A strategic approach to investment grade credit for enhanced yield and downside protection

Aviva Investors has a long history of credit investing. We manage $16.5 billion of global investment grade assets (as of 30 June 2025) across a range of pooled and bespoke solutions in global and regional credit. Our investment style is underpinned by a fundamentally driven approach and powered by advanced data analytics, aiming to deliver consistent outperformance throughout the market cycle. 

Credit markets are inherently inefficient and prone to volatility, making beta-dependent strategies vulnerable during periods of macro stress. Our beta-neutral framework is designed to enhance yield and provide downside protection across market cycles, balancing stable income with selective capital appreciation opportunities.

Why invest?

Investment grade bonds offer the potential benefits of attractive yields and enhanced diversification. Our unique approach leverages diversified sources of alpha and robust portfolio construction with the aim to capture these benefits and deliver consistent returns relative to the benchmark.

Connected across capabilities

Our global, integrated platform enables active cross-team collaboration, unlocking synergies to access diverse return sources across the fixed income investment grade universe.

Robust portfolio construction

We leverage proprietary technology and disciplined portfolio construction to build robust, high-conviction credit portfolios. Our approach seeks to deliver consistent excess returns across both risk-on and risk-off credit environments.

Bottom-up value seeking

We look to build portfolios around resilient, high-conviction credits identified through rigorous bottom-up fundamental analysis. This approach allows us to prioritise quality and durable income, while tactically seeking to capture capital appreciation and relative value opportunities.

Funds in focus

Our longstanding team of portfolio managers follow a consistent approach across our range of investment-grade capabilities, including our flagship Global Investment Grade and Climate Global Credit strategies.

Our Global Investment Grade strategy serves as a long-term core allocation to high-quality global credit, offering differentiated return potential through enhanced yield and downside protection across market and economic cycles.

While we run focussed portfolios with consideration of non-binding ESG risk factors across the range, the Climate Global Credit fund has a specific objective to invest in bonds of companies which are deemed to be responding to climate change effectively and aligning with a net zero emissions pathway by 2050, whilst earning income and increasing the value of the shareholder’s investment vs benchmark (over the long term).

Aviva Investors Global Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund (SICAV)

This fund aims to deliver positive and consistent excess returns through all market cycles over the long term, irrespective of, and uncorrelated to, the behaviour of credit spreads by investing mainly in global investment grade corporate bonds.

Aviva Investors Global Climate Credit Fund (SICAV)

An actively managed strategy focused on global investment-grade bonds. The fund aims to generate income and increase the value of the Shareholder’s investment by outperforming the Benchmark over the long term. It invests in companies that are effectively addressing climate change and aligning with a net zero emissions pathway by 2050.

Investment insights

Investment thinking that brings together the collective insight of Aviva Investors’ teams from across the globe on the key themes influencing markets.

Bond Voyage: A journey into fixed income

Each month, our freewheeling fixed-income newsletter gathers insights from our high-yield, investment-grade, emerging-market and global sovereign bond teams.

See the latest edition
Bond Voyage

House View

No one can predict the future. But our quarterly House View sets out the collective wisdom of our investment teams on the current state of global markets – and where they might be heading.

Read more

Key risks

These represent some of the key risks; however, they are not exhaustive. For comprehensive details, please refer to the KIID and the prospectus.

Investment risk

The value of an investment and any income from it can go down as well as up. Investors may not get back the original amount invested.

Credit and interest rate risk

Bond values are affected by changes in interest rates and the bond issuer's creditworthiness. Bonds that offer the potential for a higher income typically have a greater risk of default.

Illiquid securities risk

Some investments could be hard to value or to sell at a desired time, or at a price considered to be fair (especially in large quantities). As a result, their prices can be volatile.

Sustainability risk

The level of sustainability risk may fluctuate depending on which investment opportunities the Investment Manager identifies. This means that the fund is exposed to Sustainability Risk which may impact the value of investments over the long term.

Derivatives risk

Investments can be made in derivatives, which can be complex and highly volatile. Derivatives may not perform as expected, meaning significant losses may be incurred.

Investor in funds

Investments can be made in other funds; this could mean the overall charges are higher.

Global investment grade credit team

Contact us

Our distribution team is here to help with any questions you may have.

See all contacts

Explore

Fixed income

Fixed income is an indispensable building block for meeting a variety of investment goals, including income, inflation protection, liability management and capital appreciation.

Important Information 

THIS IS A MARKETING COMMUNICATION 

Unless stated otherwise any opinions expressed are those of Aviva Investors. They should not be viewed as indicating any guarantee of return from an investment managed by Aviva Investors nor as personalised advice of any nature. This document should not be taken as a recommendation or offer by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such an offer is not authorised or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation. The legal documentation and the subscription documents should be read before an investment is made. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time without notice and information about specific securities should not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell any securities.  

For Investors located in EU/EEA countries, the Prospectus and Key Information Document (‘KID’), as well as the latest annual and semi-annual reports of Aviva Investors SICAV are available, free of charge from the registered office of the fund located at 2 rue du Fort Bourbon .L-1249 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, or from www.eifs.lu/aviva-investors. The Prospectus is available in English. Where a sub-fund of Aviva Investors SICAV is registered for public distribution in a jurisdiction, a KID in the official language of that jurisdiction will be available.  

For investors located in France the Fund documentation is also available at the registered office of the local centralised agent: BNP Paribas Securities Services, 3 rue d’Antin, 75002 Paris, France. 

For investors located in Italy, the Fund documentation is available at the following local paying agents’ offices: 

  • Allfunds Bank S.A.U, Milan Branch, via Bocchetto, 6, 20123 Milan, Italy  
  • Société Générale Secrities Services S.p.A, Via Benigno Crespi 19/A, 20159 Milano, Italy 
  • Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena S.p.A., Piazza Salimbeni 3, 53100 Siena SI 

For investors located in Spain, the Fund documentation is available at the office of Allfunds Bank S.A.U., Calle de los Padres Dominicos 7, 28050 Madrid, Spain. 

For investors located in Switzerland, the Fund documentation is available at the Swiss representative’s office BNP PARIBAS, Paris, Zurich branch, Selnaustrasse 16, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland.  

For Investors located in United-Kingdom, the Fund documentation is also available at the UK facilities agent registered office: Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, 80 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4AE, United Kingdom. 

Where relevant, information on our approach to the sustainability aspects of the fund and the Sustainable Finance disclosure regulation (SFDR) including policies and procedures can be found on the following link: https://www.avivainvestors.com/en-gb/capabilities/sustainable-finance-disclosure-regulation/ 

In Europe this document is issued by Aviva Investors Luxembourg, acting as the Management Company of the fund, with its registered office located 2 rue du Fort Bourbon, L-1249 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Aviva Investors Luxembourg is supervised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, R.C.S Luxembourg B25708. In the UK this document is issued by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited, registered in England and Wales No. 1151805, with its registered office located at 80 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 4AE. Aviva Investors Global Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Firm Reference No. 119178.  

In Switzerland, this document is issued by Aviva Investors Schweiz GmbH.  

Note for UK Investors: This Fund is domiciled in Luxembourg and is authorised by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF). The Fund is recognised in the UK under the Overseas Funds Regime but is not a UK-authorised Fund and therefore is not subject to UK sustainable investment labelling disclosure requirements. UK investors should be aware that they can make a complaint about the fund, its management company, or its depositary. However, complaints may not be eligible for resolution by the UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service and any claims for losses related to the management company or depositary will not be covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). UK investors should consider seeking their own financial advice before making any decisions to invest and refer to the scheme prospectus for further information.