James Vokins

In a strong week for markets, with record equity highs and falling bond yields, driven by lower oil prices and improving inflation signals, optimism is building but it's still not secure.

Taiwan and South Korea are outpacing some of Europe’s largest stock markets, driven by demand for AI technology.

The widespread adoption of Artificial Intelligence is expected to cause significant disruption across many industry sectors, and markets are already pricing in the potential impacts. But is it too soon to identify the winners and losers in the AI revolution? 

Precious metals such as gold and silver, rare earth minerals, and industrial metals such as copper have been making headlines in recent months. We talked to a team of experts to discover what’s been driving investors’ appetite.

The “Magnificent Seven” begin to split as two tech giants break away from the pack.

The new year has begun with a bang with global equities at, or near, record highs. But as fears of an artificial intelligence (AI) led bubble mount, reducing downside risk without necessarily sacrificing lots of upside potential makes increasing sense.

While fewer shareholder resolutions were tabled at company AGMs, we continued to encourage high standards of corporate governance practice, recognising individual company context and the importance of long-term value creation.

In the second of our global equity sector hub discussions, Josep Bori, technology sector hub lead, explains where the team is finding its strongest investment convictions in artificial intelligence and beyond.

As AGM season gets under way, we look at the key trends that will shape resolutions and lay out our guiding principles for voting.

Our regular sector hub discussions delve into the trends shaping global equity markets. In this article, Harsharan Mann, consumer sector hub lead, explains what investors should look out for in the sector.

Aviva Investors fund managers Edward Hutchings, Liam Spillane and Max Burns offer their initial thoughts on what the US election means for financial markets.