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Weighing the investment implications of climate change policy

Weighing the investment implications of climate change policy

As part of the 2021 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions, Jennifer Wu, Head of Sustainable Investing, Benjamin Mandel, Global Strategist, and Vincent Juvyns, Global Market Strategist, discuss the shift to a low carbon economy and the implications for institutional investors.
37:0524/11/2020
ESG: Anchoring Returns for Alternatives

ESG: Anchoring Returns for Alternatives

Anurag Agarwal, Head of Portfolio Management, Global Transportation Group, Nicola Rawlinson, Head of Investment Specialists for Macro Strategies, Nick Moller, Investment Specialist, Infrastructure Investments Group and Karen Roberton, Global Head of Consultant Sales, discuss their thoughts on the importance of ESG factors within alternative strategies and the return enhancements it can provide.
35:5304/11/2020
Make Income an Objective

Make Income an Objective

Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, Pulkit Sharma, Head of Alternatives Investments Strategy & Solutions, and Keith Cahill, Head of North America Institutional, discuss the operational benefits and consistent stream of capital investors can find in allocating to a range of traditional and alternative strategies to help meet income objectives.
40:0929/10/2020
China: A source for growth opportunities

China: A source for growth opportunities

Eddy Wong, CEO of China International Fund Management, discusses market structure, regulation, and investment trends in China while also reviewing considerations for institutional investors allocating to China.
29:2726/10/2020
The REIT Market: Past, Present & Future

The REIT Market: Past, Present & Future

Kevin Bedell and Bob Culver of Security Capital Research & Management address emerging trends in the REIT market and the effects of social distancing and COVID-19 on commercial real estate investment opportunities.
29:4020/10/2020
Retirement Income: Trends & Considerations

Retirement Income: Trends & Considerations

Katherine Roy, Chief Retirement Strategist, and Dan Oldroyd, Head of Target Date Strategies, discuss retirement income, including the important role participant behavior plays in an effective withdrawal strategy and surprising trends that suggest it may be time to re-examine popular replacement income strategies.
30:4914/10/2020
Opportunities in Emerging Markets

Opportunities in Emerging Markets

Sonal Tanna, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities Portfolio Manager (EMAP), and Tim Morris, EMAP Investment Specialist, discuss the opportunities and risks ahead for emerging markets in the wake of the pandemic.
28:0212/10/2020
Reaching Portfolio Objectives In Changing Markets

Reaching Portfolio Objectives In Changing Markets

Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, reviews four themes for improving portfolio performance in the current environment: diversifying your hedge, making income an objective, optimizing illiquidity, and improving capital efficiency.
42:1722/09/2020
The benefits of active fixed income in TDFs

The benefits of active fixed income in TDFs

Lynn Avitabile, Investment Specialist, SmartRetirement, and Ben Christensen, Fixed Income Investment Specialist, share how the current market is impacting target date funds, the benefits of active management, and the opportunities and risks investors should consider moving forward.
28:0508/09/2020
Views on large cap equity investing during uncertain times

Views on large cap equity investing during uncertain times

Giri Devulapally, Portfolio Manager in the U.S. Equity Group, shares his views on the large cap growth sector amid the pandemic, and the opportunities and risks investors should consider going forward.
38:3727/08/2020
Fixed income investing in a low rate world

Fixed income investing in a low rate world

Steven Lear U.S. Chief Investment Officer - Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC) and Rick Figuly, Head of Core Strategy - (GFICC) discuss risks and sector positioning in fixed income markets.
35:0820/08/2020
How Private Equity is responding to COVID-19

How Private Equity is responding to COVID-19

Ashmi Mehrotra and Stephen Catherwood, Co-Heads of the Global Private Equity Group, discuss the impact the virus has had on Private Equity investors, ESG factors, and the risks and opportunities that lie ahead.
32:3311/08/2020
Transportation – A port for current income during a pandemic

Transportation – A port for current income during a pandemic

Andy Dacy, CIO - Global Transport Group and Anurag Agrawal, Investment Specialist, will discuss how the $4 trillion transport market across aircraft, rail, maritime, energy logistics, and heavy equipment sectors presents a resilient, uncorrelated, income-generating alternative to traditional fixed income.
51:5506/08/2020
Private Credit Amidst COVID-19 and Beyond

Private Credit Amidst COVID-19 and Beyond

Lynnette Ferguson, Head of Investment Specialists Americas, and Brian Coleman, Portfolio Manager, from our J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management Group, will discuss how the COVID-19 crisis has impacted the opportunity set in the alternative credit landscape, and give their outlook on the space moving forward.
28:0028/07/2020
In the wake of COVID-19, strong companies get stronger

In the wake of COVID-19, strong companies get stronger

Susan Bao, Portfolio Manager in the U.S. Equity Group, and Mark Ferguson, Global Head of Research for Equities, highlight the digital transformation and shift to cloud, de-globalization and localization of supply chains, and how businesses get stronger.
30:3922/07/2020
 The Impact of WFH labor force

