Real Assets

Commodities
July 2026

Securing the Oil and Gas Resources of the Future

BCG

Rebecca Fitz

Research

12 Pages

The authors examine why oil and gas reserve longevity is reemerging as a key valuation driver after years of investor focus on capital discipline.

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Alternative Assets
July 2026

Farmland Fundamentals: Understanding the Asset Class

Peoples Company

Steve Bruere

Research

8 Pages

Peoples Company explains how farmland generates returns through lease income, long-term appreciation, and inflation protection.

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Alternative Assets
July 2026

Why Invest in Farmland?

Manulife

Research

20 Pages

Manulife Investment Management explains why farmland can serve as a long-term real asset by combining income, capital appreciation, inflation sensitivity, and diversification.

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Alternative Assets
July 2026

Rethinking Diversification: Bonds, Commodities and Trend in the Current Market Regime

Aspect Capital

Research

10 Pages

Aspect Capital examines whether the investing environment that supported the classic 60/40 portfolio is giving way to a new regime shaped by inflation, deglobalization, and geopolitical instability.

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Alternative Assets
July 2026

Commercial Real Estate: Why One of the Most Challenging Headlines Is Now One of the Cheapest Assets

Ares Management

William Kieser

Research

12 Pages

Ares Management explains why commercial real estate may now offer one of the most attractive risk-reward setups after years of negative headlines.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

2026 Direct-to-Consumer Wine Report

Silicon Valley Bank

Rob McMillan

Research

57 Pages

Silicon Valley Bank examines how the direct to consumer wine channel is navigating a difficult demand environment while revealing why some wineries continue to grow.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

Why Owning the Moment Wins in a Changing Alcohol Market

BCG

Nicol Zhou

Research

8 Pages

The authors examine how alcohol companies can grow in a slowing market by focusing on specific consumption occasions rather than broad demographic trends.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

A “super El Niño” Threatens Waves of Commodity-Driven Inflation Into 2027

Schroders

David Rees, Sandeep Jaggi

Article

1 Pages

Schroders examines how a potentially strong El Niño, combined with fertilizer disruptions and energy market stress, could fuel another wave of global food inflation.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

A Comprehensive Guide to Private Infrastructure

Ares Management

Raj Dhanda

Research

32 Pages

Ares Management examines how private infrastructure has evolved from traditional utilities and transportation assets into a broader opportunity set tied to digitalization, electrification, and AI.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

Beyond Bitcoin – The Manager Perspective: Why Digital Asset Benchmarking Is Entering a New Era

S&P Global

Sherifa Issifu

Article

6 Pages

S&P Dow Jones Indices argues digital asset managers need benchmarks that match their actual opportunity set, not default Bitcoin or S&P 500 comparisons.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

The Collectible Market Bubble and Burst: Evidence from the Pre-and Post-COVID Stimulus Cycle, 2020-2025

Arthur Mota

Research

34 Pages

Arthur Mota examines how COVID era liquidity may have helped inflate collectible markets like Magic: The Gathering cards and classic cars. MTG Reserved List cards gained 165% during the stimulus window, but cars look more tied to the chip shortage once supply effects are controlled.

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Alternative Assets
June 2026

The Future of Digital Assets

BCG

Chris Schmid

Research

68 Pages

Boston Consulting Group frames digital assets as a strategic infrastructure transition for banks, not a niche crypto theme.

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Asset Allocation
May 2026

Commodities, Real Assets and the Return of the Physical Economy

AllianceBernstein

Inigo Fraser Jenkins, Robertas Stancikas

Research

32 Pages

AllianceBernstein argues that commodities and industrial metals are becoming more strategically relevant as geopolitics, AI infrastructure, and resource nationalism revive the physical economy.

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Alternative Assets
May 2026

In Wine Country, Sales Are Down and Fraud is Rampant

The New York Times

Ian Frisch

Research

5 Pages

The New York Times looks at why wine fraud keeps surfacing as the industry faces weaker demand, climate pressure, and financial strain.

