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Beyond 60/40, Part II: The Fourth Building Block

By Alexandra McGuigan, Head of APAC, Qblue Balanced: Over the past year, pension funds, sovereign investors and family offices across Asia-Pacific and Europe have...

Rethinking the 60/40 Portfolio

The 60/40 portfolio remains one of investing’s most recognizable conventions, even where few institutional portfolios literally consist of 60 percent equities and 40 percent...

Diversification That Comes From Somewhere Else

Insurance-linked investments offer something increasingly difficult to find in institutional portfolios: return drivers that are fundamentally different from those behind equities and bonds. At...

Reinforce, Don’t Replace: Carrying the 60/40 Through the Fragile Decade

By Steven Braun at Newfound Research and Return Stacked® Portfolio Solutions: Despite its ambiguous origins, the 60/40 remains the default portfolio for investors approaching...

Varma: Practical Considerations for Embracing a Total Portfolio View

Finland’s Varma is one of several large Nordic asset owners that has been moving towards a more holistic view of the portfolio – some...

Thinking Outside the 60/40 Box: How Active and Dynamic Commodities Can Complement Bonds

Bonds helped investors to diversify equity between about 2000 and 2021, which more than covers the entire career of many allocators. Since 2022 bonds...

60/40 – Don’t Count On It

By Harold de Boer at Transtrend: Cows produce milk. Every day again. That’s the fixed income for the dairy farmer. Bulls don’t produce milk....

Baillie Gifford: Emerging Markets Are Moving Beyond the Macro Cycle

For decades, emerging markets have largely been viewed through a macro lens: a bet on a weaker U.S. dollar, rising commodity prices and stronger...

Folketrygdfondet on the Enduring Case for 60/40

The traditional 60/40 portfolio, combining the complementary roles of equities and bonds, remains a central reference point in institutional portfolio construction. Few investors have...

AP3’s Jonas Thulin: “The 60/40 Portfolio Has Run Its Course”

The 60/40 portfolio was built on a simple premise: equities drive long-term returns while bonds provide stability and diversification. But that relationship is no...

The 60/40 Isn’t Dead. But the 40 Is Changing

For decades, the 60/40 portfolio has served as one of the defining frameworks for portfolio construction. While few institutional investors adhere strictly to that...

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