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Market Pulse • 02-Mar-2021 • 16:47 Min
Fixed Income Update with Kevin Lynyak Fixed Income Managed Solutions Kevin Lynyak, Head of Fixed Income Managed Solutions and Lead Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, discusses trends, risks and opportunities in the fixed income markets. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 01-Mar-2021 • 8:53 Min
There’s a Thin Line Between Easy and Tight Policy Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Sustainable Investing • 25-Feb-2021
The Material Risk Indicator: A proprietary framework for assessing ESG risks and opportunities Vladimir Demine, Nathan Wong How to record ESG company risks and opportunities in a consistent and comparable way? The International Equity Team explains the Material Risk Indicator.

Takeaways & Key Expectations • 24-Feb-2021
Equity Market Commentary - February 2021 Applied Equity Advisors Team In his February TAKE, Andrew Slimmon explains an indicator he has watched spanning back to his days as a financial advisor in the 1990s.

Global Equity Observer • 24-Feb-2021
Insta-engagement International Equity Team Having engaged with company management and their boards for more than 20 years, Bruno Paulson explains why the International Equity team favours meaningful long-term engagement over faddy box-ticking.

Sustainable Investing • 24-Feb-2021

Assess, Engage, Perform: The Value of ESG Integration within High Yield

Sarah Harrison, Navindu Katugampola, Barbara Calvi

Integrating ESG considerations into the high yield market presents both challenges and opportunities for investors. The Global Fixed Income team provides tangible examples of how their ever-evolving ESG framework has helped contribute to both alpha generation and risk mitigation in the last year.

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Market Pulse • 22-Feb-2021 • 10:22 Min
Clearing Initial Hurdles on the Track to Recovery Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 16-Feb-2021 • 8:04 Min
Rising Yields v Sustainable Growth: What Tips the Scales? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Convergence • 16-Feb-2021

Culture Quant Framework

Counterpoint Global

Company culture is essential to unleashing the ingenuity that drives intangible investments, yet it continues to defy quantification. Counterpoint Global identified employee retention as a significant indicator of culture. They show how it correlates with attractive stock returns and how this analysis is integrated into their Sustainability Research process.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 15-Feb-2021
Alea iacta est ('the die is cast') Global Fixed Income Team We want to own those areas that can withstand further macro/virus volatility and higher yields but have enough yield/spread to offer reasonable 2021 returns.

Engagement Report • 12-Feb-2021
ESG and Sustainable Investing Report Kristian Heugh, Marc Fox, Emily Tsui The Global Opportunity team shares its annual report on ESG engagement activity.

Insight audio • 12-Feb-2021 • 6:31 Min
Emerging Market Allocation: How Much to Own? Global Emerging Markets Team Jitania Kandhari, Head of Macroeconomic Research for the Global Emerging Markets Team and Co-Manager of the Active International Allocation Portfolio, reviews three key approaches to answer the most popular question her team gets asked – "How much should we invest in EM?"

Insight audio • 12-Feb-2021 • 5:43 Min
Why We Believe Emerging Markets Are Poised for a Comeback Global Emerging Markets Team Jitania Kandhari, Head of Macroeconomic Research for the Global Emerging Markets Team and Co-Manager of the Active International Allocation Portfolio, outlines four trends she believes will lead to an EM comeback in the next five to ten years.

Insight Article • 10-Feb-2021
The Rise of Hedge Fund Co-Investments AIP Hedge Fund Team Hedge fund co-investments have an important role to play in client portfolios, explains AIP Hedge Fund Solutions Team Managing Director Jarrod Quigley.

Tales From the Emerging World • 09-Feb-2021
Why Crypto Is Coming Out of the Shadows Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, looks at how cryptocurrencies are rapidly gaining popular support as alternatives to gold and the dollar.

Insight Article • 09-Feb-2021
All we are saying is give EAFE a chance International Equity Team Bruno Paulson suggests reasons to believe it may be possible for EAFE to “out-earn” the U.S. in 2021 and beyond.

