March 16, 2026

Asset Allocation Insights - March 2026

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Geopolitics disrupts otherwise robust global backdrop; EM remains resilient. Markets pricing a swift resolution is a key risk. AI disruption opens jaws between hardware and software.

Key highlights:

  • Geopolitical risk steps up a gear
  • Markets pricing a swift resolution to the crisis in the Middle-East
  • Equities tend to look through conflicts and macro looks robust
  • Tech hardware and software disconnected due to AI
  • Spotlight on South Korea: the picks and shovels of AI
  • Steeper curves, with high cash rates make longer duration bonds look attractive

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  • Key macroeconomic influences and their implications for financial markets
  • Core drivers across asset classes – and what they are indicating
  • Cross-asset analysis – expectations, risk premiums, return and risk, correlations and more · Implications for asset allocation and portfolio construction
  • Market analysis provided exclusively via our indices, and LSEG and Lipper fund flows data – enabling apples-to-apples comparisons across asset classes and global markets

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