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From US economic regime shifts and the real anatomy of drawdowns, to Japan's dollar debt surge reshaping Asian credit, and the challenge of pricing climate risk before it strikes, here are four of our latest insights on the forces shaping investor portfolios. Is the US economy closer to 2017’s relative late-cycle calm or 2021’s inflation surge? Liang (Valerie) Xiang explains how our regime-analysis model places today’s environment firmly between the two. What comes next may depend on how quickly global supplies can move freely through the Strait of Hormuz again. https://ow.ly/LS3A50ZccbX Every investment experiences periods of decline. But the questions that matter for investors are: how significant are those declines, how long do they last, and how do other investments behave at the same time? In this edition of The Road Ahead, Man Group's Henry Neville explores what drawdowns have historically looked like across seven major asset classes and strategies, and examines how markets have behaved during more challenging periods. https://ow.ly/jSWq50ZccbY Japanese firms are going on a dollar debt binge to fund growth ambitions outside their home market. Christina Bastin unpacks how this could reshape Asia’s credit markets and how it may be welcome news for investors looking for geographical diversification and stability, particularly with Chinese issuers retreating from dollar markets. https://ow.ly/zxHj50ZccbV Markets are beginning to price physical climate risk, but only after the shocks hit. What would it take to get ahead of them? Listen to the latest episode of A Sustainable Future with Professor Nicola Ranger, Executive Director of the Earth Capital Nexus at the London School of Economics: https://ow.ly/eQx250ZccbW