Market Pulse • 08-Feb-2021 • 9:04 Min
Some Like it Hotter: The Inflation Debate Between Janet Yellen and Larry Summers Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Insight Article • 01-Feb-2021

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As of today, the offer document for the voluntary public takeover offer (cash offer) of Kublai GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, an affiliate of funds managed and advised by Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc., to the shareholders of Tele Columbus AG, Berlin, Germany, for the acquisition of their registered no-par-value shares in Tele Columbus AG (ISIN DE000TCAG172) as well as its non-binding English convenience translation are available for distribution free of charge at BNP Paribas Securities Services S.C.A., Frankfurt Branch, Europa-Allee 12, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Market Pulse • 01-Feb-2021 • 7:11 Min
Despite Some Volatility, We Are Sticking With Our Reflation Thesis Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

2021 Outlooks • 26-Jan-2021
Promising Signs for Securitized Products Global Fixed Income Team The impacts of COVID-19 on risk and performance across securitized sectors have varied significantly. Yet, the Securitized Fixed Income team believes the market has reasonably adjusted credit spreads to reflect current risk profiles making a promising outlook for securitized assets in 2021.

Market Pulse • 25-Jan-2021
The Market Expects a Q2 Boom; The Virus Might Think Otherwise Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

2021 Outlooks • 20-Jan-2021
Seeking Value in European High Yield Sarah Harrison, Shane McNamara A closer look at the European High Yield sector reveals an improvement in quality over the long-term. Read why the Global Fixed Income team believes there is a compelling case to be made for investing in this sector in 2021.

Market Pulse • 19-Jan-2021 • 7:06 Min
The Biden Stimulus Package Takes Center Stage Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Insight Article • 15-Jan-2021

Market Timing in Private Investments

Portfolio Solutions Group

In this paper, the PSG Team analyzes whether GPs have been able time the market and increase investments in favorable years. The team concludes that GPs have not historically taken advantage of market timing and thus investors should increase their commitments in order to obtain the desired exposure to investments at favorable valuations.

Tales From the Emerging World • 12-Jan-2021
The Top Ten Trends of 2021 Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, unveils his top ten trends of 2021.

Market Pulse • 11-Jan-2021 • 7:35 Min
How High Can Yields Rise Before it Spells Trouble? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 11-Jan-2021 • 10:37 Min
Fixed Income Update with Kevin Lynyak Fixed Income Managed Solutions Kevin Lynyak, Head of Fixed Income Managed Solutions and Lead Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, discusses trends, risks and opportunities in the fixed income markets. Listen now.

2021 Outlooks • 10-Jan-2021
The Haze of Uncertainty Is Lifting Global Balanced Risk Control Team Economic uncertainty wrought by COVID-19 and U.S. politics is dissipating. Our Global Balanced Risk Control Team discusses several likely growth catalysts in 2021 and what they mean for our positioning.

Market Pulse • 04-Jan-2021 • 7:25 Min
Yields Are Low, But Fixed Income Opportunities Exist if You Know Where to Look Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

2021 Outlooks • 04-Jan-2021
2021 60 Second Market Outlook: 5 Sustainable Investing Themes That Will Define 2021 Global Fixed Income Team Navindu Katugampola, Head of Sustainability for the Global Fixed Income Team, along with Barbara Calvi, highlight the 5 key themes that will shape the market for sustainable investing in 2021.

2021 Outlooks • 22-Dec-2020
The Year Ahead: The Roaring 20s or The Scary 20s? International Equity Team We’re at the dawn of a new decade. Will it be a repeat of the Roaring 20s or something more subdued? Hear more from our International Equity Team’s Bruno Paulson.

Consilient Observer • 21-Dec-2020

WACC and Vol

Michael Mauboussin, Dan Callahan

The weighed average cost of capital (WACC) and volatility (vol) generally move in lockstep, but 2020 is unusual because the cost of capital is well below its historical average and volatility is well above its historical average. The prime beneficiaries of these patterns are companies rich with real options. In this report, we define real options, discuss what businesses are likely to have them, review the valuation implications, and finish with a way to use real options analysis with traditional valuation.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 16-Dec-2020
The Heat Is On Global Fixed Income Team Our Global Fixed Income team believe that vaccine makers, governments, legislators, central banks and citizens can deliver a bright economic future in 2021/22.

