Multi asset investing calls for a broad skillset. Our investment professionals share their market and asset class views.
Multi asset mid-year outlook: Slower growth ahead. But it’s not all bad news for the global economy
Our Multi Asset team shares its outlook for the second half of the year. How will the growth-inflation trade-off pan out? Should we expect a recession? And is there any good news on the horizon for the global economy?
2022 Invesco multi asset outlook: watching the tide, not the waves
Supply chain challenges could lead to uncertainty, but cash balances may mean promising corporate earnings and positive outcomes for equities.
Tactical asset allocation views
The Henley Multi Asset team provides its fundamental tactical asset allocation views over a 12 to 36 month investment horizon.
Dilemmas for securing income as dividends come under pressure
Georgina Taylor has updated her view on how investors are now, more than ever, being forced to think differently about reliable income sources as traditional sources come under increased pressure.
The future of absolute return – investing in ideas
Investors could be bemused by the rollercoaster ride of markets through these Covid-19 times. More challenging though will be their consideration of where to achieve their returns from here on. We believe that our ‘investing in of ideas’ approach can play a useful role in these challenging – and changing – times ahead.
Diversification – too much is just right
Gwilym Satchell discusses our belief that a focus on independent sources of return for a portfolio can deliver robust results in both return and risk through all market environments.
Policymakers rethink
Sebastian Mackay looks at how the extremity of the impact of Covid-19 forced the hand of many policymakers into unconventional territory.
David Millar - Multi Asset update
After what has been a tumultuous year so far for markets, David Millar shared a short video, recorded from home, to provide you with an update on how the Invesco Global Targeted Returns Strategy has fared and how we’re navigating these difficult markets.
The trouble with insurers
The insurance sector has been on a good run, however, the Multi Asset team believe the sector looks superficially attractive – particularly in this lower for longer interest rate environment.
Approving ideas: Our central economic thesis
We summarise the team’s two- to three-year macro view of the world, against which each idea must be able to provide a positive return.
Good emerging markets vs bad emerging markets
Emerging markets are a rich hunting ground for investment ideas. Our research allows us to isolate relative value opportunities that pair fundamentally attractive assets with those that we believe represent what is ‘bad’ about emerging markets (EM). One such idea pairs a long position in the Russian ruble with a short position in the Chilean peso.
Are you taking enough risk? How do you know?
In a world of low volatility and low interest rates, it becomes increasingly important to understand the level of risk in an investment portfolio. Standard measures such as statistical volatility are often misleading - we propose using a different metric.
Three years of ideas for income
When we launched the Invesco Global Targeted Income Fund (UK) three years ago, our goal was simple: to offer our clients a consistent monthly income whilst preserving their capital. Read our review to see how the fund has performed since launch.
Where to look for opportunities when ‘cash is king’
The Multi Asset team frequently risk test their portfolios against a scenario in which ‘cash is king’ with bonds and equities providing no diversification. Fund Manager Dave Jubb underlines why the risks of this becoming reality are higher now than in the last 20 years.
Multi asset – 2020 outlook
Georgina Taylor explains how the Multi Asset team aims to take advantage of opportunities thrown up by anomalies in financial markets in 2020 and beyond.
