Pension schemes will confront a different set of challenges as they mature, not least around cashflows. How these problems are managed now will affect the financial health of the schemes far into the future.
In our latest alternative income update, we look at opportunities in structured finance as stringent capital requirements continue to rein in banks’ activities in certain areas, including long-term lending and derivatives.
Gross domestic product is our chief measurement of economic health. But GDP is failing to account for the dynamics of modern economies – and some experts are calling for reform.
Competition in the private debt market has eroded investor protections. Understanding where the risks lie and how to mitigate them will be key to long-term investment success.
Despite a torrid few months, frontier bond markets still have an important role to play in investors' portfolios
We consider how technological advances, alternative data sources and shifting investor flow dynamics are changing the face of fixed income markets.
Government debt-to-GDP ratios in many advanced countries are approaching post-World War II highs, leaving them increasingly vulnerable to a worsening in economic conditions and demographic forces, argues Stewart Robertson, senior economist for the UK & Europe at Aviva Investors.
The AIQ podcast investigates how behavioural finance is being transformed by data science. Featuring contributions from Greg Davies, Gulnur Muradoglu and Giles Parkinson.
(4 minute read) The UK infrastructure industry needs to face up to its failings and act in the best interests of all stakeholders. Developing a code of conduct would be a good place to start, argue Darryl Murphy and Mirza Baig.
The intelligence that guides our investment decisions. Read our team’s collective insight on how market volatility, trade tensions and Chinese reforms may impact the outlook for financial markets in the coming months.
In this 2 minute video Euan Munro, CEO of Aviva Investors, and his team discuss how effective collaboration is critical in order to remain competitive in multi-asset investing.
The European economy continues to grow above trend rates, but investors should be wary of rising bond yields and rapid development in some markets, says Vivienne Bolla.
How do unconscious biases influence our behaviour?
Shinzo Abe’s policy programme has started to lift Japan out of its long deflationary slump. But the road ahead is still a long one and political scandals could prevent him from finishing the job.
The UK wants to attract private sector investment into its fragmented rail network, but the pathways for injecting capital are not yet clear.
Investors able to spot developing trends and create fit-for-purpose assets in London’s emerging locations could generate enhanced returns.
With volatility returning to the emerging market debt arena in recent weeks, Aaron Grehan discusses what it means for investors.
Greg Davies, head of behavioural science at Oxford Risk, explains how a combination of behavioural science and data-driven risk-profiling tools is reshaping the financial advice industry.
The financial services industry is fixated with using volatility as a measure of risk to the extent that the terms volatility and risk are used interchangeably. Indeed, some multi-asset portfolios target a certain level of absolute volatility as the sole means of controlling risk. Yet risk is multi-faceted and no one metric can properly capture it.
A decade after the global financial crisis (GFC) threatened a return to the Great Depression of the 1930s, we believe that the global economy is finally on the mend.