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PIMCOFixed Income

Rupture and Resilience: 2026 Global Economic Outlook, Geopolitics, and Fixed Income Investment Strategy | PIMCO

PIMCO's 2026 Secular Outlook argues that geopolitical fragmentation, AI-driven capital spending (~$14 trillion over five years), and fiscal strain are widening the distribution of global macro outcomes and accelerating a credit loss cycle in lower-quality debt. The firm recommends diversified, high-quality fixed income portfolios targeting 5% - 7% yields in local-currency terms, favouring asset-based finance and publicly traded credit over leveraged and private direct lending.

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Hartford FundsMulti-Asset

Policy, Politics, and Pressure Points in Washington This Summer

Hartford Funds' Chief Political Strategist JT Taylor surveys the summer 2026 US policy landscape, covering trade (USMCA renegotiation, Section 301 tariffs), fiscal/defense reconciliation, crypto legislation (CLARITY Act), SEC quarterly-reporting reform, and housing policy against a backdrop of narrow Republican Congressional margins. The piece concludes that a compressed calendar and internal GOP divisions are likely to limit legislative progress, pushing more complex issues into the fall.

17 Jun 2026

Thornburg Investment ManagementEquities

A New Landscape for Global Equities: A Conversation with Miguel Oleaga - Thornburg Investment Management®

Thornburg portfolio manager Miguel Oleaga argues that a decade of U.S. mega-cap dominance is maturing, creating a dual opportunity in undervalued international markets benefiting from corporate governance reforms and in overlooked U.S. mid- and small-caps. The Q&A also highlights a contrarian AI thesis: AI enablers may be overvalued while traditional-sector "AI users" - banks, telecoms, and outsourcers - remain mispriced relative to their potential productivity gains.

17 Jun 2026

Cohen & SteersEquities

Why active management matters in energy markets - Cohen & Steers

Cohen & Steers argues that the traditional binary approach to energy investing - either exclusively traditional or alternative energy - is flawed, and that an actively managed blended strategy (approximately 70% traditional, 30% alternative) delivers superior risk-adjusted returns. The paper demonstrates how active management can exploit significant return dispersion across the energy value chain while avoiding structural laggards in both passive traditional and clean energy benchmarks.

17 Jun 2026

Guggenheim InvestmentsFixed Income

Second Quarter 2026 Fixed-Income Sector Views - Guggenheim Investments

Guggenheim Investments presents its Q2 2026 relative-value outlook across the full fixed-income spectrum, covering rates, investment-grade and high-yield corporates, bank loans, ABS/CLOs, RMBS, CMBS, munis, agency MBS, private debt, and real assets. Against a backdrop of Middle East geopolitical risk and elevated oil prices, the firm maintains a baseline of ~2% U.S. real GDP growth and expects the Fed to cut rates twice in H2 2026, favouring higher-quality credit with active selection.

17 Jun 2026

Principal Asset ManagementPrivate Markets

2026 Mid-year Inside Real Estate outlook | Principal Asset Management

Principal Asset Management's mid-year 2026 update on commercial real estate (CRE) argues that the global CRE recovery remains intact despite heightened geopolitical volatility, rising yields, and a narrowing economic margin for error. The report identifies a K-shaped recovery with significant dispersion across property types and markets, highlights data centers and residential as high-conviction sectors, and recommends a diversified four-quadrant approach spanning public/private equity and debt.

17 Jun 2026

Man GroupFixed Income

A Crude Awakening | Man Group

Man Group analyses 22 historical episodes of oil price spikes to argue that today's tight US high yield spread environment (317bps, 12th percentile) removes the recovery cushion that previously offset crude-driven credit stress. The piece identifies Autos and Retail as the most vulnerable sectors, projecting median spread widening of ~80bps and ~49bps respectively over six months, with the Fed's rate path as the key amplifying risk.

17 Jun 2026

PerpetualMulti-Asset

The art of conversation

Perpetual Private outlines the importance of ongoing, personalised adviser - client conversations as the foundation of effective retirement financial planning, drawing on insights from its advisers and client case studies. The piece emphasises that understanding a client's life goals, family dynamics, and evolving needs - rather than products or strategies alone - drives long-term financial outcomes.

17 Jun 2026

First TrustMulti-Asset

Chair Warsh and a New Era for the Fed

First Trust's chief economist reviews the June 2026 FOMC meeting under new Chair Warsh, highlighting a shorter, forward-guidance-free policy statement, a significant upward revision to 2026 PCE inflation forecasts (to ~3.6%), and an evenly split dot plot on future rate hikes. The commentary also covers Warsh's announcement of five Fed task forces to reassess communications, balance sheet policy, data sourcing, productivity, and inflation frameworks from first principles.

17 Jun 2026

GQG PartnersEquities

What in the World⁈

GQG Partners' weekly macro and markets newsletter covering three themes: the fading ROI case for AI as usage-based pricing replaces flat subscriptions, speculative excess in South Korean semiconductor stocks (SK Hynix leverage and retail mania), and a Taleb-inspired warning that current maximum market confidence may signal maximum fragility. Each edition uses vivid analogies and data to flag emerging risks for equity investors.

17 Jun 2026

Lord AbbettMulti-Asset

2026 Midyear Investment Outlook | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett's investment leaders present their H2 2026 outlook across fixed income, equities, municipal bonds, and private credit, with a central theme that widening dispersion across markets rewards active management and selective security selection. The hub covers resilient economic growth, elevated carry in credit, favorable municipal supply/demand dynamics, and a lender-friendly reset in private credit.

17 Jun 2026

Lombard OdierEquities

Does a wave of IPOs signal an equity peak? | Lombard Odier

Lombard Odier's CIO EMEA argues that the 2026 IPO wave - led by SpaceX, Anthropic, and OpenAI - does not signal an equity market peak, as issuance levels remain within historical norms and corporate buybacks should broadly offset new supply. The piece maintains an equity overweight tilted toward emerging markets, shifts technology to neutral, adds financials as a preferred sector, and flags a US-Iran oil accord and a steady Fed as key supports for continued gains.

17 Jun 2026

TCWMulti-Asset

Energy Transition Outlook: Security, Scale, and the Cost of Disorder

TCW's cross-asset research argues that energy security has displaced climate as the primary driver of the energy transition, with the Hormuz crisis accelerating capital flows into grids, transmission, and clean capacity as a byproduct of security imperatives. The piece frames a ~2.8°C trajectory and geopolitical fragmentation as structural base cases, recommending broad stack exposure, active selectivity, and focus on infrastructure bottlenecks over benchmark-driven allocation.

17 Jun 2026