Latest multi-asset & multi-strategy thinking

  • COVID-19 and antimicrobial resistance: The next health crisis?

    19 Aug 2020

    As the world grapples with COVID-19, antibiotics used to treat serious secondary bacterial infections associated with the coronavirus are making their way into wastewater with potentially dire consequences. Abigail Herron questions whether investors appreciate the seriousness of what antimicrobial resistance could lead to.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: What we can learn from earnings season

    14 Aug 2020

    Investors have faced several surprises during Q2 earnings season. Sunil Krishnan discusses what the current results round means for multi-asset investors over the coming months.

  • Education, entrepreneurship and biological age: An interview with Andrew Scott

    6 Aug 2020

    In part two of our interview with Professor Andrew Scott from London Business School, we look at how policy will shift to take account of people living for longer and how service providers will respond.

  • Longevity, policy and technology: An interview with Andrew Scott

    6 Aug 2020

    Living longer brings enormous opportunities to reshape how we spend our time. But in the first of a two-part interview, Andrew Scott from London Business School explains how advances in longevity and technology have not been matched by innovation in social structures or our approach to financial planning.

  • Multi-strategy investing and the COVID crash: Resilience and redemption?

    29 Jul 2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many things into focus, reminding investors of the shock of a market crash. With bond and equity prices already back at levels that seem to belie the harsh economic reality, Peter Fitzgerald and Mark Robertson believe it could be time to reconsider absolute return multi-strategy investing once more.

  • The risks on the savings and retirement journey

    21 Jul 2020

    COVID-19 has caused significant volatility in financial markets, creating headaches for defined contribution pension schemes seeking to deliver robust outcomes. Overcoming this requires a full map of risks along the savings and retirement journey, argues Francois de Bruin.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: Finding opportunities in the crisis

    16 Jul 2020

    Despite uncertainty around lockdown exits and economic recovery, the role of a fund manager is to explore hidden opportunities as well as protect capital. Sunil Krishnan discusses why investment-grade credit and European assets could fit the bill for multi-asset portfolios.

  • Multi-asset allocation views: How long will the COVID-19 damage last?

    26 Jun 2020

    Nearly three months after COVID-19 caused markets to crash and sent countries across the globe into lockdown, debates continue over what the post-COVID world will look like and the extent of the long-term damage. Sunil Krishnan remains cautious.

  • What do rising US-China tensions mean for global markets?

    24 Jun 2020

    In the latest instalment of our editorial series, Link, Aviva Investors experts discuss the prospects for financial markets and the world economy in the face of escalating hostilities between the US and China.

  • Defined Benefit pensions de-risking: A covenant and investment view

    23 Jun 2020

    In the midst of the COVID-19 shock, Felix Mantz from Lincoln Pensions and Joachim Sudre from Aviva Investors explore how defined benefit pension schemes should plan their journey towards an end game and adopt a more holistic approach to risk.

  • Where to go in an income drought?

    9 Jun 2020

    Income investors face multiple challenges – dividend cuts, historically low yields, rising corporate defaults, and an uncertain property market. Francois de Bruin goes in search of sustainable income sources.

  • Cinderella science? Why portfolio construction holds the key to resilient investment outcomes

    9 Jun 2020

    It is one thing to have a good investment idea, but quite another to extract the maximum potential from that idea and combine it with others to create an optimal portfolio. This is where portfolio construction comes in.

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