The Impact of WFH labor force

Ben Mandel, Global Strategist - Multi-Asset Solutions, will do a deep dive on his latest publication, The impact of a global work from home labor force and analyze the market and investment implications of skills-based tech adoption and lower urban density.
34:4215/07/2020
The Impact of Governance and Social Factors on Portfolio Construction

The Impact of Governance and Social Factors on Portfolio Construction

Leon Eidelman, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities Portfolio Manager, and Jennifer Wu, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, discuss ESG/Stakeholder prioritization, higher taxation and the rising importance of healthcare on portfolio construction.
35:3410/07/2020
How Consumer Behavior Is Changing

How Consumer Behavior Is Changing

Shane Duffy, Portfolio Manager in the International Equity Group, and Mark Ferguson, Global Head of Research for Equities, discuss the recent shift in consumer preferences including: Working from Home, the adoption of online alternatives and increased consumer savings.
25:4306/07/2020
Real estate debt: Opportunities persist in private markets

Real estate debt: Opportunities persist in private markets

Jay DeWaltoff and Candace Chao, Portfolio Managers, Commercial Real Estate Debt, along with Neil Dey, Portfolio Manager, Securitized Products, discuss how the global pandemic has created dislocations across public and private real estate credit markets and how investors can capitalize on opportunities outside of sectors supported by government interventions. 
32:4430/06/2020
Generating income in a volatile world

Generating income in a volatile world

Andrew Norelli, Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC), discusses finding income in a zero-rate world, identifying opportunities from a broader fixed income universe and the evolving role the asset class plays in client portfolios.
28:4623/06/2020
The future of value investing

The future of value investing

Lee Spelman, Head of U.S. Equity, and Larry Playford, CIO, U.S. Equity Value Team, discuss the divergence in performance between growth and value, the widening of valuation spreads, sector outlooks and why they see opportunity in value investing in the future.
36:2722/06/2020
The State of the REIT Market

The State of the REIT Market

Bob Culver and Ken Statz of Security Capital Research & Management address emerging trends in the REIT market and the effects of social distancing and COVID-19 on commercial real estate investment opportunities.
39:2517/06/2020
ESG Implications from COVID-19

ESG Implications from COVID-19

Samantha Azzarello, Global Market Strategist, Jennifer Wu, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, and Ben Hesse, Head of AWM Strategy & Business Development discuss how COVID-19 has accelerated the ESG agenda.
44:0515/06/2020
Factor investing in the wake of COVID-19

Factor investing in the wake of COVID-19

Yaz Romahi, Quantitative Beta Solutions CIO, Garrett Norman, Beta Specialist and Niels Schuehle, Head of Fixed Income Research, identify which factors have shown resiliency amidst COVID-19 and discuss investor considerations for determining the ideal mix of active and passive investments.
30:0109/06/2020
Opportunities in distressed credit amid the COVID-19 crisis

Opportunities in distressed credit amid the COVID-19 crisis

Leander Christofides, CO-CIO and Portfolio Manager, Global Special Situations Group, discusses how the COVID-19 crisis has changed the opportunity set in the distressed/event-driven credit space.
40:5704/06/2020
State of the Alternatives Market and Strategies for Volatile Times

State of the Alternatives Market and Strategies for Volatile Times

Anton Pil, Global Head of Alternatives, addresses the impact of COVID-19 on alternative asset classes and shares real-time insights and research from J.P. Morgan’s on-the-ground real asset, private credit, private equity, hedge fund and liquid alternative teams across the globe.
33:1327/05/2020
Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions: COVID-19 – New cycle, new starting point

Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions: COVID-19 – New cycle, new starting point

Prompted by the profound shock of COVID-19 to the economy and markets, J.P. Morgan Asset Management provided an off-cycle mark-to-market of our Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions return projections. John Bilton, Global Head of Multi-Asset Strategy, provides a deep dive on the changes and provide his outlook for the economy and markets.
36:2922/05/2020
Credit Diversifiers for Long Duration Portfolios

Credit Diversifiers for Long Duration Portfolios

Steve Lear, U.S. Chief Investment Officer, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities Group (GFICC), and Justin Rucker, GFICC Portfolio Manager, discuss the benefits of diversifying away from traditional corporate credit in liability-driven-investment strategies.
36:4820/05/2020
A deep dive on China’s economy

A deep dive on China’s economy

Jing Ulrich, Vice Chairman of Global Banking and Asia Pacific - JPMorgan Chase & Co, discusses the Chinese economy and capital markets, U.S. and China trade relations, and the post-COVID investment outlook.
36:2619/05/2020
Navigating the Fixed Income Markets

Navigating the Fixed Income Markets

Rick Figuly, Head of Core Strategy, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities Group, analyzes COVID-19's effect on the fixed income markets, expectations for interest rates and portfolio positioning in an uncertain environment.
29:1818/05/2020
Allocating to China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Allocating to China in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

Howard Wang discusses China-A shares portfolio positioning, and opportunities for future growth as a result of COVID-19, while also providing insight into life in China as the country slowly reopens.
25:5713/05/2020
Into the Unknown: Corporate Pensions & COVID-19

