Latest multi-asset & multi-strategy thinking
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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.
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