Shaheen Ashiq

Agriculture is integral to reaching net-zero emissions and reversing nature loss. Its transition also presents huge investment opportunities. We held a roundtable of experts to discuss challenges and solutions.

Welcome back to Bitesize, our monthly data-viz series, where we unpack market developments in a single chart (or two), giving you sharp insights in under five minutes. This month, we explore what history can tell us about the likely market impact of the US-China tariff dispute.

In June, our credit teams look under the bonnet of the European industry’s growth engine.

Nana Antwi provides an overview of money-market funds (MMFs) and their importance in cash management for corporate treasurers and many other investor types.

Markets continued to digest the endless news flow on global tariffs, while Nvidia provided further indications of the resilience of company earnings in the first quarter of the year.

US fiscal concerns took centre stage this week, as investors reassessed the long-term sustainability of government debt.  

Welcome back to Bitesize, a monthly data-viz series in which we unpack market developments in a single chart (or two), giving you sharp insights in under five minutes. This month, we explore the recent gold rush, and the surprising implications of taking money out of the equity market during dips.

Emerging-market debt has proved a rare bright spot so far this year as investors struggle to assess the impact of US political upheaval. In this article, Carmen Altenkirch and Nafez Zouk advance reasons why the market is well placed to weather ongoing market turbulence.

This week, equity markets have been riding a wave of optimism on the back of positive news flow, with the US stock market, as measured by the S&P 500, remarkably erasing its losses for the year.

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

Investor engagement with governments on their climate commitments can be a powerful complement to other forms of stewardship. It can also help investors identify opportunities and mitigate risks, says Thomas Dillon.

Investors should consider EMD hard currency for a long-term strategic allocation within fixed-income portfolios to boost portfolio returns, rather than just a short-term tactical play. 

The investor fear gauge, otherwise known as the VIX Index, hit a four-week low as markets have now bounced back from their April nadir.

In May, our EMD team discusses the most effective way to manage fixed income through episodes of heightened uncertainty.

Risk assets bounced back this week following increased hopes of a further de-escalation in the trade war and a positive earnings cycle.

Designed to support our holistic stewardship approach, Aviva Investors adopted its Climate Stewardship 2030 programme (CS30) in 2024.