Globally sourced returns, shaped to suit you
It’s becoming increasingly important to offer well-governed investment solutions. To achieve this, it’s imperative to have the ability to harness proven expertise in investing across asset classes, geographies and market conditions. We provide customised access to a heritage of over forty years in multi-asset investing, and one of the largest dedicated teams globally. The result: excellent, risk-controlled investment performance, giving you confidence to focus on what really matters.
An approach to inspire confidence
We believe our philosophy gives us an edge in ever-changing markets.
Key risks
For further information on the risks and risk profiles of our funds, please refer to the relevant KIID and Prospectus.
Multi-asset team

Peter Fitzgerald
Chief Investment Officer, Multi-asset & Macro

Sunil Krishnan
Head of Multi-Asset Funds

Guillaume Paillat
Fund Manager, Multi-assets

Thomas Stokes
Investment Director, Multi-assets
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Multi-asset & multi-strategy views
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Boom! Shake the gloom? Does China’s reopening mark a new beginning?
29 Mar 2023
China looks set for a rapid economic rebound in the first quarter after finally abandoning its zero-COVID policy. But will the recovery prove temporary as longer-term dynamics reassert themselves?
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Integrating ESG in multi-strategy portfolios
23 Mar 2023
Multi-strategy portfolios have come a long way in embedding ESG into the investment process, but there are gaps to fill, as Jennie Byun explains.
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Access all areas: Multi-asset investing in real assets
20 Mar 2023
Zoe Austin makes the case for a multi-asset investment approach in real assets.
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Multi-asset allocation views: Investing in the age of the polycrisis
9 Mar 2023
The interlinked nature of multiple global events – known as the polycrisis – can create challenges and opportunities for investors. Sunil Krishnan explores the potential winners, losers and areas of change.
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What does the data say? Three charts multi-asset investors should know about
6 Mar 2023
We take a visual approach to explain what’s happening with bonds, equities and oil.
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Why inflation is likely to prove sticky
17 Feb 2023
Central banks will find it far harder to eradicate inflation than markets anticipate and will be in no hurry to ease off on rate hikes, argues Ian Pizer.
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Recessions, returns and relative value: A Q&A with Peter Fitzgerald and Ian Pizer
6 Jan 2023
The managers of the AIMS Target Return strategy explain why investors should be prepared for more turbulence in 2023.
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Multi-asset investing: The five big questions for 2023
16 Dec 2022
Sunil Krishnan looks back at 2022, and outlines what multi-asset investors should look out for in 2023.
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Multi-asset allocation views: How politics are influencing markets
22 Nov 2022
Political risk has returned with a vengeance in 2022. Sunil Krishnan discusses what this means for multi-asset portfolios.
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What does the data say? Politics and markets
11 Nov 2022
In this month’s instalment of our visual series on topical themes, we look at how political events have shaped markets in 2022 and further back in time.
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When the numbers don’t add up: UK learns painful lesson not to buck the market
8 Nov 2022
Governments around the world would do well to heed the lessons of recent chaotic events in Britain that concluded with Liz Truss becoming the country’s shortest-lived prime minister.
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Multi-asset allocation views: What high inflation means for portfolios
12 Oct 2022
Inflation has direct and indirect consequences for financial markets. Sunil Krishnan reflects on how multi-asset investors can mitigate them and find areas of resilience.
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Zero-COVID: China’s costly policy error
10 Aug 2022
Beijing’s ideological battle to stamp out COVID-19 appears increasingly misguided as the rest of the world learns to live with the virus. But the impact of China’s approach will be felt far beyond its borders.
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What does the data say? Are we close to 1970’s-style stagflation?
29 Jul 2022
In this month’s instalment of our visual series on topical themes, we look at whether the global economy is heading towards stagflation.
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Multi-asset allocation views: Is this the end of the 60/40 strategy?
20 Jul 2022
Government bonds have not acted as safe haven assets recently. Sunil Krishnan explores whether this spells the end of the traditional 60/40 allocation in multi-asset portfolios.
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Is stagflation set to make an unwanted return?
1 Jul 2022
A growing chorus of experts are warning of the return of stagflation – periods of high inflation with low or negative economic growth.