Perspectives
Stay up-to-date with the current investment and macroeconomic issues at ClearBridge Investments. We provide analyses of the themes and trends which lie at the heart of your investment challenges.
Valuation of Infrastructure Assets Q4 2022
In our latest Valuation update, Portfolio Manager Daniel Chu outlines the main drivers of infrastructure returns in the fourth quarter of 2022 and weighs in on the factors impacting different infrastructure sectors across the globe.
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Value Strategy December Commentary
Inflation continues to sustain itself at a higher level for longer, making it difficult for central banks to refrain from loosening policy even as the economic outlook deteriorates. Although maintaining a tightening position is common across most economies, varying economic circumstances may lead monetary policies to diverge in the extent of tightening.
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Income Strategy December Commentary
The outlook for interest rates and inflation continues to cause volatility in markets as investors digest expectations of a global slowdown in growth in conjunction with central bank tightening, with elevated volatility in the U.K. and Europe as a result of sustained high energy prices.
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Emerging Markets Strategy December Commentary
This strategy is invested in high-quality companies benefitting from structural drivers, with strong cash flow and dividend yields. We have strong conviction in the long-term opportunities within emerging markets listed infrastructure.
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Developed Markets Income Strategy December Commentary
For the ClearBridge Developed Markets Infrastructure Income Strategy, the primary quantitative tool in portfolio construction is excess return, on which our stock-ranking system is based.
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2023 Infrastructure Outlook: Climate, Macro Drivers Create Tailwinds
Secular growth drivers for infrastructure should be on full display in 2023, as the dire need for infrastructure spending underpins growth for the next decade, and the first steps for meeting long-term climate and electrification goals are being taken now.
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The Long-Term Case for Infrastructure
Amid rising bond yields, investors may turn to listed infrastructure, which has historically provided a lower-volatility offering, and should continue to, with efficient market valuations that could be more attractive relative to their unlisted peers.
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Listed Infrastructure Companies Provide a Powerful Hedge Against Inflation
Portfolio Manager Charles Hamieh presented at the Inside Network Income and Defensive Assets Symposium to discuss how listed infrastructure companies provide a powerful hedge against inflation.
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Investing in Infrastructure: Why Now?
Infrastructure has recently seen increased attention as broad equities have been weaker in 2022 due to inflation, rising interest rates, global supply chain disruptions from COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine.
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Managing Portfolios in Volatile Markets
Portfolio Manager Charles Hamieh discusses how investors can balance the desire for yield, diversification and sustainability in their portfolios during volatile markets.
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A Closer Look at the Listed Infrastructure Advantage
Liquidity, underlying asset risk, volatility, and sector-specific factors can separate listed and unlisted infrastructure.
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Infrastructure Has an Edge as a Long-Term Income Solution
With government bond yields low and in many cases delivering negative real yields, investors have had to look to additional asset classes to meet their income needs. A popular income solution for many is global listed infrastructure.
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