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Commodities
May 2026

The return of history: gold, the dollar, and the monetary future

Deutsche Bank

Mallika Sachdeva, Michael Hsueh

Research

18 Pages

Deutsche Bank Research Institute examines how geopolitics may be pushing central banks back toward gold and away from the dollar.

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Commodities
May 2026

How Fast Can Gulf Production Recover After Reopening?

Goldman Sachs

Research

11 Pages

Goldman Sachs analyzes how quickly Gulf crude production could rebound after the Strait of Hormuz reopens.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

Crypto Market Review Q1.26

Bitwise

Research

60 Pages

Bitwise Asset Management reviews Q1 2026 as a difficult period for crypto prices, but argues the underlying data points to early-stage recovery dynamics.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

REITs vs. Private Real Estate Funds: Partners, Not Rivals: Comparing Top Performing Funds

Nareit

Edward Pierzak

Research

7 Pages

Nareit compares REITs with private real estate funds and finds listed real estate held up better across the return distribution.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

Understanding the rise and recent fall in gold prices

Apollo

Torsten Slok

Research

26 Pages

Apollo’s chart book looks at why gold prices have increased so much since 2022, and why they have declined more recently.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

My Quest to Solve Bitcoin’s Great Mystery

The New York Times

Article

40 Pages

Bitcoin’s founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, has remained hidden for 17 years. A trail of clues — and a year of digging by our reporter, John Carreyrou — led us to a 55-year-old computer scientist in El Salvador named Adam Back.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

Purdue Agricultural Economics Report

Purdue University

Research

82 Pages

Purdue’s annual outlook surveys the 2026 U.S. and Indiana farm economy, from crop margins and credit to farmland and regional conditions.

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Alternative Assets
April 2026

Emotional Yields of Collectibles

Research

100 Pages

Using up to 110 years of collectibles returns for 13 distinct asset classes, Elroy Dimson and others estimate a positive emotion yield for emotional yield for 24 of our 30 collectibles, with an annualized mean (median) of 2.64% (2.53%).

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Alternative Assets
March 2026

The Art Basel & UBS Art Market Report 2026

UBS

Clare McAndrew

Research

247 Pages

The tenth edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report depicts a global art market returning to growth in 2025 as both dealer and auction markets strengthened.

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Alternative Assets
March 2026

An Index of Commodity Futures Returns Since 1871

Research

22 Pages

The authors document the returns to a broadly diversified index of commodity futures over more than 150 years of U.S. market history.

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Commodities
March 2026

What’s the best way to think about oil & gas shocks by country during the Iran war?

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Michael Cembalest

Article

3 Pages

Michael Cembalest says when we think about the oil & gas shock affecting different countries, we focus on total oil consumption (irrespective of domestic oil production since oil is a global market) and imported gas (since domestic production is typically shielded from price shocks).

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Alternative Assets
March 2026

A Year of Increasing Scale and Diversification

BCG

Research

32 Pages

Boston Consulting Group argues private infrastructure is regaining momentum after two difficult years.

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Global Macroeconomics
March 2026

Hormuz Disruption May Impact Global Agriculture Prices

Goldman Sachs

Lina Thomas, Daan Struyven

Research

11 Pages

Goldman Sachs explains how the disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz impacts the global nitrogen fertilizer market (which accounts for 60% of global fertilizer use), and why the Middle East conflict underscores the role of commodities as a hedge against supply disruptions.

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Alternative Assets
March 2026

Securing Tomorrow’s Harvest: European Farmland as a Strategic Sustainable Investment

BNP Paribas Asset Management

Research

44 Pages

BNP Paribas provides an overview of European farmland.

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Commodities
March 2026

A crude awakening

Carlyle

Jeff Currie, James Gutman

Research

8 Pages

Jeff Currie and James Gutman examine how a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could affect global energy security, commodity markets, and capital allocation during an incomplete energy transition.

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Alternative Assets
February 2026

The Boost From the Hard Assets Rotation

Goldman Sachs

Research

22 Pages

Following a strong and volatile start for commodities in 2026, Goldman Sachs analyzes how sustained investor diversification into hard assets would affect commodity prices.

