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Tokyo skyline
ESG and long-term themes

Japan’s AGM 2025: Reform in motion

As Japan’s 2025 proxy season drew to a close, it became clear that the market is undergoing a quiet but meaningful transformation. Companies are increasingly...
Aina FukudaAnna Hirai
By  Aina Fukuda, Anna Hirai
20 Aug 2025
4 min read
twin deficits
Economics

We need to talk about the twin deficits

Tariff revenues are flowing to the US Treasury, but are they improving the overall fiscal situation? And who is paying for them?
Tim Drayson
By  Tim Drayson
18 Aug 2025
4 min read
EW index
Investment strategy

Rethinking equity allocation: time to embrace equal weighting?

We explore the rise of equal-weight approaches, and how increasing coverage creates new options for investors seeking balanced exposure.
Maria Kapetaniou
By  Maria Kapetaniou
18 Aug 2025
3 min read
Plastic recycling
ESG and long-term themes

Behind the Plastic Curtain: The treaty, the lobbyists, and the truth about recycling

From the corridors of negotiations at the United Nations to boardrooms across the world, a plastic curtain has descended. It conceals the true cost of...
Alexander Burr
By  Alexander Burr
14 Aug 2025
4 min read
Sayings main
Investment strategy

Words of wisdom: Do famous investment sayings hold water?

Our Well-known Investment Saying Evaluation (WISE) index provides an assessment of some well-worn financial aphorisms.
Asset Allocation team
By  Asset Allocation team
14 Aug 2025
2 min read
timing cycle
Fixed income

Timing the cycle: why it remains important

Investors now face two very powerful competing forces: exponential AI-related capex and a slowing US economy.
Colin Reedie
By  Colin Reedie
13 Aug 2025
3 min read
servers in a corridor
ESG and long-term themes

Generative AI in data centres part 3: How GenAI shapes AI sovereignty and data centre investment

In part 1 of this blog series, we introduced the physical infrastructure needs for data centres that support AI. In part 2, we described how...
Dr. James Tyrrell
By  Dr. James Tyrrell
13 Aug 2025
4 min read
Growth Value
Investment strategy

Are growth strategies anti-value?

The answer is nuanced – but designing growth strategies in a way that is agnostic to value could allow investors to capture the market returns...
Ayah Habboub
By  Ayah Habboub
12 Aug 2025
5 min read
CRO 25
ESG and long-term themes

Our global engagement to deliver positive change

During the second quarter of 2025 we continued to engage with companies, industry peers and policymakers, voting on behalf of our clients on a wide...
Investment Stewardship team
By  Investment Stewardship team
11 Aug 2025
L&G Talks
Markets and economics

Podcast: Interest rate expectations, US data revision and AI earnings – Market Talk

Our regular markets discussion offers an overview of the biggest topics for investors today.
L&G’s Asset Management business
By  L&G’s Asset Management business
07 Aug 2025
1 min read

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