives. 

Uncertainty is stalking emerging markets. How are trade policy issues affecting the outlook?

Unpredictability hurts investment. Colin Purdie talks about staying clear of the crossfire but remaining alert to the opportunities that volatility provides, where an active approach is key. 

What’s driving performance in the global equity market?

Hear Colin Purdie discuss exercising caution as geopolitical risk continues and taking advantage of a bottom-up perspective that reveals unloved markets delivering positive returns.

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