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: Data over drama
Encouraging inflation data calmed concerns about higher rates just as another wave of strong AI news kept investors firmly focused on growth.
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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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Widening your options: AIMS fund is seeing the benefits of strengthened options trading capabilities
In this article we ask the three portfolio managers of the AIMS Target Return fund to explain the new ways in how they utilise options within the portfolio, the potential benefits of this and the rationale behind some of their more recent strategies.
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Taking the leap: Incorporating climate in core investment-grade allocations
How can investors align their credit allocations to net-zero commitments and maintain returns?
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Confidence in a changing climate
How can institutions forge impactful climate strategies that are right for them and their end beneficiaries? Our “Confidence in a changing climate” guide showcases some of the solutions we have developed to help.
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Bond Voyage: Why repo is quietly becoming one of the most important issues for investors
As central banks unwind quantitative easing (QE), liquidity is increasingly being provided through repo operations instead of continuous asset purchases by the banks. How resilient is this new approach?
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Blockchain: The quiet technology reshaping financial infrastructure
Tokenisation is more than a technical novelty. Our simple guide explains how blockchain turns assets into digital tokens and examines the potential benefits and risks.
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Sustainability review 2025
We believe understanding sustainability factors and trends is fundamental to effective asset management. This report sets out our approach and includes an overview of our holistic stewardship activities over the past year
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Illiquidity premia in private debt: Q1 2026
In our Q1 2026 deep dive, our research team crunched the data to explore how evolving macro conditions are reflected in private debt returns.
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