Into the Unknown: Corporate Pensions & COVID-19

Michael Buchenholz, Head of U.S. Pension Strategy, Institutional Strategy & Analytics, discusses the trends that he's identified by analyzing 2019 data from the 100 largest corporate pension plans by assets and whether or not those trends are likely to persist throughout 2020.
20:4013/05/2020
U.S. Large Cap Equity Investing in Volatile Markets

U.S. Large Cap Equity Investing in Volatile Markets

Giri Devulapally, Portfolio Manager within the U.S. Equity Group, discusses his philosphy on investing, and the industries he sees as strongholds to withstand the impact of the current market volatility.
25:3606/05/2020
The Global Equity Market Outlook

The Global Equity Market Outlook

Paul Quinsee, Global Head of Equities, analyzes on how recent market volatility has played out in the equity markets.
29:2630/04/2020
Understanding the role real estate plays in defined contribution plans

Understanding the role real estate plays in defined contribution plans

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Jani Venter and Jacklyn Beck, Executive Directors from the Defined Contribution Private Real Estate Solutions team discuss the benefits of direct real estate in DC plans and its impact during and after the COVID-19 crisis.
20:4327/04/2020
Not Yet Normal: Making sense of the High Yield Market amidst Volatility

Not Yet Normal: Making sense of the High Yield Market amidst Volatility

Rob Cook, CIO of Global High Yield, discusses the environment for high yield today, how it may look attractive relative to other markets and how investors can find entry points into the market.
25:5127/04/2020
1Q20 Earnings: Virus oddity

1Q20 Earnings: Virus oddity

What impact has the ongoing pause in global activity had on corporate earnings and what can we expect going forward? David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, discusses the first quarter 2020 earnings season amidst COVID-19.
13:1620/04/2020
The virus credit cycle

The virus credit cycle

Ben Hesse, Head of AWM Strategy & Business Development, discusses the impact of COVID-19 and recent market volatility on the banking sector, investment management and the financial system.
35:1816/04/2020
Hedge Funds: Investment Themes for the Crisis and Beyond

Hedge Funds: Investment Themes for the Crisis and Beyond

Jamie Kramer, Head of Alternatives Solutions Group, Richard Bersch, Head of Relative Value and Macro/Opportunistic Research and Paul Zummo, Chief Investment Officer, J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, analyze how COVID-19 and market volatility are impacting hedge funds today.
20:0714/04/2020
After every Bear Market is a Bull Market

After every Bear Market is a Bull Market

John Bilton will discuss the market selloff, asset class views and speak to our Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions and changing viewpoints given recent volatility.
34:3013/04/2020
Use volatility to your advantage across emerging markets

Use volatility to your advantage across emerging markets

Tim Morris, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities Investment Specialist, and Leon Eidelman, Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific Equities Portfolio Manager, explore how COVID-19, the decline in oil prices and market volatility are impacting the asset class.
17:0406/04/2020
Be resilient with core-plus transportation assets

Be resilient with core-plus transportation assets

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Anurag Agarwal, Head of Portfolio Management, Global Transportation Group, discuss the transportation sector given the recent economic shocks.
21:2330/03/2020
Taking Advantage of Illiquidity

Taking Advantage of Illiquidity

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Larry Unrein, Global Head of Private Equity, discuss what a major economic disturbance such as COVID-19 can mean for both investors as well as those considering investing in Private Equity.
19:5127/03/2020
Laying the foundation with core alternatives

Laying the foundation with core alternatives

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and Pulkit Sharma, Head of Alternatives Investments Strategy & Solutions, discuss core alternatives in the midst of COVID-19, the recent Fed rate cut and other current events causing market volatility.
22:0023/03/2020
In it for the Long Haul: Core-plus transport investing for resilience during turbulent times

In it for the Long Haul: Core-plus transport investing for resilience during turbulent times

Andrian Dacy, Chief Investment Officer of the Global Transportation Group, discusses why core-plus transport is a welcome environment for investors looking for reliable income protected by long-term leases, low leverage and the financial strength of high quality end users.
33:1916/03/2020
Private credit: Opportunities to generate alpha above public debt

Private credit: Opportunities to generate alpha above public debt

What are the investment implications of low yields on private credit?
17:5617/02/2020
Concentrating on the Core: Private Infrastructure Equity and Debt

Concentrating on the Core: Private Infrastructure Equity and Debt

Is there too much money chasing too few deals in infrastructure investing?
23:1103/02/2020
Outlook for 2020 Equities

Outlook for 2020 Equities

David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, discusses the key drivers in equity market performance during the past two years and what investors can expect for 2020.
14:4730/01/2020
Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions

Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions

How do J.P. Morgan strategists view the 10- to 15-year investment outlook?
01:05:2409/12/2019
China's growth story

China's growth story

Hannah Anderson, Global Market Strategist, Global Market Insights Strategy and Sylvia Sheng, Global Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions explore the significant changes that likely lie ahead for China's financial markets.
31:2002/12/2019