Asset Allocation
Statistical Recession Indicators Look Ominous
ClearBridge Investments' 10 signals of an economic downturn are now blinking red.
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Market Moves
Institutions Log Second Consecutive Quarter of Positive Returns
After a punishing 2022 ended on a slight upswing, allocators posted a 4.1% increase in this year’s first period, per a Northern Trust study.
Risk
Data Tells the Story: Jitters Along the Curve
Three-month T-bills are yielding more than the five-year Treasury.
Regulation
Stocks Are ‘Perfect Hedge’ Against Inflation, Siegel Says
Economist and Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel likes stocks as the safest investment this year.
Risk
Jobs Slowdown May Finally Be Happening—So Then the Fed Can Back Off
Vacancies shrink and Friday’s employment report may aid the deceleration narrative.
Asset Allocation
Commercial Real Estate Faces ‘Staring Contest’
Even if interest rates stop going up, CRE investors face years of fine margins and crucial risk calculations.
Dark Clouds Over Commercial Real Estate Don’t Frighten Allocators
Prices are down and dire forecasts abound, but asset owners plan to modestly boost their CRE exposure.
Pensions
Volatility Has Little Effect on Public Pension Funded Levels in March
The funded ratio of the 100 largest U.S. public pensions rose despite interest rate hike, banking failures.
Risk
Pension Funds Sue Silicon Valley Bank’s Officers, Auditor KPMG Following Failure
Complaint alleges the company's executives and its auditor ‘understated and concealed’ the risks posed by rising interest rates.
Risk
Drooping Dollar May Face Global Reckoning, but Is There a Viable Replacement?
Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer pushes back against resurgent notions that the greenback is destined for permanent decline.