Perspectives

While the direct market impact of Russia’s invasion has lessened over time, there have been longer lasting effects that have exacerbated investor concerns around inflation, rising rates and central bank actions around the globe. We examine the issue through a multi-asset-class lens.

While the direct market impact of Russia’s invasion has lessened over time, there have been longer lasting effects that have exacerbated investor concerns around inflation, rising rates and central bank actions around the globe. We examine the issue through a multi-asset-class lens.

Real estate investors entered 2023 facing a very different investment landscape to the one they encountered at the beginning of 2022. We look at the top five trends for real estate investments in 2023.

Despite some positive movement in the fourth quarter, 2022 wasn't pretty for many investors. What may be the global trends to watch this year?

Faced with the undeniable reality of droughts and dry spells from China to the Southwestern U.S. this year, companies and their investors have begun to take the vital issue of water scarcity more seriously.

When Prime Minster Rishi Sunak took over as the country's third prime minister in just two months, he inherited what he referred to as a "profound economic crisis."" We discuss the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on Great Britain and around the world, as markets contend with runaway inflation, high energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty.

With rising rates and a looming global slowdown in the context of war, climate change and an evolving regulatory environment, MSCI assembled a leading group of experts to provide insight into how investors may look to position themselves to manage risk and capture opportunity in an uncertain world.

Markets experienced a brief ray of risk-on light during the third quarter, but investors quickly retreated back into the risk-off shadows as the Fed reasserted its tough stance on taming inflation. We take the temperature of the market and explore where we might be headed.

We explore the sometimes volatile, push-pull relationship between investors and central banks as each looks to navigate extreme inflation in the U.S., the eurozone and the U.K.

Investors in commercial real estate are confronting the lingering effects of COVID-19 on what being an "office worker" means. We debate the merits of hybrid work and its impact on companies and investors.