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.
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Our heritage allows 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.
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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PDF 2.5 MB 28 pages
Aviva Investors Real Assets Study
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Quarterly Update On Drivers In Real Assets - Q3 2019
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Enhancing Potential Cash Returns Through Global Fixed Income
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PDF 2.1 MB 12 pages
Applying The Prudent Person Principle To Multi-Strategy Fixed Income
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Awards
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Our views
Multi-asset & multi-strategy
COVID-19 and a brief history of emerging market debt drawdowns
2 Apr 2020
COVID-19 is testing investors’ patience. A brief history of EMD drawdowns suggests why they should do nothing.
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Covid-19
The impact of COVID-19 on private debt
30 Mar 2020
Anxiety in public markets over the coronavirus will also test the resilience of private debt.
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Covid-19
COVID-19: The impact on European real estate
30 Mar 2020
As COVID-19 and government response evolve, Chris Urwin analyses how it could affect European real estate.
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Covid-19
The impact of COVID-19 on UK infrastructure
26 Mar 2020
COVID-19 is having a marked effect on asset prices and transaction activity in all areas of financial markets.
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Covid-19
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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Real Assets
Three trends to watch in UK long-income real estate
28 Jan 2020
In an era of low interest rates and rising maintenance costs, the benefits of long-income assets within UK real-estate portfolios are hard to ignore. Tim Perry looks at three key trends that are influencing the UK long-income market.
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Real Assets
Low rates, northern lights and net zero: UK infrastructure in 2020
21 Jan 2020
In the second of a two-part series, Darryl Murphy assesses the current state of the UK infrastructure market and the likely drivers of transaction activity in 2020.
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Fixed income
Multi-asset allocation views: The pros and cons of higher-yielding fixed income
16 Jan 2020
Sunil Krishnan asks whether higher-yielding fixed income assets remain good diversifiers for multi-asset portfolios in the current environment.
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Real Assets
Recovery, disintermediation and politics: A decade in UK infrastructure
15 Jan 2020
In the first of a two-part series on UK infrastructure, Darryl Murphy looks back on a turbulent decade that saw bank lenders retreat only to re-emerge and a new broom of investors enter the market, as well as the demise of the PFI/PPP model.
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Fixed income
Reform: A route to resilience in emerging markets?
13 Jan 2020
Following a series of IMF meetings in Washington, D.C., Carmen Altenkirch and Dariusz Kedziora discuss their views on how reform prospects may shape emerging market debt.
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Real Assets
Urban regeneration: How a secure income strategy can help revive city centres
6 Jan 2020
Like other major cities, London scores highly across a range of economic metrics. But while London’s continued capacity for renewal and attracting investment is undeniably impressive, it is often in stark contrast to other UK cities. Chris Urwin, Luke Layfield and Stanley Kwong explain what can be done to make those cities more attractive, and the respective roles investors and the public sector should play in that process.
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Real Assets
Real estate outlook 2020: Continental Europe
20 Dec 2019
As 2019 comes to a close Vivienne Bolla and Souad Cherfouh look ahead to the key themes that will shape the European real estate markets in 2020 and beyond.
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Real Assets
Real estate outlook 2020: UK
19 Dec 2019
As 2019 comes to a close Jonathan Bayfield looks ahead to the key themes that will shape the UK real estate market in 2020 and beyond.
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