July 22, 2024

2024 Mid-year Global Investment Outlook

Welcome to SLC Management’s investment outlook for the mid-year point of 2024. Learn more about what our investment teams and solutions providers expect for public and private fixed income, real estate, infrastructure, insurers and retirement plans.

What’s covered

In the first half of 2024, we saw signs that the global macroeconomic environment, along with policies, markets and investor sentiment, may be undergoing a major shift. Check out what our investment specialists from SLC Management, BGO, InfraRed and Crescent Capital see for the rest of the year and beyond.

A letter from Steve Peacher

Steve Peacher

Executive Chair, SLC Management

“What I find particularly notable is the impact that possible divergencies in opinions, expectations and policy have had on the risks and opportunities faced by investors.” 

Macroeconomic outlook

Mid-year rate cuts notwithstanding, any path toward an economic soft landing may be data dependent.

Real estate

Sentiment boosted with the possibility of lower rates.

Fixed income: investment grade

Implications of a possible gap in long-term yields between Canada and the U.S.

Infrastructure

A more pronounced policy shift could serve as a major infrastructure catalyst.

Fixed income: non-investment grade

Are there pockets of opportunity in high yield and other non-IG asset classes?

Insurance asset management

Why insurers are looking more closely at alternative investments.

Private credit: investment grade

A number of identifiable, evolving trends could steer the direction of IG private credit.

Retirement plan solutions

Diversification and yield enhancement becoming increasingly important for plans’ fixed income portfolios.

Private credit: non-investment grade

Lending conditions could mean opportunities in the core middle market and lower middle market.

Contributing Authors

Steve Peacher

Executive Chair SLC Management

Dec Mullarkey

Managing Director, Investment Strategy and Asset Allocation SLC Management

Rich Familetti

CIO U.S. Total Return Fixed Income SLC Fixed Income

Linda Kong Ting

Senior Director and Credit Analyst, Asset Management SLC Fixed Income

John Fekete

Managing Director, Head of Capital Markets Crescent Capital Group

Andrew Kleeman

Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Fixed Income

Elaad Keren

Senior Managing Director, Co-Head of Private Fixed Income SLC Fixed Income

Nushi Kazemian

Managing Director, Private Fixed Income SLC Fixed Income

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