2021 GLOBAL MIDYEAR CREDIT OUTLOOK
A dynamic restart
We examine the state of play in global credit at midyear, tracking progress on our 2021 themes and re-underwriting their relevance going forward.
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The importance of getting granular
Sep 13, 2021 | By BlackRock Investment InstituteWe see a need for a more granular approach in strategic portfolios. Read about why in our Global weekly commentary. -
Getting Granular
Aug 16, 2021 | By BlackRock Investment InstituteOur overweight on developed market equities is further bolstered by a more granular, sectoral approach. Learn more in the August 2021 Portfolio perspectives. -
How pensions can benefit from today’s opportunities in credit
Jun 21, 2021 | By BlackRockExplore insights into the role of credit for corporate and public pensions in a low yield environment and opportunities for yield, return and diversification. -
The new nominal: Just getting started
May 25, 2021 | By BlackRockThe interplay between monetary and fiscal policy has dominated the post-Covid macro environment. Read more on how it informs our strategic investment views. -
The pandemic and the credit spectrum
Mar 31, 2021 | By BlackRockCredit markets are strong. But behind the headlines, a more complex story is unfolding as long-running trends intersect with Covid’s economic consequences. -
Key investment themes for family offices in 2021
Mar 25, 2021 | By BlackRockIn this blog, we discuss investment themes driving markets in 2021, tactical asset allocation ideas and where we see opportunities for family office investors. -
The evolution of sustainable investing for family offices
Mar 24, 2021 | By BlackRockFamily offices have moved from learning about sustainable investing to incorporating it. Learn how family offices are engaging in climate and impact strategies. -
Climate change – turning investment risk into opportunity
Feb 23, 2021 | By BlackRock Investment InstituteWe believe climate risk is investment risk. That is why we now include the effects of climate change in our portfolio design. Explore our new research. -
BlackRock sector outlook 2021: Healthcare
Feb 19, 2021 | By BlackRockThe pandemic put the healthcare sector front and center in 2020 and 2021 as development of therapies and vaccines to combat COVID-19 got underway. -
A lens on emerging market equities
Feb 19, 2021 | By BlackRockEmerging market (EM) equities defied early gloom last year and ended with double -digit gains, outperforming developed markets. Read more in our newsletter. -
Davos Brief
Jan 25, 2021 | By BlackRock Investment InstituteThe virus shock has transformed the global investment landscape, accelerating deep structural trends. Ahead of Davos, read our latest macro and market insights. -
Staying on track in a world of change
Jan 13, 2021 | By BlackRockHighlights from our start-of-the-year webcast, with investors looking at deployment and investment themes in real assets, credit and private equity. -
Emerging markets in the spotlight
Dec 16, 2020 | By BlackRockBlackRock’s leading emerging market investors explain why they are bullish on EM in 2021 and where they see the best opportunities in equity and debt. -
An endowment’s perspective on the outsourced CIO model
Dec 14, 2020 | By BlackRockJeff Mindlin, Arizona State University Enterprise Partners CIO, explains how endowments can build a successful outsourced chief investment officer partnership. -
A new playbook for higher inflation
Dec 1, 2020 | By BlackRockInflation has persistently undershot central bank targets. Yet we see three new forces that may lead to a higher inflation regime than expected. -
ESG moves centre stage
Dec 1, 2020 | By Sonia RocherPrivate debt strategies can work with borrowers on ESG issues. Sonia Richer, Head of Research for European Middle Market Private Debt, explains how. -
A different kind of distressed-credit cycle
Nov 16, 2020 | By BlackRockThe pandemic is likely to drive a significant wave of restructuring that calls for a broader range of solutions than seen in prior cycles. -
2020: A Year of BifurKation
Nov 15, 2020 | By BlackRockAn increasing body of evidence suggests the economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is K-shaped – implying a distinct bifurcation of outcomes. -
Fixed income style factors: Moving from theory to practice
Oct 15, 2020 | By BlackRockThe fundamental investment concepts underlying style factor investing can be applied in fixed income. Learn how to implement factor premia in corporate bonds. -
Credit’s role in the economic recovery
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockLooking ahead in a credit cycle like no other with BlackRock’s CIO and Global Co-Head of Credit as well as a variety of BlackRock global credit leaders. -
Credit’s new context: An economic crossroads
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at the profound shifts in macroeconomics and geopolitics that have transpired as of late as well as thoughts on the imminent US election. -
Of capital flows and borrower balance sheets
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockLooking at the comparison between the deals investors are targeting and the financing companies need in private credit in the wake of COVID. -
Credit’s place in the portfolio
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockExploring the full public/ private toolkit and finding income with leading CIOs, credit specialists, and BlackRock’s Global Chief Client Officer. -
Managing risk in credit portfolios
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at how assessment and attribution in credit can produce better outcomes with BlackRock’s Head of Global Private Credit Risk & Quantitative Analysis. -
ESG in credit investing
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at raising the bar in data collection, due diligence, and monitoring with BlackRock’s Head of Research for European Middle Market Private Debt. -