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Alternative Assets
February 2026

State of the U.S. Wine Industry 2026

Silicon Valley Bank

Rob McMillan

Research

49 Pages

Silicon Valley Bank's published their 26th annual report on the State of the U.S. Wine Industry, which it says is stabilizing after revenue declined by 2% in 2025.

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Alternative Assets
February 2026

Copper in the Age of AI: Challenges of Electrification

S&P Global

Daniel Yergin

Research

116 Pages

S&P Global's comprehensive study identifies a transformative trajectory for copper demand, projecting a surge from 28 million metric tons in 2025 to 42 million metric tons by 2040 – a 50% increase that underscores the metal's pivotal role in multiple technological and economic domains.

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Market Outlooks
February 2026

2026 U.S. Real Estate Market Outlook

CBRE

Research

38 Pages

CBRE forecasts commercial real estate investment activity to increase by 16% in 2026 to $562 billion, nearly matching the pre-pandemic (2019) annual average.

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Annual Report
January 2026

Decarbonization: Parameters, Dollars and Sense, Electrons Photons Molecules

Nat Bullard

Research

200 Pages

Nat Bullard’s annual presentation covers all that matters in our energy, industry, technology, and transport systems, and equally about how those systems engage with each other, and interact in our atmosphere.

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Alternative Assets
December 2025

Golden Fears

Man Group

Henry Neville

Research

29 Pages

Henry Neville argues that while gold has historically provided modest hedging against inflation and equity drawdowns, its current behavior, logistical costs, and uncertain long-term demand dynamics mean it should be a limited, not central, defensive allocation in portfolios.

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Market Outlooks
December 2025

2026 Outlook: Ride the Power Race and Supply Waves

Goldman Sachs

Research

18 Pages

The US-China AI and geopolitical power race and global energy supply waves drive Goldman Sachs’ analysts' key convictions.

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Market Outlooks
December 2025

10 Crypto Predictions for 2026

Bitwise

Matt Hougan

Research

28 Pages

Bitwise shares 10 predictions for 2026.

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Market Outlooks
December 2025

2026 REIT Outlook Optimizing Returns Through a Global Lens

Nareit

John Barwick, Nicole Funari

Research

11 Pages

Nareit outlines how global REITs can help investors optimize returns by moving beyond domestic home bias into diversified listed real estate markets.

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Market Outlooks
December 2025

2026 Crypto Market Outlook

Coinbase

David Duong, Colin Basco

Research

70 Pages

Coinbase Institutional outlines how crypto is maturing into a core part of global market infrastructure in its 2026 outlook.

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Alternative Assets
December 2025

State of Crypto 2025: The year crypto went mainstream

Andreessen Horowitz

Research

54 Pages

a16z crypto surveys how stablecoins, institutional participation and real world use cases have pushed crypto into a more mature phase.

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Market Reports
December 2025

The Future of Oil to 2050

Morningstar

Research

40 Pages

US oil production demand is expected to be resilient throughout the mid-century, despite the energy transition to electrification. 

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Alternative Assets
December 2025

Gold Outlook 2026 : Push ahead or pull back

World Gold Council

Research

12 Pages

After Gold's remarkable 2025, achieving over 50 all-time highs and returning over 60%, the World Gold Council predicts 2026 be shaped by ongoing geoeconomic uncertainty.

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Alternative Assets
December 2025

Gold: Bugs, Bears and Myths

Man Group

Research

13 Pages

Man Group evaluates gold’s role in portfolios at record prices, emphasizing diversification and risk mitigation rather than return maximization.

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Alternative Assets
November 2025

StepStone Real Estate House Views

Stepstone

Research

86 Pages

StepStone provides an update on the real estate market, which they say is pricing around cycle bottom amid elevated uncertainty and slower growth globally.

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Alternative Assets
October 2025

Real Estate Reset: Capitalizing on Record Dispersion

Davidson Kempner

Suzanne Gibbons, Joshua Morris, Romain Ferron

Research

11 Pages

Davidson Kempner analyzes how the global commercial real estate (CRE) market is undergoing a structural reset amid higher interest rates, divergent rent growth, and regional valuation gaps.

