While ChatGPT captured the public’s imagination, the staid manufacturing sector was already putting AI to work – potentially reaping more benefits than any other sector, according to McKinsey. Find out how tapping AI is a natural step in the evolution of industrial automation.

For small cap growth stocks, the last leg of the interest rate journey may be the hardest—but we still see room for optimism (and opportunity).

Next year’s alts themes are pension funds’ move into private credit, the IRA-driven appeal of renewables infrastructure debt, and big opportunities in mortgage derivatives.

High rates make it a dreadful time to buy a home, but an excellent time to buy interest-only and inverse interest-only securities.

Bank lending and deal flow on the decline, economic stress on the rise. It’s a surprisingly good time for private credit.

We retrace boom-and-bust periods and chronicle improvements in the credit quality of North American energy companies following the pandemic.

Interest-only securities offer attractive, high-single-digit unlevered yields to the market’s base-case prepayment expectation and stand to benefit from significant spread tightening as demand for the asset class increases amid limited supply.

Plan sponsors often find the target date fund (TDF) selection process understandably daunting. Evaluating TDFs is a multi-faceted process that requires a deep dive into the four components of TDF design — glide path design, asset allocation, selecting underlying managers, and portfolio construction.

1Q23 was marred by significant volatility in the banking sector...

Big data — no longer the exclusive domain of Silicon Valley — is reshaping traditional industries and creating opportunities for investors, even in surprising places like manufacturing and agriculture.