Dynamism in credit: blending public and private credit
Sep 30, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at the case for investing across the credit spectrum with BlackRock’s Head of Wealth Strategy for the Americas and two lead portfolio managers. -
The evolution of private equity
Sep 23, 2020 | By BlackRockThe private equity industry has seen a variety of structural changes. We examine the of private equity over the past four decades. -
Navigating the beta gap
Aug 31, 2020 | By BlackRockMulti-asset strategies offer dynamic asset allocation, reduced reliance on market beta and access to a broader opportunity set to achieve investment outcomes. -
Low risk, low inflation, low growth
Aug 31, 2020 | By BlackRockRisk parity, a diversified, balanced, liquid strategy able to take on leverage, is well-positioned for a low rate, low inflation and low-growth environment -
GTAA: An overlooked driver of long-term performance
Aug 31, 2020 | By BlackRock: A GTAA investment framework is set apart by its uncorrelated return profile, financial instrument breadth, and forward-looking application of alternative data. -
Readying for real resilience
Aug 26, 2020 | By BlackRock Investment InstituteRead about how we revamp our strategic asset preferences to position for market dislocations and the post-Covid 19 world. -
Governing through a crisis and the likely policy outcomes for 2021
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockTwo former governors discuss how Covid-19's spread, the economic effects, and rising social unrest are affecting the country and the political landscape. -
Investing for income
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockWe examine multiple opportunities to generate much-needed income in a world where benchmark interest rates are pegged near zero for the foreseeable future. -
Technology: Our new virtual reality
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockA discussion on trends that are reshaping the tech industry, where we see opportunities today, and what breakthrough technologies may shape our future. -
Shining a spotlight on the stakeholder
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockA panel of investors discuss how they are approaching sustainable investing in order to drive change, and to potentially improve investment returns. -
Conversations on race, bias and inequity
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockA series of conversations with leaders in government, corporations, non-profits and education on how racial inequity is affecting the workplace and society. -
Predicting the path of recovery
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockBlackRock’s CIO of Fixed Income and former Treasury Secretary Summers discuss the outlook for economic recovery anf the future of monetary and fiscal policy. -
The renewable revolution
Jul 22, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at how the world will power its energy needs in the future and where structural transformation is leading to investment opportunities. -
Purpose in crisis
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at how companies are evolving to align with the needs of their stakeholders, their clients, their employees, and the communities that they serve. -
Winds of change: How to invest in renewables today
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockThe coronavirus shock is accelerating structural and portfolio trends in favor of renewables, with portfolio resilience stemming from three key features. -
Healthcare in the age of the coronavirus
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockHealth care leaders explore how the efforts to combat the coronavirus are progressing, how technology is impacting the industry, and the future of healthcare. -
Looking ahead: A conversation with BlackRock’s President
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockBlackRock’s president answers attendees’ questions, shares his insights on how clients are managing through the crisis, and offers perspective on the future. -
Assessing opportunities across private markets
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockOur panelists share insights on how they are positioning private markets portfolios for both near-term opportunities and long-term resilience. -
America in a post-COVID world
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockA look at the challenges of governing in a time of political and social unrest and thoughts on the changes we’ll see as we exit the acute phase of the pandemic. -
Globalism at a crossroads
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockHow changes in the geopolitical landscape are shaping the business environment, the fortunes of economies, investor sentiment and the path of corporations. -
Fortifying portfolios for the next crisis
Jul 21, 2020 | By BlackRockThe current crisis tested both portfolio construction and market liquidity. We examine the lessons learned and share insights on preparing for more volatility. -
Private perspectives on healthcare opportunities
Jul 10, 2020 | By BlackRockCOVID is driving big changes in global healthcare, creating both winners and losers. In this setting, private debt and equity can be effective ways to invest. -
Private equity secondaries: Four things to know now
Jun 30, 2020 | By Steve LessarAs periods of market stress roll on, opportunities to buy secondary interests in private funds may grow. Here are the deals and discounts our team is seeing. -
Credit downgrades and fallen angels
Jun 25, 2020 | By BlackRockThe economic shock of the coronavirus has brought on a wave of credit downgrades and a flood of fallen angels. Explore how to navigate credit markets in 2020. -
How alternative data can lend clarity amid uncertainty
Unusual times require more than the usual sources of information to assess the investing backdrop. We discuss how alternative data is making a difference today.
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