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Equity markets took a defensive turn in February amid uncertainty over President Trump’s economic and trade policies
More...Utilities across several regions led performance in the ClearBridge infrastructure universe. By contrast, sectors more sensitive to GDP growth were weaker.
More...Trade concerns notwithstanding, North American rails are seeing early signs of a volume turnaround. A rotation out of the AI trade also weighed on natural gas pipelines, which have performed well on the AI power demand narrative.
More...On a regional basis, we saw strong performance from China and Brazil, driven by encouraging macro data and improved sentiment in Chinese AI/tech-related sectors.
More...Changes to the Inflation Reduction Act should be less than the market anticipates and ultimately have a muted impact on the strong short- and long-term renewables outlook.
More...In our latest Valuation update, Portfolio Manager, Daniel Chu, discusses trends affecting infrastructure sector performance and reviews current valuations.
More...Infrastructure made solid gains in January, trailing global equities, which largely shook off the escalating trade and policy uncertainty that has come with the first weeks of U.S. President Trump’s second term.
More...On a regional basis, Latin America saw a rebound amid hopes that President Lula would exercise more fiscal discipline, while China was somewhat weaker as warmer weather weighed on natural gas utilities there.
More...The Strategy is tilted somewhat defensively, toward utilities, though not purely for reasons of defense, as peak bond yields have left utilities undervalued and with very strong growth profiles, particularly in the U.S., driven by AI data centre power demand, industry decarbonisation and resiliency spending
More...Trump’s trade tariffs on other countries and retaliatory measures will remain topical in driving EM equities and currencies this year.
More...Strong economic data saw the case for a slower easing cycle from the Federal Reserve than had been expected.
More...Q4 2024 Global Infrastructure Income Strategy Commentary: We are tilted somewhat defensively toward utilities, though not purely for reasons of defense.
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