Higher Interest Rates: New Opportunities in Bonds & Equities? | Allocation Views

A Franklin Templeton video in its Macro Moments: Allocation Views series, in which Michael Browne of the Franklin Templeton Institute and Lisa Wang of Franklin Templeton Investment Solutions discuss the outlook for rates, inflation and global asset allocation. The conversation covers government bond yields in US Treasuries and UK gilts, why the equity-bond relationship is changing for 60/40 portfolios, and where alternatives such as catastrophe bonds, private infrastructure and private credit fit into portfolio construction. It closes with the team's equity views across the US, emerging markets, Japan and the UK, a shift in AI exposure from infrastructure spending toward adoption, and the ri

1. The team argues inflationary pressures may prove less persistent than markets expect, with implications for central bank policy.
2. Higher yields are described as creating opportunities in US Treasuries and UK gilts.
3. The traditional relationship between equities and bonds is changing, which the team says affects portfolio construction.
4. Catastrophe bonds, private infrastructure and private credit are presented as sources of diversification, and AI opportunities are described as shifting from infrastructure spending toward adoption and productivity gains.