
Video: The Inflationary Effects of the Iran Conflict
Senior Portfolio Manager Matt Day discusses how the Iran conflict is influencing global inflation through energy markets, and why its impact differs from 2022.

Senior Portfolio Manager Matt Day discusses how the Iran conflict is influencing global inflation through energy markets, and why its impact differs from 2022.

Geopolitical tensions are reshaping energy priorities and market dynamics. In this video, Senior Portfolio Manager Nigel Bliss explores opportunities in defensive sectors and international equities.

Senior Portfolio Manager Nigel Bliss discusses why investment opportunities set outside the US are becoming increasingly compelling and how international investments play a critical role in truly diversified portfolios.

Senior Portfolio Manager Matt Day discusses how historically low credit spreads are limiting compensation for added risk, while high-quality fixed income yields remain elevated relative to the past 15 years.

In this video, Senior Portfolio Manager Charlie Hill reflects on a volatile but ultimately strong 2025 for global equity markets and discusses where he sees the most compelling opportunities today.
Watch Senior Portfolio Manager, Nigel Bliss, discusses the opportunities we see in international equities following an eventful 2025 and outlines the compelling, multi-pillar case for increasing international equity exposure.

While the long-term outlook for AI remains compelling, the increasing reliance on external financing, elevated valuations and unprecedented market concentration suggest investors should distinguish between AI’s structural opportunity and the cyclical risks embedded in current expectations.

Investors appeared willing to look through the geopolitical uncertainty and refocus on corporate earnings. However, rather than illustrating broad market resilience, this rebound has been propelled by a limited number of Artificial Intelligence (AI) related stocks.

This quarter’s market advance has been remarkably narrow, concentrated in a small number of technology focused stocks — a marked contrast to the rally at the start of 2026, which saw a notable broadening of returns.

In an environment that broadly rewarded concentrated bets on cyclicals or perceived AI-beneficiaries, Mondrian focused on the consistent application of our philosophy delivering attractive asymmetric return characteristics.,

For long-term investors, the question is not whether the US will continue to produce world-class companies, but whether current relative pricing and portfolio concentration appropriately reflect the breadth of global opportunity.

The degree of impact varies significantly across regions, primarily reflecting differences in energy dependence, external balances, and policy credibility.
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