Europe

Sacrificing stocks on the altar of trade

Brij Khurana discusses the Trump administration's new stance on trade and its impact on the US economy, global markets and asset prices.

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Brij Khurana

event April 2025

5 min

Article

2026-04-30

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Europe: a good hunting ground for high yield?

With attractive yields and a low duration profile, high yield can present potentially compelling opportunities for investors.

By

Konstantin Leidman, CFA

Jennifer Martin, CFA

event April 2025

7 min

Article

2026-05-31

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Europe Equity Macro and market Wealth Program European Stewards Focused European Equity Article

The changing face of Europe: regime change gathers pace

Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek explores the drivers of Europe’s accelerating regime change and its impact on European equity markets and potential areas of opportunity.

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Nicolas Wylenzek

event April 2025

8 min

Article

2026-03-31

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Chart in Focus: how sustainable is Europe’s rally?

Is the recent rally in European equities sustainable? In this edition of our Chart in Focus series, we explore the potential path ahead.

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event March 2025

4 min

Infographic

2026-03-31

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Europe Equity Macro and market Content CoE Program Global Program Fundamental equity Article

Europe amid regime change: where next for European equities?

Is pessimism on Europe overdone? Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek discusses why he believes Europe is in the middle of a regime change with significant opportunities for active equity investors.

By

Nicolas Wylenzek

event January 2025

6 min

Article

2026-02-28

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Active management Europe Equity Wealth Program Wealth Article

The power of local perspective: the long and short of European equity investing

Dirk Enderlein and Boris Kergall explain why, in their view, the structural changes impacting European equity markets offer active long/short investors a rich source of potential return and diversification.

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Dirk Enderlein, CFA

Boris Kergall, CFA

event October 2024

7 min

Article

2025-10-31

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Europe Equity Macro and market Wealth Program Fundamental equity Macro Wealth Article

The investment implications of Europe’s ageing workforce

What are the investment implications of Europe’s ageing workforce? Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek explores the drivers of this accelerating demographic shift, Europe’s likely response and the opportunities it creates for investors.

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Nicolas Wylenzek

event September 2024

6 min

Article

2025-10-31

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Time to capitalise on the evolving role of bonds?

We outline why we think the new economic era is elevating the role of bonds as a source of attractive and stable income, downside protection and portfolio diversification.

By

Marco Giordano

event September 2024

2 min

Article

2025-09-30

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The power of local perspective: where next for European banks?

Global Industry Analyst Thibault Nardin explores how monetary policy divergence, technological disruption and sector consolidation are reshaping European banks, while creating potentially compelling opportunities for active investors.

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Thibault Nardin

event August 2024

7 min

Article

2025-08-31

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European elections: all change for equity investors?

Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek discusses how the elections for the European Parliament could herald significant change, with major implications for European equity investors.

By

Nicolas Wylenzek

event July 2024

4 min

Article

2025-05-07

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Has the European credit cycle been extended?

2024 has kept fixed income investors busy. Yet, despite lingering inflation and rate volatility, European credit markets have remained strong. Are we looking at an extended credit cycle? And if so, what does this mean for investors?

By

Derek Hynes

Will Prentis

event June 2024

8 min

Article

2025-06-30

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Governments have been slow to reduce their fiscal deficits — it could cost them

Our expert explores the investment implications of continued excessive deficit spending by G7 countries.

By

Eoin O'Callaghan

event June 2024

4 min

Article

2025-06-30

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Key factors to monitor in European equities

Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek assesses the longer-term prospects of European equity markets through the prism of five key factors.

By

Nicolas Wylenzek

event March 2024

Article

2025-03-31

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Bizarro World: Could 2024 be the opposite of 2023?

Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Brij Khurana details the dynamics that may upend investor expectations of a repeat of 2023 this year.

By

Brij Khurana

event January 2024

Quick Take

2025-01-17

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Long/short investing in European equities' growing dispersion

We explore how growing dispersion in European equity markets is driving opportunities for long/short investors, fueled by structurally higher inflation, changing market leadership, and a renewed focus on valuation.

