Artisan Partners — Artisan Canvas
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- Equities
Software in the Age of AI: What We’re Seeing Now
Artisan argues that AI is boosting demand in security and select vertical software by accelerating identity/access projects and layering new features onto incumbent platforms, rather than disrupting them.
- Equities
Antero Peak Bulletin: October 2026
Antero Peak Group highlights a record share of S&P 500 constituents exhibiting negative beta, signalling fractured market uniformity, alongside sector notes on power demand, airfares and pharmaceuticals. Separately, Kevin Warsh argues US investment momentum is broadening beyond AI even as AI-driven inflation pressures persist near-term.
- Equities
International Equities: What Makes These Markets Different?
Artisan Partners argues international equity markets offer a far larger, less-researched universe and historically greater return dispersion than the US, creating stronger conditions for active stock selection. The firm cites 15-year data showing higher median alpha for non-US active managers versus US large-cap peers, supporting international diversification.
- Equities
Antero Peak Bulletin: September 2026
Antero Peak Group's Chris Smith highlights a growing gap between US stock prices and earnings fundamentals despite rising 2026 EPS forecasts. Paul Kedrosky warns AI investment, increasingly debt-funded, shows classic bubble characteristics amid GPU hoarding and converging model capabilities.
- Emerging Markets
Trading Viewpoints: The Road Not Marketed
An emerging markets debt manager argues that proactive, relationship-driven sourcing—through private loans, club deals, local issuers and secondary-market opportunities—uncovers differentiated deal flow missed by reactive, broadly marketed approaches.
- Emerging Markets
Not Your Grandma’s Emerging Markets
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index has become dominated by North Asian semiconductor giants TSMC, Samsung and SK Hynix, masking broader opportunities. The authors argue a bottom-up approach can uncover overlooked EM companies with durable growth beyond index leaders.
- Equities
International Equities: More Than Geographic Diversification
Artisan Partners argues that international equity diversification benefits stem from differing sector compositions, revenue sources and correlations with US markets, not from predicting which region will outperform next.
- Equities
Antero Peak Bulletin: August 2026
Artisan Partners notes broadening US equity leadership as the equal-weight S&P 500 outpaces its cap-weighted counterpart, alongside resilient manufacturing, strong Q2 earnings and slowing GDP growth. It also flags US-Japan yen intervention and debate over whether AI infrastructure spending is being fairly valued against future returns.
- Fixed Income
Bank Loans: Bridging the Gap between Core Bonds and Private Debt
Artisan Partners argues bank loans occupy an underused middle ground between core bonds and private credit, offering floating-rate income, secured positioning and daily liquidity with historically strong risk-adjusted returns. The firm contends loans can enhance fixed income portfolios by combining transparency with return potential typically associated with less liquid private debt.