Structural bifurcation offers attractive opportunities in the traditional middle market; secular conditions support credit allocations and exposure across the high-yield spectrum.

With no simple solutions to stabilizing debt and policymakers facing complex financial-market challenges, investors may need to reconsider their approach to diversification across asset classes, geographies, and strategies.

Fidelity’s multi-manager approach to private equity, supported by research, offers access to a broader investment universe and significant potential to add value through manager selection.

Opportunistic credit, like other alternative investments, offers the chance to pursue potentially higher long-term returns and greater diversification than may be available through traditional investment products.

How a new regime with shifting trends and sometimes unexpected motives could influence productivity and fundamentally reshape the investment-decision process.

Asset returns in general over the next 20 years are expected to be lower than long-term averages, with stocks likely to outperform bonds and emerging markets likely to boast the highest returns.