Investment Trends in Focus: Quarterly Roundtable Q1 2025

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The dominance of the U.S. showed no signs of waning as the year began. But what will investors be watching as they seek to steady an unbalanced world? Our quarterly panel breaks down the potential effects for global equities, fixed income and private investments, as well as one area where it's Asia that dominates - energy consumption.

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Investment Trends in Focus: Quarterly Roundtable Q1 2025

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From Private to Prominent: The Asset Class Everyone's Watching 34:34

23 days ago34:34

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Luke Flemmer, MSCI's head of private assets, provides his views on how the industry, tools and participants stand to evolve as the worlds of public and private investing converge and more investors adopt a total portfolio approach.

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Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Bond Market? 24:38

5 weeks ago24:38

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Though many of the headlines follow every twist and turn that equities have taken over the last month, fixed income remains an important part of the story. From drivers of inflation to the relative strength of the U.S. dollar and the rise of private credit as a funding source for corporate America, understanding the shifting dynamics is key as investors plot their next move.…

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Investment Trends in Focus: Quarterly Roundtable Q2 2025 38:29

7 weeks ago38:29

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As the year started, the overriding theme was the dominance of the U.S. in the world's financial markets. However, there were already some uncertainties on the horizon. Three months later we have seen quite astounding action on both the policy front and in financial markets. MSCI's roundtable of experts provide their unique perspective on it all.…

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From Dot-com to Dot-AI: Is History Repeating? 16:56

9 weeks ago16:56

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25 years on from the peak of the dot-com bubble, we discuss parallels between today's AI-driven market boom and the dot-com era with MSCI's Donald Sze, exploring market sentiment, lessons from history and implications for investors navigating current dynamics.

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Tariff-ied Markets: What Investors Need to Know 28:42

13 weeks ago28:42

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Trade tensions are rising - what does this mean for investors? MSCI's Abhishek Gupta and Thomas Verbraken discuss the latest tariff developments, their potential impact on inflation and interest rates and how they could reshape market dynamics in 2025 and beyond.

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Location, Location... Allocation: Real Estate's Shifting Landscape 37:12

15 weeks ago37:12

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Real estate is resetting - but not everywhere and not all at once. Tom Leahy and Ben Chow, the EMEA and APAC heads of real-estate research at MSCI, unpack 2025's key trends, from interest rates to AI-driven demand, and discuss why strategy, timing and resilience could be important drivers going forward.…

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Sweet 16: Have Bitcoin and Other Digital Assets Come of Age? 32:47

17 weeks ago32:47

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The first Bitcoin was mined on Jan. 3, 2009. Since then, much of the story has been about volatility, speculation and retail investors. But our guests - including MSCI's Padmakar Kulkarni, Barbara Schlyter of DWS Group and Menai's CIO, Shubin Jha - help us dig deeper into the world of digital-assets investing and examine why institutional investors have started to pay closer attention.…

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Investment Trends in Focus: Quarterly Roundtable Q1 2025 50:36

19 weeks ago50:36

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How Are You Fixed for Fixed Income for 2025? 40:06

25 weeks ago40:06

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With fixed-income investors still recovering from a year that arguably saw nearly every cycle of the market, we look ahead to 2025 across sectors, including sustainability-linked bonds, securitized products and the ongoing effects of inflation and moves by central banks.

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Two Takes on the Future of Risk 16:52

27 weeks ago16:52

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When it comes to managing portfolios, the role of risk, and risk managers continues to evolve. We hear from two industry leaders, recently returned from the MSCI Analytics Summit, on the future of identifying, measuring and managing risk.

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As Asset Owners Go, So Goes the Industry 23:45

29 weeks ago23:45

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We're joined by MSCI's Chief Research Officer, Ashley Lester and Chief Client Officer, Axel Kilian, who recently attended the 19th annual Institutional Investor Forum, hosted by MSCI. We discuss the benefits and considerations of a total portfolio approach, as well as the myriad of challenges facing asset owners and investors around the world.…

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Investment Trends in Focus: Quarterly Roundtable Q4 2024 39:50

32 weeks ago39:50

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From the effects of China's stimulus to the power of sustainability on portfolio performance and companies cost of capital, our panel dissects the latest market drivers and where investors may be focused for the rest of 2024.

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Real Estate Debt, Distress and, Dare We Say, Hope? 24:19

36 weeks ago24:19

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Rate hikes from central banks around the world may offer a glimmer of hope to commercial real estate (CRE) investors, but will it be the panacea they're looking for? We discuss the state of the CRE debt market and the potential path for portfolios.

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The Future of Energy 36:04

38 weeks ago36:04

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One of the key aspects of controlling or limiting climate change is the energy transition. That is, the global energy sector's shift from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption - including oil, natural gas and coal - to renewable energy sources like wind and solar, as well as lithium-ion batteries. To discuss where things stand in the transition, we spoke to MSCI ESG Research's Chris Cote and Yu Ishihara, author of the recently published paper "Auto Industry: Emissions vs. Economics," along with Tyler Rosenlicht, Head of Natural Resource Equities at Cohen Steers.…

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So Many Sectors, So Little Time 42:34

42 weeks ago42:34