Market Pulse • 16-Dec-2020 • 9:42 Min
The Case for Commodities This Decade Active International Allocation Team Jitania Kandhari, Head of Macroeconomic Research for the Global Emerging Markets Team and Co-Manager of the Active International Allocation Portfolio, discusses commodities and their potential long-term benefit to emerging market economies.

Market Pulse • 14-Dec-2020 • 7:11 Min
A Few Things Still on the Shopping List: Macro and Politics Do Not Take Days Off Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Media Appearance • 09-Dec-2020
Michael Mauboussin Op-Ed Feature in Financial Times Counterpoint Global Why value investing still works in markets – To buy something for less than it is worth is as useful as ever.

Tales From the Emerging World • 08-Dec-2020
When Commodities Rise, So Will Emerging Markets Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, argues that commodity prices are poised for a comeback in the 2020s, and that emerging markets will rise accordingly.

Global Equity Observer • 08-Dec-2020
A Value Rally Ahead? Looking in the Rear-View Mirror Nic Sochovsky, Dirk Hoffmann-Becking After the extraordinary rally in growth stocks over the summer, is the market poised for a value rally? And what does that mean for quality portfolios? The International Equity team evaluates.

Market Pulse • 07-Dec-2020 • 6:59 Min
Will the U.S. Job Loss Scarring Be Permanent? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Takeaways & Key Expectations • 04-Dec-2020
Equity Market Commentary - December 2020 Applied Equity Advisors Team In his December TAKE, Andrew Slimmon discusses his latest thoughts on equity markets as we come to the close of 2020.

Market Pulse • 02-Dec-2020
The Year Ahead for the U.S.: Fundamental Challenges Exist, but Policy Will Prevail Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides a timely insight on the fixed income markets today.

Market Pulse • 30-Nov-2020 • 7:42 Min
What the Bond Market Is Telling Us About the Future of the Economy Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

PATH • 18-Nov-2020 • 2:39 Min
After the US Election: Where are the Opportunities? [Audio] Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith Christian Goldsmith shares the GBaR team’s latest market views.

Market Pulse • 16-Nov-2020 • 6:24 Min
First Look at 2021: Too Much Liquidity Chasing Too Few Assets Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 11-Nov-2020
How Big Are the Waves? Global Fixed Income Team With the U.S. election in the rear-view mirror, the scope of fiscal stimulus and a resurgent virus remain two big questions for the global economy and bond markets.

Tales From the Emerging World • 10-Nov-2020
The Pandemic's Silver Lining Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, explains how economic reform in emerging economies is the pandemic’s silver lining.

PATH • 10-Nov-2020
US Presidential Election: The State of Play Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Market Pulse • 09-Nov-2020 • 7:21 Min
Presidential Election Series: The 4 Major Market Implications of a “No Blue Wave” Scenario Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 02-Nov-2020 • 6:25 Min
Presidential Election Series: Expect More Questions Than Answers – and Rising Volatility Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 30-Oct-2020 • 09:39 Min
The Markets and Presidential Elections Through a Historical Lens Active International Allocation Team Jitania Kandhari, Head of Macroeconomic Research for the Global Emerging Markets Team and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Active International Allocation Portfolio, takes a historical look at the markets and presidential elections.

INSIGHT AUDIO • 30-Oct-2020
Presidential Election Series With Jim Caron Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Sustainable Investing • 26-Oct-2020
4 Steps to Sustainable Investing Asset owners who embrace sustainable investing face a steep implementation curve. Adopting these four steps can guide a dynamic strategy for the long term.

Market Pulse • 26-Oct-2020 • 7:44 Min
Presidential Election Series: Pricing in the Return of Demand Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

PATH • 23-Oct-2020
Market Update: A Silver Lining on the Horizon Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Market Pulse • 19-Oct-2020
Presidential Election Series: The Impact of the Tax and Spending Plans Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Global Multi-Asset Viewpoint • 19-Oct-2020
U.S. Industrials Poised to Outperform Sergei Parmenov, Cyril Moulle-Berteaux MSIM’s Global Multi-Asset Team discusses their investment perspective in the latest viewpoint: 'U.S. Industrials Poised to Outperform.'

