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Each year, many investors look to economic forecasts to help guide their asset allocation decision making. While the macro backdrop will certainly influence various asset classes (some more than others), there are several key trends across the globe that excite the portfolio managers of the BetaShares Legg Mason Global Emerging Markets Fund (managed fund) (ASX: EMMG) regardless of the economic forces at play.

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The BetaShares Legg Mason Real Income Fund (managed fund) (ASX: RINC) has been trading on the ASX since 13 February 2018. RINC employs the same strategy as the unlisted Legg Mason Martin Currie Real Income Fund, which recently celebrated its 10th birthday.

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With the pandemic dominating the short-term outlook, the longer-term advantages of emerging markets companies become more important in the pursuit of return.
In this guest article, Martin Currie Australia, the investment manager of the BetaShares Legg Mason Emerging Markets Fund (managed fund) (ASX: EMMG),

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Lower rates and more cuts on the cards
With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cutting the official cash rate to just 1.00% on 3 July 2019, savers and investors face increased challenges in deriving enough income from their investments to meet their needs.

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Emerging markets no longer only for the brave
Some time ago, investing in emerging market companies was not for the faint of heart. Sector exposures were very biased towards manufacturing and agriculture, while the economies these companies operated in were immature and often had structural issues.

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Volatility returned to investment markets over the past year as growth accelerated and central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve (Fed), started to remove excess liquidity by raising interest rates and reversing quantitative easing. 
As a defensive, income focused equity strategy,

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After nearly a decade of incredibly easy monetary policy, the global interest rate cycle is turning. The US Federal Reserve has started to increase official interest rates and unwind quantitative easing and in Australia, although official interest rates are on hold, the next move is more likely to be up rather than down.

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Real assets are tangible assets like property, infrastructure and utilities and they are quite different to financial assets such as cash, bonds and shares, as they rely on you, and the rest of the population, to help them generate investment returns.
A day in the life – you use real assets every day
Without even realising it,

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