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CIO Perspectives: Labor Market Slowing, Corporate Profits Growing

The latest scare over even more draconian tech export bans by the US against China has hit popular megacap tech stocks. But is the fear warranted? Our APAC Head of Investment Strategy Ken Peng brings to our attention the sharp market correction on semiconductors and how the broader equity market could be benefitting from a more dovish Fed.

CIO Perspectives: Labor Market Slowing, Corporate Profits Growing

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CIO Perspectives: What's Next For Japan?

Japanese equities have traded sideways recently after a 21% surge in the first quarter. Investors are wondering if they have missed the train for Japanese equities. Our APAC Head of Investment Strategy, believes that the next phase of Japan's bull market might have just begun and gives us the key reasons why Japan represents an opportunity to diversify overly concentrated portfolios.

CIO Perspectives: What's Next For Japan?

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FX Perspectives: Yen At The Highest Levels Since 1980s And Safe Haven Inflows Into The DXY

The recent rise in the broad-based USD Index (DXY) had little to do with the Fed Outlook and more with the global uncertainty driving safe haven inflows. Looking across the pacific, the Japanese Yen saw its highest level since the late 1980s. Can the Yen reverse this weakness? How will the macroeconomic and political backdrop in the US affect the outlook for the Yen? Our Head of FX Strategy, gives us the rundown of the factors affecting these sets of currencies.

FX Perspectives: Yen At The Highest Levels Since 1980s And Safe Haven Inflows Into The DXY

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CIO Perspectives: Do Opportunities Exist Within Fixed Income?

As investors remain excited over AI fever and the Fed's forecasts that interest rates will be 2.8% over the "longer run", one might ask are there any investment opportunities in Fixed Income? Our APAC Investment Strategist, explores whether this could be an investment worth noting.

CIO Perspectives: Do Opportunities Exist Within Fixed Income?

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CIO Perspectives: Reprioritizing Our Allocations In Fixed Income

Our Global Investment Committee (GIC) reviewed its allocations this month and decided to trim our overweight in emerging markets hard currency debt and investment grade US corporate bonds. Our APAC Investment Strategist explains reasoning behind the GIC's decisions.

CIO Perspectives: Reprioritizing Our Allocations In Fixed Income

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CIO Perspectives: Everyone Has A View On Rate Cuts

After the June Federal Open Market Committee meeting, the Fed lowered its expectations for rate cuts to just one for the remainder of the year. However, markets reacted differently and priced in two rate cuts. We stayed our view that there's likely to be three rate cuts by the end of the year. Our APAC Investment Strategist explains the reasoning behind our views and why everyone has a different view on rate cuts.

CIO Perspectives: Everyone Has A View On Rate Cuts

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CIO Perspectives: Updates From The 3 Major Central Banks

Last week, the Fed, European Central Bank (ECB), and the Bank of Japan all concluded their policy meetings in June. The ECB was the only central bank to cut rates, while the rest kept rates unchanged. What does this all mean and what would it take for the Fed to cut rates? Our APAC Investment Strategist explains it to us in this week's CIO Perspectives.

CIO Perspectives: Updates From The 3 Major Central Banks

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CIO Perspectives: Yen Strengthens, India's Political Shifts, and an Update on US Large Caps

This week in CIO Perspectives, our APAC Investment Strategist brings our attention to Yen's recent strengthening, India's recent legislative elections and its impact on investment performance, and an update on how US large caps are currently performing.

CIO Perspectives: Yen Strengthens, India's Political Shifts, and an Update on US Large Caps

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FX perspectives: Lower Rates, Weaker Dollar

With US inflation declining more slowly than expected and not quite to Fed's longer-term target at 2%, could we still see rate cuts this year? This month, our Head of FX Strategy reaffirms our view for a weaker dollar and breaks down the opportunities that exist in an environment that has lower US interest rates and a weak dollar.

FX perspectives: Lower Rates, Weaker Dollar