Global Equity Observer • 19-Oct-2020
Resilient Compounders: Worth Every Penny International Equity Team The International Equity Team’s three global strategies, on average, have earnings that are flat year to date, versus a 15% fall for the MSCI World Index as a whole. Bruno Paulson muses why high quality compounders don’t command a larger premium.

EDGE • 19-Oct-2020
Quantum Computing Counterpoint Global Quantum computers store and process information using the quantum mechanical properties of matter. Counterpoint Global investigates the impact this new hardware could have on processing speeds and its potential to tackle previously unsolvable computing problems.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 16-Oct-2020
The Devil Is in the Details Global Fixed Income Team Our Global Fixed Income team discuss a “most challenging month for financial markets” and argue their long risk position is the best way to position portfolios.

Sustainable Investing • 16-Oct-2020
Sustainability: Material Actions Speak Louder Than Words Applied Equity Advisors Team The Applied Equity Advisors team looks to effectively link the sustainability impact of its Global Concentrated Equity ESG strategy to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, all while striving to meet portfolio performance objectives.

Tales From the Emerging World • 13-Oct-2020
The Stock Market Is Not Partisan Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, takes an historical look at market returns and volatility leading up to a United States presidential election – and the implications for this year.

Market Pulse • 05-Oct-2020 • 7:43 Min
Bonds Are Repricing on the U.S. Election Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

PATH • 02-Oct-2020
Road to Recovery: 2020’s Final Lap Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Takeaways & Key Expectations • 30-Sep-2020
Equity Market Commentary - September 2020 Applied Equity Advisors Team In his September TAKE, Andrew Slimmon discusses his latest thoughts on equity markets as we wrap up the third quarter and begin the final stretch of the year.

Insight Article • 30-Sep-2020
Fixed Income Newsletter: Quarterly Update Fixed Income Managed Solutions The Fixed Income Managed Solutions Team provides review and perspective on fixed income markets.

Market Pulse • 28-Sep-2020
October Discovery: Is the Price Right? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Portfolio Manager and Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Global Equity Observer • 23-Sep-2020
Health care in a pandemic International Equity Team The current crisis has tested conventional wisdom, including what to expect of health care companies. Marcus Watson examines the sector’s resilience in the face of a global pandemic.

PATH • 21-Sep-2020 • 3:34 Min
Animal Spirits and the US Election: Will Momentum Stall? [Audio] Global Balanced Risk Control Team Christian Goldsmith shares the GBaR team’s latest market views.

Market Pulse • 21-Sep-2020 • 6:42 Min
A Mixed Bag of Data, but Optimism About the Future Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

PATH • 18-Sep-2020
Animal Spirits and the US Election: Will Momentum Stall? Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Sustainable Investing • 16-Sep-2020
Decarbonisation: The Basics Vladimir Demine, Candida de Sliva Decarbonisation 101. The International Equity Team discusses how a high quality equity portfolio can help investors seeking to reduce their carbon footprint.

Consilient Observer • 15-Sep-2020

One Job

Michael Mauboussin, Dan Callahan

The one job of an equity investor is to take advantage of gaps between expectations and fundamentals, which requires an understanding of the magnitude of investment and return on investment in order to properly anticipate free cash flows. With investments shifting more toward intangible assets, this report discusses the measurement and characteristics of intangible assets and reviews the implications of the growth of intangibles for investors.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 14-Sep-2020
Consolidation Is the Name of the Game Global Fixed Income Team A benign August saw positive trends continue. How long will this continue, what does this mean for fixed income investors? The Global Fixed Income team explore.

