Insights

Agriculture is emerging as an integral asset class for institutional investors seeking diversification, resilience and long-term value creation.

At a recent roundtable for UK intermediaries and institutional investors, Fiera Capital’s OAKS investment team made the case for emerging markets in 2025. Senior Portfolio Managers Ian Simmons and Dominic Bokor-Ingram explained how their absolute return focus and disciplined stock selection allow them to uncover opportunities that others may overlook.

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.

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.

The UK Government has positioned housing development as a cornerstone of its economic growth strategy. Recognising that effective spatial planning is essential to unlocking new housing supply, it has taken decisive steps to implement policies that actively promote construction.

In August, investors welcomed a dovish-leaning message from Federal Reserve Chair Powel at his Jackson Hole appearance – where he pivoted his focus towards downward risks to the labor market versus upside risks to inflation.

Writing for PERE, CJ Morrell, Head of Japan explored how institutional investors in Asia-Pacific are under pressure to deliver higher, risk adjusted returns. Many investors are now looking beyond their home markets toward the Anglosphere, with growing appetite for value-add strategies and more liquid structures.

Ignacio Ruíz Gallego, Investment Associate at Fiera Real Estate, recently spoke with Spain’s Brains Real Estate News about Fiera’s European real estate debt strategy, its expansion into the Iberian market and the attractive opportunities the region offers for well-capitalised alternative lenders.

We are pleased to present our Sustainability Report, showcasing our commitment to both sustainable investing and corporate responsibility and highlighting our ongoing efforts to integrate sustainability into every aspect of our business.