Latest multi-asset & multi-strategy thinking

  • Treasuries: Defence in troubled times

    26 Mar. 2020

    Correlation patterns between assets have not been behaving conventionally over the last month. Most notably, there have been periods when US Treasury yields have been rising (and their value falling) at the same time as equities have been selling off. Why have investors been abandoning safe-haven assets in the midst of the steepest market falls we have seen for 40 years?

  • RPI may be flawed, but changes shouldn’t cost pensioners and investors

    16 Mar. 2020

    With the start of the consultation for proposed changes to the measurement of inflation in the UK, we look at the likely impact to asset classes, the assets most affected, and the key issues investors should be aware of.

  • Are investors too complacent about the coronavirus?

    21 Feb. 2020

    In the latest of our editorial series, Link, AIQ brings members of Aviva Investors’ investment strategy, equity and debt teams together to discuss the prospects for financial markets and the world economy in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: Uncertainty clouds the outlook for European assets

    23 Jan. 2020

    Sunil Krishnan considers whether Europe can break out of its economic malaise and the factors investors should watch out for in 2020.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: The pros and cons of higher-yielding fixed income

    16 Jan. 2020

    Sunil Krishnan asks whether higher-yielding fixed income assets remain good diversifiers for multi-asset portfolios in the current environment.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: Could Japan outperform other equity markets?

    14 Jan. 2020

    Sunil Krishnan argues that low expectations among domestic and global investors are reflected in Japanese equity valuations, creating an opportunity for the asset class to play catch-up with the rest of the world.

  • Supply chain wars

    14 Nov. 2019

    With the US and China locking horns, we take a deeper look at the tangled and complex web of multinational relationships in the global economic ecosystem.

  • In search of a free lunch

    5 Nov. 2019

    Correlations between groups of assets and within individual asset classes have changed in unexpected ways thanks to a decade of easy monetary policy. Our portfolio managers tell us what impact this has had on the way they manage money.

  • Mind over matter: How we react to an inverted yield curve is more important than the inversion itself

    30 Sep. 2019

    Determining whether an inverted yield curve signals a US or global recession continues to focus the minds of investors in 2019. Mark Robertson explains why our actions will matter more in determining whether a recession is on the horizon than a misleading indicator.

  • Lagarde as ECB chief – independent but integrated?

    22 Aug. 2019

    Christine Lagarde has been nominated to head the European Central Bank at a difficult time for monetary policy given growing fears of a recession in the euro zone. Despite much debate on her credentials, Stewart Robertson argues she is the right candidate for the job.

  • Trade tensions drive seismic shift in monetary policy outlook

    9 Aug. 2019

    The last year has seen a dramatic shift in the outlook for global monetary policy. Although yields have already fallen sharply, US bonds still appear to offer value given the darkening economic storm clouds, argues Peter Fitzgerald.

  • Self-sufficiency for pension schemes: Keep on running?

    28 May 2019

    Boris Mikhailov and Matthew Graham look at the benefits and risks for pension schemes targeting self-sufficiency.

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