Market Pulse • 14-Sep-2020 • 4:47 Min
Fed Focus: Credit Rates and Solvency Risk Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

TALES FROM THE EMERGING WORLD • 09-Sep-2020
The Winners of a Post-Pandemic Era Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets lists the economies most likely to thrive in the post pandemic era, arguing that the winners will need a strong defense against the forces of deglobalization, rising debt, and meddling governments, and a strong offense to exploit the booming digital economy.

PATH • 08-Sep-2020
Warning: Ice on the road ahead Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Market Pulse • 08-Sep-2020 • 6:01 Min
Risk Off Today, but a Silver Lining Is on the Horizon Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 31-Aug-2020 • 5:58 Min
History in the Making: A Reworking of Fed Policy Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

PATH • 21-Aug-2020
Global markets: China’s positive outlook may not benefit the rest of the world Andrew Harmstone, Manfred Hui, Christian Goldsmith The GBaR team provides an update on its latest market views and asset allocation positioning.

Market Pulse • 21-Aug-2020
Where to Go From Here? Reimagining the Fed’s Policy Response Function Global Fixed Income Team In his latest Market Pulse, Jim Caron looks at how investors are incentivized to align with the Fed's policy response function, which should broadly support asset prices and ease financial conditions.

EDGE • 19-Aug-2020
CAR-T Therapy Counterpoint Global CAR-T cell therapy has been a huge breakthrough in curing blood cancers. MSIM’s Counterpoint Global explores how recent advances in the technology could improve its safety and lower its cost while expanding CAR-T cell therapy’s addressable market.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 14-Aug-2020
The Song Remains the Same Global Fixed Income Team Despite good news on the policy front, challenges remain - U.S./China relations, U.S. fiscal cliff, U.S. elections and the pandemic - yet we remain optimistic.

Insight Article • 30-Jul-2020
Fishing for Stocks in China Kristian Heugh, Marc Fox Our location in Hong Kong gives us a unique perspective on the risks and opportunities of investing in China, a market we believe is ripe with opportunity for bottom-up stock picking, particularly in the consumer, internet, healthcare and education industries.

Market Pulse • 29-Jul-2020
Market Pulse with Jim Caron: The Fed Keeps Rates Low While the Dollar Weakens Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today.

Takeaways & Key Expectations • 24-Jul-2020
Equity Market Commentary - July 2020 Applied Equity Advisors Team In his July TAKE, Andrew Slimmon discusses how behavioral finance again takes the front seat. Many investors remain pessimistic in spite of signs that in fact, 2020 could be a good year for equities.

TALES FROM THE EMERGING WORLD • 21-Jul-2020
No, the Markets Aren't Crazy Global Emerging Markets Team In his latest Tales From the Emerging World, Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, notes that though stock valuations have been inflated by lower interest rates, the market remains the best barometer of the economic cycle.

Global Equity Observer • 16-Jul-2020
Paying Up Dirk Hoffmann-Becking, Alex Gabriele The payments industry is emerging as one of the most attractive parts of the Fintech world. The International Equity Team explains.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 15-Jul-2020
Can It, Will It, Continue? Global Fixed Income Team With infection rates rising globally we ask whether the economic recovery can continue if health and employment concerns depress earnings and spending power.

Market Pulse • 06-Jul-2020 • 6:36 Min
Will the Sizzle Fizzle? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Insight Article • 01-Jul-2020

Climate Transition in a Portfolio Context: What Matters and What to Measure

Portfolio Solutions Group

The Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing and the Portfolio Solutions Group examine the increasing trend of decarbonization in business and investment conversations, and explain why they believe this will give rise to compelling investment opportunities and affect the way that investors build and manage their portfolios.

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Sustainable Investing • 30-Jun-2020

All Green Bonds Are Not Created Equal

Navindu Katugampola, Barbara Calvi

The universe of “sustainable bonds” spans a broad set of categories, creating a confusing mosaic for investors to decipher, and leading to accusations of “greenwashing” by critics. The Global Fixed Income Sustainable Investing team explores how they look through the labelling to critically assess sustainable bond issuance within their investment process.

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Takeaways & Key Expectations • 30-Jun-2020
Equity Market Commentary - June 2020 Applied Equity Advisors Team Is the tech sector in bubble territory like it was back in 2000? “Maybe so”, says Andrew Slimmon, “but we believe there are still plenty of reasonably priced names out there.”

