IEQ Capital sees portfolios shifting to resilience as higher-rate environment persists

• IEQ Capital’s Q3 2026 outlook flagged resilient US growth, driven by fiscal spending, AI investment, rising late-cycle volatility risks.
• Higher-rate “new normal” seen as base case, pressuring valuations, raising financing costs, shifting portfolio construction across public, private markets.
• Equities supported more by earnings growth than multiple expansion; leadership expected to broaden beyond a small group of AI-linked tech names.
• Fixed income positioned as income, capital preservation tool; tight credit spreads signaled preference for higher-quality issuers, selective credit risk.
• Private markets outlook favored disciplined private credit, operationally driven private equity, discounted secondaries; commercial real estate stabilization signs, infrastructure demand tailwinds.

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