Insights

Agriculture aims to effectively meet the needs of investors seeking the benefits of diversification and an expansion of the efficient frontier of their portfolio. Even a modest exposure to the asset class can accomplish these objectives.

Financial markets generated some mixed results in December as fears around lofty valuations saw the AI trade fizzle towards year end – while investors were also contemplating the path for global monetary policy as the synchronized easing cycle winds down.

Financial markets were whipsawed in November.

With the impressive gains seen across emerging markets indices in 2025, our team is thrilled to share our latest insights in this space to highlight the expertise behind our strategies.

In our latest webinar, Jerome Booth, Ian Simmons and CJ Morrell explored where today’s most compelling opportunities are emerging, why selective active exposure can outperform passive allocations and how structural reforms are reshaping markets across Asia, the Middle East and frontier economies.

In our latest report, Michael Le Coche, Vice President, Research and Predictive Analytics, identifies key trends shaping Canada’s real estate landscape today, and where the most compelling opportunities in Canadian real estate lie for investors seeking income durability with inflation protection.

The fourth quarter got off to a strong start. Solid economic and corporate earnings results in the United States provided a tailwind for global stock markets – while a tentative trade truce between the United States and China added to the optimistic mood in the market.

Click the link below to watch an interview with Candice Bangsund and Emerson Savage, as they explore the economic outlook and implications for financial markets and investor portfolios. 

In the current new regime, Canadian real estate is no longer just a yield play. It is a strategic “shield.” A repricing mechanism. A scarce store of value that responds almost mechanically to debasement, adjusting upward in price to reflect declining value changes in the denominator – money itself.

Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q3 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.

Financial markets ended the third quarter on a solid note.

Over the past two decades, performance data from the largest emerging markets has demonstrated that GDP growth, while essential, is not by itself enough to deliver sustained equity market outperformance.