Global Multi-Asset Viewpoint • 30-Jun-2020
Stars Aligned for Higher Inflation Sergei Parmenov, Cyril Moulle-Berteaux MSIM’s Global Multi-Asset Team discusses their investment perspective in the latest viewpoint: "Stars Aligned for Higher Inflation."

Market Pulse • 29-Jun-2020 • 7:00 Min
Policy or Pandemic: Which Will Drive Asset Prices? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Resilience • 24-Jun-2020
Alternative Lending and the Resilient Consumer AIP Alternative Lending Group Fintech-driven alternative lending exhibited resilience during the acute initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Recent data supports continued optimism.

Investment Insight • 24-Jun-2020
Post-Crisis Private Markets Investing Portfolio Solutions Group In light of the extraordinary market disruption due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the PSG team considers the broader potential impacts of the current crisis on private markets and describes potential areas of investment opportunity going forward in the post-crisis environment.

Market Pulse • 22-Jun-2020 • 3:45 Min
Q3 2020: Better? Yes. But Good Enough? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.


Active Management in Fixed Income: Now More than Ever Global Fixed Income Team Given that interest rates are near zero, or negative, in many countries for the foreseeable future, will bonds be useful diversifiers in portfolios? Jim Caron, Global Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, thinks “yes” but the key is an actively managed focus on alpha.

Market Pulse • 15-Jun-2020 • 8:12 Min
Credit Check with Richard Ford Global Fixed Income Team Credit markets have been under tremendous pressure. What should investors think? Richard Ford, Global Head of Credit, offers his views. Listen now.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 15-Jun-2020
The Tide Turns: It’s More than Hope Global Fixed Income Team Despite unprecedented bad economic data and the uncertain course of the coronavirus, markets continued on an upward trajectory in May and rallied further.

Resilience • 15-Jun-2020
Long Short Equity Strategies: "Hedging" Your Bets AIP Hedge Fund Team Amid the market uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, investors may be seeking ways to add resilience to their portfolios. Long-short equity strategies have the potential to deliver steady returns in volatile markets.

Market Pulse • 15-Jun-2020 • 5:48 Min
New Normal? No Such Thing. The Market is Just Establishing a New Range. Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Global Equity Observer • 12-Jun-2020
Unlocking the Future – The Post-COVID World International Equity Team As lockdown measures ease, the International Equity Team considers how the global pandemic has demonstrated the importance of a digital presence for companies.

Liquidity Watch • 10-Jun-2020 • 3:51 Min
June FOMC Meeting Recap Global Liquidity Team Brian Buck, Executive Director Morgan Stanley Global Liquidity, discusses the latest messaging from the Federal Reserve about monetary policy, including interest rates, and the implications for short-term investors. Listen now.

Consilient Observer • 09-Jun-2020
The Math of Value and Growth Michael Mauboussin, Dan Callahan We show how corporate valuations change as we vary assumptions about growth, return on incremental invested capital, and the discount rate.

TALES FROM THE EMERGING WORLD • 09-Jun-2020
The Era After the Coronavirus Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, looks at the huge push the pandemic is giving his Four Ds—deglobalization, depopulation, declining productivity and rising government debt.

Market Pulse • 08-Jun-2020 • 6:31 Min
The Reopening Rally and the Fed’s Forward Guidance Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Takeaways & Key Expectations • 04-Jun-2020
Equity Market Commentary - May 2020 Applied Equity Advisors Team Value stocks historically garner their biggest outperformance coming out of recessions. But investors' emotional conflict between recency bias and opportunity is more acute in this environment.

Liquidity Watch • 03-Jun-2020 • 9:50 Min
Negative Interest Rates and the Implications for Money Market Funds Global Liquidity Team Bob Leggett, Executive Director Morgan Stanley Global Liquidity, discusses considerations around negative interest rates and the implications for the money market fund industry. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 01-Jun-2020 • 6:36 Min
Follow the Money, Find the Performance Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Resilience • 31-May-2020
How to Remain Resilient through a Downturn Investing in stocks is risky—but historically it’s been a risk worth taking.

