Last Week at a Glance
Global equities moved higher last week, even as the US Federal Reserve surprised with a hawkish tone and…
We live in an age of extraordinary technological abundance, but the global economy is increasingly running short of some of the most fundamental components to function and thrive: reliable power, stable supply chains, skilled workers, clean water, and a predictable environment. However, there are opportunities for investors to embrace within these scarcities, and through a better understanding of existing exposures and intentional investing in solutions across asset classes, those that act now will be better positioned to add long-term resilience to portfolios.
The electricity grid is one of the most undercapitalized parts of the energy transition, and the investment required to close the gap is creating a multi-year capex cycle across the value chain, from transformers and high-voltage cables to smart grid software.
The circular economy is becoming an increasingly mission-critical business strategy in a more volatile world.
As AI redraws labor demand, it is creating an undercapitalized opportunity in the human-capital infrastructure needed to re- and up-skill workers, support skilled trades, and expand worker retention and ownership models.
In many geographies, the availability of water is shifting from a ubiquitous input to a strategic economic resource, and markets may be underpricing the speed of that transition.
Adaptation and resilience are becoming increasingly economic imperatives. The near-term warming trajectory is already largely set, and the consequences are arriving through higher insurance costs, supply chain disruption, agricultural volatility, and repeated infrastructure damage.
Keir Starmer’s resignation formalises a political transition that had already been widely anticipated after Labour’s poor local election results and months of pressure on his leadership.
Global equities moved higher last week, even as the US Federal Reserve surprised with a hawkish tone and Middle East tensions remained unresolved.
Global equities rose in May, boosted by artificial intelligence (AI) earnings momentum and hopes for an extension of the US-Iran ceasefire.
Yes. The expected mega-IPOs from SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic will mark an important shift from private capital dominance toward broader public ownership, with implications for index composition, valuation, liquidity, and investor access to frontier technologies.
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