Meet the Manager: Nick Tripodes
My name is Nick Tripodes, and I’m a Portfolio Manager and Head of the Low Duration Structured Products team. We are responsible for all portfolio management of active cash and low duration products, and investment research and structured products including asset-backed securities (ABS) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS). How have you seen the firm evolve […]
GEMs ESG Materiality, H2 2025
Fast reading To illustrate our approach to climate-adjusted valuations in more detail, we share our assessment on TSMC, the Taiwanese semiconductor group facing climate-related cost pressures from carbon taxes increasing electricity and raw material costs. We also provide our reflections from COP30, having been on the ground in Brazil, attending COP Finance events and engaging […]
Maintaining momentum
The last few years have been remarkable for stable value investments. Even as the Federal Reserve (Fed) has pivoted to easing rates, assets in liquidity products have marched steadily upward. Depending on your sources, which all calculate it differently, total industry money market fund assets hit record highs in 2025. How investors view money funds […]
Inside the Fed’s rate cut: The Fixed Income view
Read More Watch now Listen now Read More Watch now Listen now Read More Watch now Listen now Robert: Big movement yesterday1 with the Federal Reserve (the Fed). Rates are always a huge topic in our business. Walk us through what happened. RJ: I don’t think the Fed surprised anyone yesterday. Markets were well-prepared for […]
Global SMID Equity Engagement*, Q4 2025 case study
Credicorp
Why our improved credit outlook explains tight spread levels
360°, Q4
The Bull, the Bear and the Bubble
The question of whether we are in an ‘AI bubble’ or not is one of great concern to many of our clients. Recently the phrase, “is the stock market a bubble,” has been searched more than any time in history on Google and, yes, ChatGPT. The word “bubble” alone seems designed to send chills up […]
Market Snapshot
US Treasury yields fall as Fed cuts rates again
Will EMD outperformance continue in 2026?
EMD Q4 report
Return to quality
Chartology