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Alternative Assets
September 2025

Bitcoin vs. Gold: The Future of Central Bank Reserves by 2030

Deutsche Bank

Marion Laboure, Camilla Siazon

Research

18 Pages

Deutsche Bank explores whether Bitcoin could join gold as a central bank reserve asset by 2030.

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Global Macroeconomics
August 2025

The New Joule Order

Carlyle

Jeff Currie

Research

27 Pages

Jeff Currie posits that energy security, rather than climate concerns, is now the primary driver of the global energy transition.

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Alternative Assets
August 2025

Worth Its Weight

D.E. Shaw & Co.

Research

10 Pages

D.E. Shaw & Co. examines the role of gold as a “non-productive store of value” and its potential diversification benefits amid inflation uncertainty, shifting monetary regimes, and geopolitical tension.

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Gold
June 2025

GOLD!!

Man Group

Henry Neville

Research

21 Pages

Man Group examines the gold rally—prices have nearly doubled since mid‑2022—and weighs whether this surge warrants a continued allocation.

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Markets
June 2025

Bend, Not Break: Investing in Real Estate Amid Economic Uncertainty

PIMCO

John Murray, François Trausch, Russell Gannaway, Kirill Zavodov

Research

11 Pages

PIMCO offers a measured outlook for commercial real estate amid persistent macroeconomic uncertainty—sticky inflation, tight credit, and geopolitical tension—highlighting pockets of regional resilience like Europe, Japan, and Australia.

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Alternative Assets
May 2025

Will lower oil help the economy?

BCG

Research

16 Pages

BCG’s Macroeconomics & Energy groups answer the following questions.

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Energy
May 2025

Energy Transition: Utilities and Electricity Grids

Deutsche Bank

Markus Müller, Daniel Sacco

Research

22 Pages

Deutsche Bank provides an overview of electricity and grid development, a summary of investment trends in grid expansion, capital expenditure requirements and regulatory developments, and the investment case for Utilities.

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Alternative Assets
April 2025

Gold $5,000?

Research Affiliates

Campbell Harvey

Research

11 Pages

Professor Campbell Harvey says gold’s recent price surge is largely driven by current economic uncertainty as well as a wave of new investment sources, including gold ETFs and China’s de-dollarization efforts.

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Markets
March 2025

Heliocentrism

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Research

55 Pages

J.P. Morgan’s “Eye on the Market” commentary titled Heliocentrism explores the growing dominance of AI and the “Magnificent Seven” tech stocks within U.S. equity markets.

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Alternative Assets
March 2025

Is the Green Energy Transition Dead?

Bridgewater

Karen Karniol-Tambour

Research

18 Pages

Bridgewater Associates argues that the global energy shift is not a true "transition" but rather an "energy addition," where renewables are expanding alongside—not replacing—fossil fuels.

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Alternative Assets
January 2025

The Year Ahead in Crypto

Pantera Capital

Dan Morehead

Research

12 Pages

Pantera Capital lays out its 2025 crypto outlook, arguing the industry is entering a structural adoption phase driven by infrastructure, developers, and real-world applications.

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Industry Reports
January 2025

Decarbonization: 2021, The Complex, Reagents

Nat Bullard

Research

200 Pages

Nathaniel Bullard's 2025 decarbonization presentation offers a comprehensive analysis of global climate and energy trends, emphasizing the interplay between technology, capital markets, and policy.

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Crypto
December 2024

In Crypto We Trend

Man Group

Andre Rzym, Archibald Fraikin, Tarek Abou Zeid

Research

7 Pages

Man Group explains that cryptocurrencies may be well suited to trend-following approaches due to their inherent liquidity, volatility and lack of fundamental valuation anchors.

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Markets
December 2024

10 for 10: Themes for the Next Decade

Man Group

Henry Neville

Research

9 Pages

Man Group presents ten secular investment themes expected to shape markets over the coming decade, grounded in geopolitical shifts, structural economic changes, and technological disruption. 

