Asset owners staying invested in the US

Morningstar's latest Asset Owner Perspectives found that despite growing frustration with policy uncertainty and geopolitical volatility coming from the US, asset owners understand the need to continue to stay invested in the US market while ensuring deeper diversification.

- Riddhima Talwani

Led by the Morningstar Sustainalytics and Morningstar Indexes teams, the report included direct interviews with 25 asset owners globally, including 12 across Australia and New Zealand.

Asset owners in Australia and New Zealand are pursuing a total portfolio approach to address continued global market volatility, policy uncertainty and the disruptive impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is having on markets.

Their focus is largely strategic and long-term oriented, with growing engagement in private markets and more defensive areas of the market such as infrastructure and real estate. They remain challenged with US policy but can’t ignore this important market, Morningstar said.