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How Endowments and Foundations are tackling taxes, liquidity, and portfolio construction
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20:49In this episode of the Center for Investment Excellence podcast, hosted by David Lebovitz, we explore key themes impacting endowments and foundations, from government funding changes and tax policies to the role of alternative investments and liquidity needs. Featuring Mack Kline, Head of Endowments, Foundations, and Healthcare, we provide in-depth…
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Transportation assets and tariffs: Is bad news good news?
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22:32In this episode of the Center for Investment Excellence podcast, hosted by David Lebowitz, the focus is on the transportation sector amidst a backdrop of global economic uncertainty. Andy Dacey, CEO and CIO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Transportation Group, joins the discussion to explore how macroeconomic factors, such as trade tariffs…
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This episode hosted by David Lebovitz features a discussion with Dr. David Kelly, chief global strategist at J.P. Morgan. It covers topics such as the economic outlook for 2025, the impact of U.S. immigration and trade policies, and potential fiscal and regulatory changes under the new administration. The conversation also touches on the implicatio…
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In this episode, join host David Lebowitz, Global Market Strategist, and special guest Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, as they return to the Center for Investment Excellence for their annual Asset Allocation Draft. In this insightful episode, they provide a comprehensive macroeconomic update and delve into the intricacies of …
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2025 LTCMAs: Higher starting points but healthier foundations
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26:36In this episode, join host David Lebowitz, Global Market Strategist, and special guest Gabriela Santos, Chief Market Strategist for the Americas, as they delve into the optimistic outlook for global markets. Discover how AI, economic growth, and inflation dynamics are shaping investment opportunities for the next decade. Gain valuable insights into…
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Across the Great Divide: Public and Private markets reconsidered
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28:49In this episode of "Center for Investment Excellence," David Lebovitz, Global Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy discuss insights from the SIAG Public & Private Markets series. They explore the roles of real estate, credit, and equity in diversified portfolios, highlighting the blend of publi…
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In this episode of the Center for Investment Excellence podcast, host David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist in Multi-Asset Solutions at JP Morgan Asset Management, is joined by Kay Herr, US Chief Investment Officer for the Global Fixed Income Currency and Commodities team at JP Morgan Asset Management. David and Kay discuss the implications of t…
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Gaining perspective on public and private equity
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28:17In this final episode for our Strategic Investment Advisory Group's private and public series, David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions, is joined by Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, to discuss equity markets as strategic asset allocations.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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Leading with science: A deep dive on biotech
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17:43In this episode, David Lebovitz, Global Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions, is joined by Stephen Squinto, Chief Investment Officer, J.P. Morgan Life Sciences Private Capital, to discuss the alternative investment landscape, the private biotech market and areas of opportunity in 2024 and beyond.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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The role of public and private strategies in real estate
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21:56In this special edition of #CenterForInvestmentExcellence, members of our Strategic Investment Advisory Group discuss the long-term growth potential of real estate as an investable asset class, including the expansion of the real estate market from traditional core to a wide range of extended sectors, and the case for allocating to real estate inve…
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Today’s credit markets offer investors an unprecedented range of risk and return opportunities, but also greater complexity that makes it challenging to allocate capital efficiently. In this special edition SIAG episode, David Lebovitz, Global Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions, talks with Samrawit Soquar, Global Head of Research, Global Fixed Incom…
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Orbiting the Paper Moon: A conversation on alternative investments with Michael Cembalest
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34:58While the 60/40 portfolio has seen a renewed focus, allocations to private markets continue to play an important role in diversification and growth. In this episode, David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, talks with Michael Cembalest, Chairman of Market and Investment Strategy, about the key insights featured in his biennial review of alternativ…
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The Fed remains committed to reducing rates, which bond markets may be cheering, but it may not begin easing policy as soon as markets anticipate. David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions and Priya Misra, Portfolio Manager, Global Fixed Income, Currency & Commodities (GFICC) Group, discuss their forecast for fixed income, inc…
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While 2023 created a challenging macro backdrop of stubborn inflation, heightened geopolitical tensions and sluggish growth, a year-end rally increased the prospect of a brighter 2024 economic outlook. David Lebovitz and Arjun Menon, Global Market Strategists, Multi-Asset Solutions, discuss their investment predictions for the coming year, includin…
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David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions and Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, conduct their annual asset allocation draft across various asset classes, and make their picks for the most promising investment opportunities in 2024.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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Unpacking the opportunity in developed market equities
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18:35While over the past decade developed market equities have overwhelmingly lagged behind their U.S. counterparts, the case for international markets still exists, with Japan and Europe offering attractive investment opportunities. On this episode, David Lebovitz is joined by Tim Woodhouse, a Portfolio Manager in our International Equity Group, to dis…
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2024 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions: Smarter portfolios for a world in transition
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16:24The 28th annual edition of our 2024 Long-Term Capital Market Assumptions explores how investors can build on the 60/40 portfolio – using new axes of diversification to navigate an economy in transition from disinflation to reflation and from easy monetary policy to higher costs of capital. Our experts discuss these themes and more on our November e…
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Post-FOMC perspectives and the road ahead
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15:00Our experts discuss the September FOMC meeting and long duration fixed income investment opportunities.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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The intersection of technology and healthcare
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25:15Private markets have grown significantly over the past few years, fueled by scientific breakthroughs and technological innovation. Our experts discuss biotechnology, artificial intelligence and healthcare valuation trends, how venture capitalists and startups are navigating the complex regulatory landscape and other exciting opportunities for inves…
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Artificial intelligence and the power of disruption
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16:23From predictive analysis to machine learning models to robots, the landscape of artificial intelligence is evolving at a meteoric rate and businesses across every industry have no choice but to adopt. Our experts discuss the existing AI infrastructure, how AI is reshaping the corporate environment and what investors need to know about this revoluti…
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David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Jared Gross, Head of Institutional Portfolio Strategy, and Karen Ward, Global Market Strategist, discuss the return to normalcy post-pandemic and how this has affected markets and the global economy.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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What opportunities exist in private equity? Our experts discuss valuations, sector preferences, the secondaries market and more on a new Center for Investment Excellence podcast episode, featuring David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, and J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Global Private Equity Group Co-Heads, Stephen Catherwood and Ashmi Mehrotra.…
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Recent trends have shown international equities performing as well, if not better, than their U.S. counterparts. David Lebovitz, Global Market Strategist, Anjali Balani, Investment Specialist, International Equity Group and Tim Morris, Investment Specialist, Emerging Market and Asia Pacific Equities Group, discuss pressures on the U.S. dollar, the …
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We discuss the March Federal Open Market Committee meeting policy decision and its implication for investors.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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In a battle of Investment Grade vs. High Yield, we discuss credit opportunities for institutional investors.By J.P. Morgan Asset Management
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