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Alternative Assets
August 2024

Total REIT Industry Tracker Results 2024 : Q2

Nareit

Edward Pierzak

Research

33 Pages

Nareit provides an update on the U.S. listed REIT industry’s operating and dividend performance.

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Alternative Assets
June 2024

2024 Statistical Review of World Energy

Energy Institute

Research

76 Pages

This annual report covers the record year for energy in terms of both production and consumption, providing overviews of different energy sources - oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, electric & more.

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Markets
March 2024

Eye on the Market: Electravision

J.P. Morgan Asset Management

Michael Cembalest

Research

56 Pages

Michael Cembalest reviews the progress and pitfalls in the global energy transition, particularly focusing on electrification, renewable deployment, and related infrastructure.

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Alternative Assets
February 2024

Crypto Factor Investing

Sparkline Capital

Kai Wu

Research

9 Pages

Sparkline Capital applies a factor-based framework to digital assets, identifying four key factors—market, size, momentum, and intangible value—that have historically delivered excess returns.

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Real Estate
December 2023

Total REIT Industry Tracker Results 2023:Q3

Nareit

Edward Pierzak

Research

33 Pages

Nareit presents its T Tracker Results for 2023 Q3, a quarterly view of the operating performance of United States listed REITs.

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Real Assets
July 2023

Real Assets Market Overview

Hamilton Lane

Research

96 Pages

Hamilton Lane maps the landscape of private real assets across infrastructure, real estate, energy, agriculture, mining and timber.

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Farmland
June 2023

U.S. farmland investment returns: continued gains in 2022

Manulife

Research

11 Pages

Manulife Investment Management reviews U S farmland investment returns and how continued gains in 2022 support the asset class.

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Alternative Assets
January 2023

Cross-sectional Momentum in Cryptocurrency Markets

Starkiller Capital

Corey Hoffstein, Leigh Drogen, Kevin Otte

Research

14 Pages

Starkiller Capital explores whether short term cross-sectional momentum exists in crypto and how to trade it sensibly.

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Farmland
January 2023

The power of private real assets

Nuveen

Gwen Busby, Donald Hall, Biff Ourso

Research

16 Pages

Nuveen outlines why private real assets across farmland, timberland, infrastructure and commercial real estate can improve institutional portfolios.

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Alternative Assets
January 2023

Decarbonization: The long view, trends and transience, net zero

Nat Bullard

Nathaniel Bullard

Research

141 Pages

Nat Bullard maps the 2023 state of decarbonization through technology, capital, and policy lenses, focusing on what drives durable change.

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Alternative Assets
July 2022

The State of U.S. Early-Stage Venture Capital & Startups: 2Q22

AngelList

Research

21 Pages

The authors review how early stage venture conditions shifted in 2Q22 as the broader market sold off.

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Alternative Assets
July 2022

Battery Metals Watch: The End of the Beginning

Goldman Sachs

Research

21 Pages

The authors argue the battery metals bull market has peaked, with supply growth set to outrun demand across lithium, cobalt, and nickel.

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Alternative Assets
June 2022

An Investor’s Guide to Crypto

Man Group

Campbell Harvey

Research

29 Pages

The authors explain how investors can approach cryptocurrency allocations beyond bitcoin, focusing on what tokens do and how to own them responsibly.

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Alternative Assets
May 2022

Public Natural Resource Equities

Meketa

Research

15 Pages

Meketa Investment Group examines whether public natural resource equities still provide meaningful protection against inflation in today’s economy.

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Global Macroeconomics
May 2022

Putin’s Invasion Reminds Us That We Live in a Finite World

GMO

Jeremy Grantham

Research

4 Pages

GMO’s Jeremy Grantham uses the invasion of Ukraine as a lens on long running constraints in energy, metals and other natural resources.

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Alternative Assets
April 2022

U.S. Farmland Sector Primer

Green Street

Research

81 Pages

Green Street explores U.S. farmland as a large but under-owned real estate sector offering stable, long-term returns with unique characteristics versus traditional assets.

