As mature tech hubs face severe land and power bottlenecks, a shifting regulatory landscape and institutional private credit are driving a massive 24% CAGR across emerging regional corridors.
Asset owners are restructuring their portfolios to favour asset-intensive sectors in response to structural economic shocks and extreme equity market concentration.
As algorithmic disruption and shifting market structures end the era of easy beta, institutional investors are diversifying beyond US corporate lending towards asset-based finance and markets in Europe and APAC.
As public markets and large-cap private equity present valuation challenges, allocators are increasingly targeting the lower 'bottom half' of the market, inspired by operational upside and pricing inefficiencies.
As early 2026 volatility drives AI valuations back to an attractive discount, Morningstar’s latest research highlights massive global fund inflows alongside a stark performance divide across Asian markets.
As macro shocks and shifting correlations disrupt traditional portfolios, sovereigns are leveraging alternative assets, prioritising liquidity and active portfolio construction.