By

Dirk Enderlein, CFA

event September 2023

Article

2024-09-30

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European equities: cyclically challenged but structurally supported

Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek discusses why, despite cyclical challenges, European equities may be in the best structural position that they have been in for years.

By

Nicolas Wylenzek

event June 2023

Article

2024-06-30

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Europe/US divergence: the ECB has further to go

How far will Europe diverge from the US? Macro Strategist Eoin O’Callaghan sees several reasons sustaining this growing divergence.

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Eoin O'Callaghan

event June 2023

Article

2024-06-30

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European stocks: Regime change and the valuation gap

Portfolio Manager Dirk Enderlein explains why we may see more dispersion in European stocks in coming years and why there may be greater clarity about which stocks will be the new market leaders.

By

Dirk Enderlein, CFA

event April 2023

Quick Take

2024-04-14

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European equities: a complex story

Macro Strategist Nicolas Wylenzek examines the complex prospects of European equities from both a near-term and structural perspective.

By

Nicolas Wylenzek

event February 2023

Quick Take

2024-02-29

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Why Europe could surprise in 2023

Eoin O’Callaghan and John Butler discuss the contrasting prospects of the Euro Area and the UK and why 2023 could bring positive surprises in the region.

By

Eoin O'Callaghan

John Butler

event December 2022

Article

2023-12-31

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How to find potential in volatile European high-yield markets?

Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Konstantin Leidman discusses why European high-yield investors need to be ready for both further volatility and the emergence of new opportunities.

By

Konstantin Leidman, CFA

event December 2022

Article

2023-12-31

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Why today’s fixed income market is fertile ground for active management

Skilled active management has potential to shine in times of increased dispersion across fixed income sectors and regions. Now may be one of those times.

By

Tobias Ripka, CFA

Will Prentis

event August 2022

Quick Take

2022-12-31

Inflation Europe Monetary policy Volatility Fiscal policy EMEA Article

What next for the euro area after the ECB’s historic hike?

Eoin O'Callaghan and Marco Giordano explore the ECB’s likely next steps and the potential future path of inflation and growth in the euro area.

By

Eoin O'Callaghan

Marco Giordano

event July 2022

Article

2023-07-05

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Helping European investors navigate inflation fears

The recent shift to a higher inflation regime, with resulting expectations of tighter monetary policy and rising interest rates, presents a material challenge for European fixed income investors. Against this backdrop, Investment Analyst Will Prentis and Investment Director Tobias Ripka believe investment flexibility is key.

By

Will Prentis

Tobias Ripka, CFA

event April 2022

Quick Take

2022-07-31

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Global credit: Where do we go from here?

Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Mahmoud El-Shaer explores why 2022 may be a momentous year for global credit and sets out a framework to think through potential investment implications. 2022 promises to be another challenging year for central banks as they attempt to normalise policies in the face of surging inflation, while navigating the growing fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since 2009, there has essentially been one trade in capital markets: riding a huge wave of central bank liquidity in support of the financial system and the economy, with the G4 central banks alone pumping approximately US$20 trillion into the system via quantitative easing (QE).

By

Mahmoud El-Shaer, CFA

Annabel Gray

event April 2022

Quick Take

2022-07-31

Geopolitics Macro and market Multi-asset Equity Europe Article

War and markets: What's the connection?

Amid the geopolitical turmoil and tragic humanitarian fallout of the Russia/Ukraine crisis, many investors are naturally also concerned about the negative effects the escalating conflict could have on their portfolios. With that in mind, I thought I’d provide a quick snapshot of the impacts that past wars have tended to have on asset prices.

By

Owen Lamont, PhD

event March 2022

Article

2023-03-31

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Geopolitics Russia Europe Fiscal policy Monetary policy Energy Article

How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine transform the euro area? Four potential paths

As the tragedy in Ukraine unfolds, Macro Strategist John Butler assesses possible implications of the conflict for Europe and the euro area. He outlines four potential paths.

By

John Butler

event March 2022

Article

2023-03-31

Europe Inflation Quick Take

Euro area: Challenging long-held assumptions

We believe 2022 will be the year when macroeconomic and political developments challenge two deep-rooted misperceptions about the euro area:

By

John Butler

Eoin O'Callaghan

event February 2022

Quick Take

2022-04-30

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