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Q2 2024
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Investment Trends in Focus Quarterly Roundtable Q2 2024
Our quarterly market analysis, features a robust discussion of the public and private markets, as well as a deep dive and some surprising results from the world of sustainable investing.
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Investment Trends in Focus: Five Key Themes for 2024
As 2024 begins, researchers across MSCI have identified five market-moving trends investors will be focused on this year. Penned by MSCI’s chief research officer, Ashley Lester explores each theme in detail.
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Market Scenarios in Focus: Are US Markets Priced for Perfection?
Global forecasters have recently suggested that the world economy is headed for a soft landing. Our latest market stress test looks at how this and other, less benign scenarios could affect a multi-asset-class portfolio in the coming months.
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Europe: April 23, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. BST London
Register hereApril 23, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. EDT New York/ 8:00 a.m. PDT San Francisco
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Markets in Focus: Regional Markets, Credit and Cash on the Move
Investors contemplating putting their cash to work over the balance of 2024 may wish to consider the impacts of the changing equity-credit relationship and growing regional disparities as they revise their allocations.
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ESG and Climate Indexes in Focus
June 26, 2024 at 10 a.m. EST
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February 28, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EST
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Europe: February 13, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. GMT London
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US: February 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. EST New York
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APAC: February 15, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. HKT Hong Kong
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Real Assets in Focus: Are We Nearly There Yet?
Investors are still waiting for a recovery in commercial real estate. We outline the state of play in early 2024 and identify potential signposts for an upturn in the asset class.
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Real Assets in Focus: Grappling with Higher Interest Rates
A rapid rise in interest rates globally rocked the commercial-property market in 2023. We chart the impact on pricing and transaction activity, and discuss what could aid a revival in dealmaking.
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Private Assets in Focus: Senior Debt on Top; PE Distributions Up
Senior-debt funds led 2023 private-asset performance, followed by mezzanine debt. We summarize the leaders and the laggards from the Q4 2023 update of the Burgiss Manager Universe, and chart the trend in private-equity distributions.
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