Our approach
We are focused on delivering the outcomes that matter to our clients. Our heritage gives us a deep understanding of the difficulties and constraints that insurers face. As the investment arm of Aviva plc, the UK’s largest insurer, we can trace our origins in the London insurance market back more than 300 years. We have been managing rules-based, risk-constrained insurance assets since 1972, and have comprehensive capabilities in liquid and illiquid markets.
Capabilities
A diverse range of strategies designed to meet long-term investment needs.
Applying the prudent person principle to Multi-Strategy Fixed Income
Capital preservation, predictable returns and diversification benefits have kept fixed income front of mind for insurers. This is unsurprising given the heavy regulatory demands and requirement to match liabilities they face. However, exceptional monetary policy measures have fundamentally changed the rules of the game – risk on traditional fixed income is rising.
Key risks
For further information on the risks and risk profiles of individuals strategies, please refer to the relevant documentation.
Iliquidity risk
Alternative Income assets are significantly less liquid than assets traded on public markets. Where funds are invested in infrastructure/real estate, investors may not be able to switch or cash in an investment when they want because infrastructure may not always be readily saleable. If this is the case, we may defer a request to redeem the investment.
Insurance team
Years of experience optimising insurance portfolios, bringing together knowledge from the insurance and asset management worlds.
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Supporting literature
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Aviva Investors Real Assets Study
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Quarterly Update On Drivers In Real Assets - Q3 2019
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Enhancing Cash Returns Through Global Fixed Income
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Applying The Prudent Person Principle To Multi-Strategy Fixed Income
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Building Long-Term Partnerships
Awards
Independently recognised for skills in insurance asset management, helping clients meet target outcomes.
Our views
Covid-19
COVID 19: The trade-off between staying safe and getting back to work
15 May 2020
An economy in lockdown has significant effects for investors in real assets. In this data illustration, our real assets research team consider the benefit of businesses returning to their usual locations against the risks of doing so.
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Covid-19
COVID-19: Do past recessions offer lessons for real estate investors?
7 May 2020
Although history offers no magical answers, it can serve as a useful guide in times of extreme uncertainty. Vivienne Bolla and Souad Cherfouh dig into the archives to better understand the effects of recessions on real estate.
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Covid-19
COVID-19: Will credit markets remain open for business?
1 May 2020
While concerns around credit market liquidity have been rising since the global financial crisis, the COVID-19 sell-off has highlighted how fragile liquidity can be during periods of real stress. Colin Purdie discusses the short- and long-term implications for investment grade and high yield credit globally.
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Covid-19
COVID-19 and beyond: Three predictions for transport infrastructure
30 Apr 2020
Constant reminders that COVID-19 ‘does not discriminate’ seem in stark contrast to the social and economic consequences playing out in front of us. Some sectors are clearly being hit harder than others – perhaps none more so than transport. Laurence Monnier looks at the long-term implications for the industry and its supporting infrastructure.
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The impact of COVID-19 on global high yield
20 Apr 2020
As an increasing number of companies battle the economic consequences of COVID-19, their ability to service bond payments is coming under intense scrutiny. In this Q&A, Sunita Kara considers whether current high-yield valuations adequately compensate investors for default risk and looks at the broader implications of the pandemic.
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Real Assets
'Mastering the real estate cycle'
17 Apr 2020
The cyclicality of real estate creates opportunities for well-informed investors. However, determining where a market is in the cycle can be difficult, so we have developed a tool that can help investors overcome this challenge.
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Covid-19
COVID-19 to test the resilience of long income
16 Apr 2020
Real estate long income strategies are known for their defensive qualities. Tim Perry explores how the impact of COVID-19 on the asset class will vary across businesses and sectors.
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Covid-19
Re-enter the dragon: What China’s recovery from COVID-19 means for emerging markets
7 Apr 2020
As China gradually emerges from lockdown, emerging market debt and equity investors are trying to gauge the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on its economy – and the knock-on effects for other emerging markets.
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Covid-19
COVID-19 and a brief history of emerging market debt drawdowns
2 Apr 2020
The scale and speed of COVID-19’s impact on global financial markets has caused emerging market debt returns to decline at a pace not seen since the global financial crisis. However, history suggests the recovery of the asset class may also turn out to be quick.
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Covid-19
The impact of COVID-19 on private debt
30 Mar 2020
As COVID-19 sweeps across the world, a contraction in global growth is causing an adverse short-term reaction to the economy and financial markets. While the extent of contagion from public markets to private debt remains unclear, transactions with strong downside protection should remain more resilient through the crisis, explains Nikhil Chandra.
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COVID-19: The impact on European real estate
30 Mar 2020
As the spread of COVID-19 and government response continue to evolve, we analyse recent developments and how they could affect European real estate.
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Covid-19
The impact of COVID-19 on UK infrastructure
26 Mar 2020
As well as its profound human impact, COVID-19 is having a marked effect on asset prices and transaction activity in all areas of financial markets. But beyond the short-term uncertainty, UK infrastructure stakeholders are looking for clues as to how the crisis could influence the market’s longer-term prospects.
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The implications of COVID-19 for real assets
19 Mar 2020
The human cost of COVID-19 is likely to rise significantly, along with its impact on economies and financial markets as nations enact measures to contain its spread. We summarise recent developments and what they might mean for European real assets markets.
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Equities
Are investors too complacent about the coronavirus?
21 Feb 2020
In the latest of our editorial series, Link, AIQ brings members of Aviva Investors’ investment strategy, equity and debt teams together to discuss the prospects for financial markets and the world economy in the face of the coronavirus epidemic.
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Fixed income
Broadening global investment-grade horizons
20 Feb 2020
UK investors considering whether to allocate to global investment-grade credit may discover the broader diversification benefits can significantly improve a portfolio’s overall risk dynamics.
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Real Assets
Intangible infrastructure: Storing and transmitting data
4 Feb 2020
The emergence of data infrastructure was a defining theme in the last decade. As the sector matures, Laurence Monnier explains why further expansion, consolidation and the development of a secondary market are likely.
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