Biography
Main responsibilities
Since launching in 2016, the team behind AIQ have been driven by a common goal: to give our clients and other interested parties fresh insight into the biggest themes affecting financial markets and the global economy. We also offer insights on more specialised topics, such as portfolio construction and cashflow-driven investing.
Experience and qualifications
Too often, the content produced by the asset management industry is bland, jargon-heavy and self-serving. Recognising we don’t have all the answers, AIQ brings together the best independent experts and Aviva Investors’ investment professionals to offer a more rounded picture on the stories that matter. Open to fresh perspectives and committed to strong editorial principles, AIQ stands out. After all, it’s good to be different.
Our latest views
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The week in markets: The price of resilience
Investors spent the week grappling with the price of resilience, as robust growth and rising energy costs complicated the outlook for inflation and interest rates, pushing bond yields to multi-year highs.
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AI boom highlights a flawed bond market
Investors in passive bond funds are being exposed to more risk than they may appreciate as US technology giants turn to fixed income markets to fund massive spending on AI data centres, argues Aviva Investors chief executive Mark Versey.
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UK and EU sustainability regulations: Could a narrow focus be missing the bigger picture?
Regulation must recognise that sustainable investing incorporates more than the provision of sustainable funds alone.
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Investment diversification: Still the only free lunch?
Diversification has always been at the heart of asset management, but recent turmoil, from higher inflation to conflict, trade barriers and the AI revolution, is roiling markets. Can investors still reap its benefits?
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Natural capital comes of age: Part one: From environmental value to investment opportunity
In the first of four insights, we explain why natural capital is a foundational input into economic activity. Forests, soils, rivers, wetlands, oceans and biodiversity are productive assets that generate products such as timber or food and are natural regulators of water flows.
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q2 2026
In this latest edition of our series on the illiquidity premia, we assess the key themes driving private-debt pricing and market opportunities in Q2.
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Multi-asset chart of the month for August: US rally broadens out from reliance on Big Tech
The ‘Magnificent Seven’ group of Big Tech companies is no longer the key driver of US equities, as the rally broadens out to other sectors.
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Bond Voyage: The role of investment research in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already helping research analysts work more efficiently, but could it ultimately replace them?
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2026 AGM season
As AGM season winds down, we examine the key trends that influenced resolutions and outline our core principles for voting.
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Urban family housing: Unlocking the missing middle in UK rental markets
In the UK, urban family housing can combine the delivery of high-quality homes to underserved markets with tangible local outcomes, alongside long-term rental growth and attractive total returns.
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Driving stewardship together
Aviva’s Investments, Wealth and Retirement business and Aviva Investors are working together to deliver financial and sustainable outcomes, connecting clients to their capital.
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The case for ReturnPlus: A capital-efficient enhanced liquidity strategy
The ReturnPlus strategy invests in a broad range of liquidity sub-asset classes, while consuming limited regulatory capital. Our ReturnPlus team explores the potential benefits for investors.
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The enduring case for global equity income
The ongoing boom in Artificial Intelligence stocks has created headwinds for many actively managed strategies. In this article, the managers of Aviva Investors’ Global Equity Income strategy explain how they have enhanced some investment processes in response to recent events.
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Multi-asset chart of the month for July: Earnings are still growing
Since the start of 2026, estimated earnings growth for the year has improved across all major regions, but particularly in emerging markets.
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Bond Voyage: Hyperscalers: A scramble to raise capital
Giant tech companies are increasingly turning to international markets as they look to finance trillions of dollars of investment in AI infrastructure over the coming years. And they are doing so at accelerated speeds and scale.
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Multi-asset chart of the month for June: Astronomical IPOs redefine markets
The size of the SpaceX IPO is taking equity issuance to a whole new level.
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