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Investment Insights episodes

May 14 Talking Heads - AI: Transforming quantitative portfolio management
Artificial intelligence and machine learning are contributing increasingly to the process of identifying stock investment opportunities and managing portfolio risk, particularly when it comes to quantitative equity strategies that use mathematical models, algorithms and vast datasets to identify and capture the best ideas. Ram Rasaratnam, CIO for Quant Equity Strategies at AXA IM Core, part of BNP Paribas Asset Management, tells Chris Iggo, Chief Investment Officer, AXA IM Core, that AI and machine learning are revolutionising how researchers improve the models that support the firm’s analysis of a potential investee stock’s valuation, quality and future earnings trajectory.

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14 min
May 07 Talking Heads - Inflation-linked bonds can navigate the shocks
The Middle East conflict has triggered a surge in energy and other prices, creating a second inflation shock in four years. Elida Rhenals, a Senior Portfolio Manager in the rates and inflation team at AXA IM Core, part of BNP Paribas Asset Management, tells Chris Iggo, Chief Investment Officer for AXA IM Core, how the short duration inflation-linked bond strategy run by her team can be effective in offering protection and a real return – not just a nominal one – in a slowing growth, rising inflation environment.

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14 min
April 30 Talking Heads - US small caps – Reasons to be cheerful
US small-cap stocks had a strong start to 2026 with the Russell 2000 index significantly outperforming the S&P 500 large cap. Geoff Dailey, Head of US Equities, tells Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, that the main driver was the artificial intelligence theme.

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15 min
April 22 Talking Heads - Licence to roam empowers absolute return bond approach
With a ‘licence to roam’ fixed income markets, an absolute return approach works with a toolkit that allows it to continue to earn returns in bond markets roiled by geopolitical tension and the growth and inflation upsets that go with it. James McAlevey, Head of Global Aggregate and Absolute Return, tells Andrew Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre, emerging market bonds have emerged as ‘one of the single best opportunities’ from the current energy shock.

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11 min
April 16 Talking Heads - Flows into core equity ETFs hold up amid Middle East conflict
Overall inflows into exchange-traded funds slowed towards the end of the first quarter as market volatility and uncertainty spiked amid the outbreak of war in the Middle East. Daniel Dornel, Head of ETF Research, tells Chief Market Strategist Daniel Morris that inflation-linked products saw inflows late in the quarter as rising oil prices in particular fanned inflation concerns.

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6 min
April 10 Talking Heads - Healthcare equities: Healthier prospects in 2026
Healthcare equities – especially in the US, by far the largest market – look set for a strong recovery in 2026. US Equities team Senior Portfolio Manager Jon Stephenson tells Investment Insights Centre Co-head Andy Craig that numerous factors should create a much more investable environment.

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10 min
April 08 Talking Heads - The grass has become greener for green bonds
While their sustainability-related credentials have sustained the appeal of green bonds over the years, recent events in energy markets have reminded investors of the need for continued progress on the energy transition and hence the need for financing for green energy projects. Johann Plé, Senior Portfolio Manager in the Euro Fixed Income team, discusses the role green bonds should play in global asset allocations.

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11 min
April 02 Talking Heads - Decarbonisation and climate solutions providers to gain new prominence
“The crisis that we're experiencing with the conflict in the Middle East is only going to reinforce the fact that climate will remain our clients’ and our top priority,” Jane Wadia, Head of Sustainability at AXA IM Core, tells Andy Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre. Jane foresees a new impetus for renewable energy amid accelerated efforts to reduce countries’ dependency on fossil fuels further.

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10 min
March 26 Talking Heads - Managing multi-asset portfolios amid the volatility
The Middle East conflict and the resulting oil price surge have left the global economy – and investors – on a knife-edge. Laurent Clavel, Global Head of Multi-Asset for AXA Investment Managers, part of BNP Paribas Asset Management, talks with Daniel Morris, Chief Market Strategist, about handling multi-asset portfolios at such a volatile time.

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17 min
March 19 Talking Heads - Renewable energy in focus amid the energy shock
What do current events in the Middle East mean for the clean energy sector? How can vulnerability to fossil fuel shocks be reduced? Ulrik Fugmann, Environmental Strategies Group Co-Head, talks to Investment Insights Centre Co-Head Andy Craig about recent ‘tectonic’ shifts such as Europe’s Strategic Infrastructure Investment Fund and the possibility of US wind and solar tax credits being reinstated.

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9 min

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