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  • Private Markets

    Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q4 2024

    27 Jan. 2025

    In our latest private markets deep dive, our research team crunches the data to see how evolving macroeconomic conditions are reflected in private debt returns.

  • Fixed income

    Bond Voyage: A journey into fixed income

    13 Jan. 2025

    With a new US president poised to take office, central banks diverging and ongoing political uncertainty, how are the key fixed income asset classes positioned for the year ahead?

  • Fixed income

    Sovereigns’ state: Analysing the new challenges facing global sovereign bonds

    13 Dec. 2024

    The expected policies of a Republican administration in the US bring added uncertainty to the global growth cycle. Steve Ryder and Daniel Bright examine the probable impacts of a world with more tariffs and political strains.

  • Fixed income

    Bond Voyage: A journey into fixed income

    9 Dec. 2024

    This month, we explore how US Treasuries are taking a breath, why 2025 could be the year of carry for high yield, what increasing dispersion means for emerging markets, and how surging M&A activity could affect investment-grade bonds.

  • Equities

    Spend and save: Three key trends shaping the consumer sector

    4 Dec. 2024

    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.

  • Equities

    US election 2024: Some initial thoughts from our fund managers

    6 Nov. 2024

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

  • Fixed income

    Bond Voyage: A journey into fixed income

    4 Nov. 2024

    This month, our fixed-income investment teams discuss US elections, IMF meetings, US versus European high yield, managing declining rates for cash, and what the future might hold in store for gilts.

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