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Alternative Assets
August 2021

Gold As A Strategic Allocation

Meketa

Alison Adams

Research

16 Pages

Meketa Investment Group explores whether gold deserves a permanent role in institutional portfolios, focusing on its behavior across inflation regimes, real yields, and market stress.

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Alternative Assets
August 2021

Understanding Wine Grape Farmland Investing

Westchester

Jonathan Griffiths, Matt Parker

Research

8 Pages

Westchester explores wine grape farmland as an institutional asset, outlining why U.S. vineyards may offer attractive risk adjusted returns and portfolio diversification benefits.

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Alternative Assets
July 2021

2021 Farmland Report

Nuveen

Research

36 Pages

Nuveen’s Westchester farmland report explores how global agricultural land functions as an institutional asset, focusing on returns, diversification, and sustainability.

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Alternative Assets
May 2021

U.S. Agriculture & Timber Market Update

PGIM

Research

35 Pages

PGIM Real Estate examines how COVID-era disruptions reshaped U.S. agriculture, farmland performance, and pricing dynamics across crop types and regions.

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Alternative Assets
March 2021

Sustainable Farmland Investment In Brazil

Genesis

Matthew Kruse

Research

35 Pages

Genesis examines sustainable farmland investing in Brazil, positioning it as a long-duration real asset with potential to benefit from global food demand and environmental constraints.

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Alternative Assets
March 2021

Permanent crops and investment opportunity

Manulife

John L. Farber, Anne Valentine Andrews

Research

13 Pages

Manulife Investment Management explores the investment case for permanent crops, positioning them as a long-duration real asset tied to global food demand and sustainability trends.

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Alternative Assets
January 2021

Real estate stocks: A wedge in the dividend yield totem

Robeco

Folmer Pietersma, Frank Onstwedder

Research

6 Pages

Robeco explores the case for high dividend yield real estate equities, arguing that income-focused REIT strategies may be misunderstood and can offer attractive risk-adjusted returns beyond just yield.

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Alternative Assets
October 2020

Think Real Assets

Nuveen

James Colon

Research

16 Pages

Nuveen explores how real assets fit into portfolios as inflation risks re-emerge, framing them as a potential diversifier across real estate, infrastructure, and natural capital.

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Alternative Assets
August 2020

Global Timber Outlook 2020

Gresham House

Research

60 Pages

Gresham House explores how climate change, urbanization, and decarbonization are reshaping global timber demand, with a focus on structural wood like coniferous sawnwood.

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Alternative Assets
August 2020

Investing In Agriculture

PGIM

Bruce D. Phelps

Research

25 Pages

PGIM explores how agriculture fits within institutional portfolios, positioning farmland as a real asset with income, diversification, and inflation-hedging characteristics.

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Alternative Assets
May 2020

Real Estate Outlook US

UBS

Research

17 Pages

UBS examines how COVID-19 is reshaping US real estate markets, focusing on short-term disruption versus longer-term recovery dynamics.

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Alternative Assets
May 2020

What’s In Your Real Asset Portfolio?

PGIM

Harsh Parikh

Research

16 Pages

PGIM explores how a diversified real asset portfolio can deliver inflation protection and more resilient returns across cycles.

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Alternative Assets
April 2020

An Investment Only A Mother Could Love: The Tactical Case

GMO

Lucas White, Jeremy Grantham

Research

8 Pages

GMO argues that natural resource equities, despite being deeply out of favor, offer a compelling opportunity driven by extreme undervaluation and long-term structural tailwinds.

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Alternative Assets
October 2019

Global Real Estate Securities: Quarterly Update

Principal Asset Management

Research

14 Pages

Principal examines how liquidity conditions and short-duration fixed income positioning are shaping portfolio construction in a higher-rate environment.

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Alternative Assets
May 2019

Real Asset Outlook

Verus Investments

Research

34 Pages

Verus explores the 2019 real assets landscape, arguing that traditional inflation hedges may be less effective as deflation risk quietly builds late in the cycle.

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Alternative Assets
July 2018

Meketa on Natural Resources

Meketa

Adam Toczylowski

Research

23 Pages

Meketa Investment Group explores private natural resources as a real asset class, focusing on return drivers, diversification benefits, and inflation sensitivity across sectors like energy, mining, and agriculture.

