Highlights
Global Equity Income
It's not just about income.
Despite expectations of rate cuts this year, Richard Saldanha, who draws on 15 years' experience managing a Global Equity Income strategy, argues inflationary pressures are set to continue. With wage inflation and housing costs remaining high, he believes central banks could keep restrictive rate policies in place for an extended period.
Our approach to global equities
Aviva Investors’ Global Equity Income is a concentrated and high-conviction strategy, with relatively low holdings overlap with our peers. It aims to deliver an income yield of 125 per cent of the MSCI All Country World Index, while growing both capital and income.
We look at a broader opportunity set and focus on companies that fall outside of traditional income sectors, meaning our approach can complement existing global equity holdings, as well as offering clients a compelling standalone holding in their portfolios.
Potential benefits
Our differentiated approach to equity investing is underpinned by the following components and benefits:
Predictability
We focus on companies that offer predictable free cash flow to help deliver resilient income through periods of market stress and changes in the economic cycle.
Upside
We focus outside traditional income sectors, aiming to maximise potential growth, in both income and capital, through market cycles.
Global Equity Income investment strategies
Aviva Investors Global Equity Income Strategy
A concentrated, high-conviction strategy that focuses on a diverse range of opportunities outside of the traditional income sectors and aims to deliver growth as well as a yield that is 1.25x higher than the MSCI ACWI.
A decade’s worth of dividends
Richard Saldanha celebrated his tenth anniversary as lead portfolio manager of the Global Equity Income Strategy in November 2023. Here is the journey of the strategy over that decade.
Growth, diversification and resilience
Income strategies can offer greater levels of capital protection in periods of market stress. With inflation likely to persist for longer, a global equity income strategy can offer clients the potential of more resilient capital and income growth.
Aviva Investors Global Equity Income: Strategy in brief
An income strategy targeting growth, diversification and resilience.
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Defensive sectors offer value amid AI frenzy: What next for global equity income investors?
Dividends proved resilient in the first half of 2023. Richard Saldanha considers what the rest of the year might have in store for income investors.
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Global equity income: Swimming against the tide
Despite the recent upturn in global equities, Richard Saldanha explains why investors should be cautious in chasing a cyclical rally.
Key risks
For further information on the risks and risk profiles, please refer to the relevant KIID and Prospectus.
Investment & currency risk
The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up and can fluctuate in response to changes in currency exchange rates. Changes in currency exchange rates could reduce investment gains or increase investment losses. Exchange rates can change rapidly, significantly and unpredictably. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.
Emerging markets risk
Compared to developed markets, emerging markets can have greater political instability and limited investor rights and freedoms, and their securities can carry higher equity, market, liquidity, credit and currency risk.
Equities risk
Equities can lose value rapidly, can remain at low prices indefinately, and generally involve higher risks - especially market risk - than bond or money market instruments. Bankruptcy or other financial restructuring can cause the issuer's equities to lose most or all of their value.
Hedging risk
Any measures taken to offset specific risks will generate costs (which reduce performance), could work imperfectly or not at all, and if they do work will reduce opportunities for gain.
Illiquid securities risk
Certain assets held in the Strategy could, by nature, be hard to value or to sell at a desired time or at a price considered to be fair (especially in large quantities), and as a result their prices could be very volatile.
Income risk
The investment objective of a Strategy is to generate income, at times this may limit opportunities for capital growth.
Global Equity Income team
Richard Saldanha
Senior Portfolio Manager
Matt Kirby
Portfolio Manager
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Equities views
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Casting a wider net: Equity income investors find opportunities in global tech and industrials
26 Apr 2024
Large tech firms such as Meta have announced they will pay dividends for the first time in 2024, illustrating the opportunities equity income investors can find beyond “traditional” dividend-paying stocks, argues Richard Saldanha in this Q&A.
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The ‘In’ crowd: Why companies with ‘club’ dynamics can represent opportunities
10 Apr 2024
Francois de Bruin explores how creating “clubs” can bolster network effects, enhance firms’ resilience and make them attractive to investors.
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Tech’s tightening grip: What rising US stock concentration means for equity investors
8 Apr 2024
Soaring technology share prices have driven US stock market concentration to unprecedented levels and pushed the US market to a record premium relative to other markets. While both trends could persist, investors need to be aware of the implications, argue Richard Saldanha and Joao Toniato.
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The war on bugs: Climate change contributes to growth in the pest-control industry
13 Mar 2024
Pest control has become a growing priority for city residents and authorities all year round, as rising temperatures and other factors boost the populations of many pest species. But in creating adaptation solutions, the sector could also represent a long-term investment opportunity.
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Multi-asset allocation views: What’s behind Japan’s stock-market sugar rush?
8 Mar 2024
Following unsuccessful attempts in the past, the Japanese government’s structural reforms now seem to be bearing fruit. This has contributed to a record high on the Japanese stock-market, but is it sustainable?
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Measure for measure: Why the business of benchmarks matters to investors
30 Jan 2024
Investors rely on benchmarks for data – but benchmarks can also represent investment opportunities in themselves. So how can we identify companies whose benchmarks are likely to have staying power?
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From cash rich to cash strapped? Why the US consumer boom could run out of road
24 Nov 2023
Our investment teams explain why buoyant US consumer spending will have to weaken eventually. That could pose problems for debt-laden consumer-facing companies.
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Passing the endurance test: Scouting for persistent performers in global equities
22 Nov 2023
Richard Saldanha and Francois de Bruin give their thoughts on how and where investors can find resilience in challenging economic environments.
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Softly does it? A Q&A with Peter Fitzgerald and Ian Pizer
24 Oct 2023
The managers of the AIMS Target Return strategy explain why the prospects for a range of asset classes suddenly look much brighter.
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China versus the West:The ongoing rise of economic nationalism
2 Oct 2023
The US and China continue to trade blows as each side looks to limit the other’s access to vital products. With industrial policies also making a comeback, companies are having to navigate a rapidly changing business environment. We look at the key implications for investors.
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Multi-asset allocation views: Cutting through the noise
26 Sep 2023
Issues around US tech, China, US Treasuries and Japanese monetary policy have hit the headlines in recent weeks. Sunil Krishnan explains how taking a long-term view can help multi-asset investors cut through the noise.
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The big dig: How mining could power a greener future
12 Sep 2023
Clean energy technologies are set to drive growth in demand for critical minerals over the next two decades, throwing up a rich seam of investment opportunities – and challenges.
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Tipping points and transformation: Getting on the right side of change
16 Aug 2023
Rapid changes in the global economy could tip some sectors into low-carbon phases faster than incumbents expect, with important investment implications.
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Defensive sectors offer value amid AI frenzy: What next for global equity income investors?
7 Aug 2023
Dividends proved resilient in the first half of 2023. Richard Saldanha considers what the rest of the year might have in store for income investors.
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Conflict and complexity: The investment view on defence
2 Aug 2023
The war in Ukraine and rising geopolitical tensions are prompting governments around the world to beef up defence spending. We explore the key investment implications.
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Over(shooting) the limit: Why we need to keep within planetary boundaries
26 Jul 2023
Demand for fuel and raw materials is decimating the natural world, making extreme climate effects more likely. So, what might the world be like for people and investors as we go beyond planetary boundaries?