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Join the experts at Pictet for a product due diligence session covering how PBOT opens portfolios to direct exposure to AI and automation, from semiconductors and software to advanced manufacturing and autonomous systems.

The war in Iran and the risk that it could lead to a wider regional conflict have roiled global financial markets. Oil and European gas prices have spiked while equity markets have seen sharp declines.

Gold’s stomach churning volatility – up some 30% in less than a month since the start of the year, only to subsequently lose 20% in a matter of days – has, unsurprisingly, left some investors doubting its role as a hedging asset.

Emerging market fixed income is often overlooked by investors. But, especially when tethered to an active approach, emerging market debt can offer investors enormous opportunities. Join the experts at Pictet Asset Management as they unpack all things emerging market fixed income.

Join the experts at Pictet Asset Management for a live session exploring the investment opportunities offered by megatrends.

Returns from emerging market bonds hinge on five factors, our economic research suggests. And for the first time in two decades, four of these are now favourable, heralding a new phase of outperformance for the asset class.

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With the global economy proving more resilient than expected, we upgrade equities to overweight.

While equity markets are buoyant worldwide, emerging markets stocks and bonds are the only assets that merit an 'overweight' allocation.

Instead, a new group dubbed the “Terrific 20” — spanning real-economy sectors like financials, energy, industrials, and consumer — has led the rerating. Their forward valuations have risen ~50% in two years, making a larger portion of the market look expensive.

We upgrade equities to neutral from underweight as falling interest rates and improving economic conditions in emerging markets offset uncertainty over US tariff policies.

We remain underweight most developed market stocks as US tariff policy is still unclear but are more enthusiastic about emerging market assets.

Macroeconomic and structural trends are finally moving in favor of emerging local currency bonds, after recent setbacks.

As the effects of US import tariffs begin to emerge, we shift our stance on equities to underweight.

Italy may have a government, but the country's problems haven't gone away. That's a worry for the euro zone.