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Alternative Assets
May 2018

Real Estate Betas and Implications for Asset Allocation

Northern Trust

Peter Mladina

Research

13 Pages

Northern Trust examines how real estate behaves through a factor-based lens, arguing it is better understood as a mix of equity, credit, and sector exposures rather than a distinct asset class.

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Alternative Assets
April 2018

LEGO – The Toy of Smart Investors

Victoria Dobrynskaya, Julia Kishilova

Research

27 Pages

The authors explore LEGO sets as an unconventional investment, analyzing their return profile, risk exposure, and diversification potential within a broader portfolio context.

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Alternative Assets
September 2017

UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index

UBS

Matthias Holzhey

Research

24 Pages

UBS examines how elevated housing prices, shrinking affordability, and tighter financing conditions are reshaping real estate bubble risks across major cities.

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Portfolio Management
June 2017

A Factor Alpha Approach to REITs

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management

Travis Fairchild, Chris Meredith

Research

6 Pages

O’Shaughnessy Asset Management argues public REITs are an overlooked area for factor investing, particularly through value, momentum, and quality signals.

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Alternative Assets
May 2017

History of Institutional Farmland Investment

HighQuest Partners

Julie Koeninger

Research

15 Pages

HighQuest Partners examines how farmland evolved from a fragmented agricultural holding into an institutional asset class tied to inflation protection, portfolio diversification, and global food demand.

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Alternative Assets
November 2016

Emerging Trends in Real Estate: United States and Canada 2017

PWC

Hugh Kelly

Research

108 Pages

PwC and the Urban Land Institute examine how political instability, capital flows, and shifting tenant preferences could reshape commercial real estate in 2017.

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Alternative Assets
September 2016

An Investment Only a Mother Could Love: The Case for Natural Resource Equities

GMO

Lucas White, Jeremy Grantham

Research

12 Pages

GMO argues natural resource equities offer overlooked diversification, inflation protection, and long term return potential despite investor skepticism.

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Alternative Assets
August 2016

Next Season’s Meager Harvest in Commercial Real Estate

Research Affiliates

Jim Masturzo, Michael Aked

Research

1 Pages

Research Affiliates examines why US commercial real estate may deliver weaker returns after a decade of unusually strong gains.

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Alternative Assets
May 2015

Facts and Fantasies about Commodity Futures Ten Years Later

Geetesh Bhardwaj

Research

30 Pages

The authors revisit the case for commodity futures a decade later, arguing the asset class still offers diversification and inflation sensitivity despite weaker post 2008 performance.

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Alternative Assets
July 2014

A Farmland Investment Primer

GMO

Julie Koeninger

Research

9 Pages

GMO explores farmland investing as a diversifying real asset tied to inflation protection, biological growth, and global food demand.

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Alternative Assets
July 2014

A Farmland Investment Primer

GMO

Julie Koeninger

Research

9 Pages

GMO explores why farmland has become an institutionalized asset class, highlighting its role as an inflation hedge, diversification tool, and source of biological yield.

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Alternative Assets
September 2013

Pairs Trading with Commodities

Quantpedia

Robert Bianchi, Michael Drew

Research

2 Pages

Quantpedia summarizes a commodity pairs trading strategy that exploits temporary price divergences between historically linked futures contracts.

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Alternative Assets
September 2013

The Investment Performance of Art and Other Collectibles

Elroy Dimson, Christophe Spaenjers

Research

19 Pages

The authors examine whether collectibles such as art, stamps, and violins deserve a place in an investment portfolio.

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Alternative Assets
April 2013

Copper Inventories Rising

Tom McClellan

Research

1 Pages

McClellan Financial explains how rising copper inventories can provide an early signal about future copper prices and broader economic conditions.

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Alternative Assets
February 2013

Gold Fundamentals: Still Positive

Boeckh Investment

Research

14 Pages

Boeckh Investments examines whether gold's long term bull market remains intact despite a sharp correction and growing investor skepticism.

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