03 Jun 2025
Ellie Clapton and Jason Borbora-Sheen unpack why the 60/40 playbook is under pressure, and how to modernise defence for a more volatile world.
Developed market assets are behaving in ways investors might expect from Emerging ones with currencies falling as yields rise and political intervention in monetary policy escalating.
The old safe havens aren’t doing the job they used to.
With inflation sticky and reinvestment risk rising, investors must rethink what ‘defensive’ really means – not by chasing labels, but by focusing on quality, resilience, and real income.
In this episode, we unpack why the 60/40 playbook is under pressure, and how to modernise defence for a more volatile world.
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