Morgan Stanley, Ashwin Krishnan in 9fin: Opportunistic credit finds itself in the LP spotlight

Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) today announced its exchange-traded fund (ETF) platform surpassed $10 billion in assets under management. This milestone reflects strong investor appetite for MSIM’s active and systematic ETFs that can potentially help investors meet their goals while leveraging MSIM’s global investment capabilities.

Signs of excess in the AI space are appearing – and the market may be ripe for creative destruction in 2026. Thus far, vast amounts of capital have been spent funding a to-be-determined future revenue. We question how long the appetite for funding the hopes of future revenue will persist. Learn why in our 2026 Hedge Funds outlook.

The proliferation of data centers and their related power needs are the two most important trends we are seeing right now. We want to focus on corresponding secondary and tertiary themes that offer better risk adjusted return profiles. Learn why in our 2026 Infrastructure outlook.

A combination of motivated sellers, increasingly engaged buyers, and greater availability of debt is creating favorable conditions for a rebound in transaction activity and asset values. Learn why in our 2026 Real Estate outlook.