Convergence • 30-May-2020
Sustainability Research Counterpoint Global Counterpoint Global discusses how Sustainability Research is additive to their existing investment process and converges the pursuit of profits and purpose.

Media Appearance • 28-May-2020
Ruchir Sharma Authors Op-Ed in the New York Times Global Emerging Markets Team In “How the Pandemic Is Turning Us Inward” Ruchir Sharma, Chief Global Strategist and Head of Emerging Markets, speculates about COVID-19’s ability to accelerate trends that were already underway.

Market Pulse • 28-May-2020 • 3:05 Min
In a High Yield Minute Global Fixed Income Team Corporate liquidity profiles have been severely challenged during the lockdown. Sarah Harrison, Head of European High Yield, believes the policy response in Europe so far has helped stem default rates, and further action has the potential to restore investor confidence in the European High Yield asset class. Listen now.

Sustainable Investing • 26-May-2020
Asset Owners See Sustainability as Core to the Future of Investing Morgan Stanley’s second Sustainable Signals survey of institutional asset owners provides key insights on current trends in sustainable investing.

Market Pulse • 26-May-2020
The Breadth of the Market Is Encouraging Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Resilience • 21-May-2020
Our Formula for Earnings Resilience International Equity Team In our view, “the formula” for successful investing consists of two critical elements: pricing power and recurring revenues.

Resilience • 21-May-2020
Resilient by Design International Equity Team In this changing world, today and beyond the pandemic, global equity investors should be looking for companies that are resilient and portfolio management teams that can find them.

Consilient Observer • 20-May-2020
Myth Busting, Popular Delusions, and the Variant Perception Michael Mauboussin, Dan Callahan We address four myths or popular delusions in the investment industry.

Market Pulse • 18-May-2020 • 5:59 Min
Credit Check with Richard Ford Global Fixed Income Team Credit markets have been under tremendous pressure. What should investors think? Richard Ford, Global Head of Credit, offers his views. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 18-May-2020 • 6:32 Min
Never Say Never: The Pros and Cons of Negative Interest Rates Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

Global Fixed Income Bulletin • 15-May-2020
The Long and Winding Road Global Fixed Income Team There may be many twists and turns on the road to full economic recovery, but the longer your investment horizon, the more confident we believe you should be.

Global Equity Observer • 15-May-2020
The COVID-19 Accelerator International Equity Team Will COVID-19 be a great accelerator of existing forces and trends? The International Equity team explores.

Insight Article • 14-May-2020
Emerging Markets Debt Outlook: Surviving Outside the Tent Global Fixed Income Team Has the imminent demise of Emerging Markets been greatly exaggerated once again? Find out what the Emerging Markets Debt Team thinks.

Market Pulse • 13-May-2020
Where Are Bond Yields Going? It depends on what part of the curve you are asking about. Global Fixed Income Team The goal of the Fed’s policy response function is to prevent the liquidity crisis brought on by Covid-19 from becoming a solvency crisis. Jim Caron reviews the impact on bond yields.

Market Pulse • 11-May-2020
Jobs Report: Is the Worst Behind Us? Global Fixed Income Team Jim Caron, Head of Global Macro Strategies, provides timely insights on what’s driving fixed income markets today. Listen now.

TALES FROM THE EMERGING WORLD • 07-May-2020
Why Markets Are Partying Through the Pandemic Global Emerging Markets Team Ruchir Sharma, Head of Emerging Markets and Chief Global Strategist, explains why stock markets are rallying amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Market Pulse • 07-May-2020 • 4:31 Min
Bank of England Update and U.K. Outlook Anton Heese Anton Heese, European Macro Strategist for the Global Fixed Income Team, offers his perspective on the May 7 Bank of England Monetary Policy Decision. Listen now.

Market Pulse • 05-May-2020
The Market vs The Economy Global Fixed Income Team the Market Outlook is contingent on a combination of knowns and unknowns, in varying degrees:

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