Danica Hampton, former head of investment specialists at Citi, is on a "sporting sabbatical" from financial services to concentrate on her other career... as a competitive weightlifter! Having always been a fitness buff, she tells Industry Moves what drew her to weightlifting two years ago, of the support from her colleagues, and of her plans for competing on the international stage. More
Industry Moves speaks to James McAlevey, Portfolio Manager for the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Fixed Income and Target Return funds, about some of the challenges facing investors in fixed income and how a multi-strategy approach to investing can help. He also shares the things that excite him about fixed income and how machine learning might change the industry. More
The Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy (AIMS) Fixed Income fund offers investors access to a diversified portfolio of 25-35 global fixed income strategies. Global exposure The fund, launched in Australia in February this year, targets a three per cent per annum gross return over the Reserve Bank ... More
Duration is a key consideration for bond investors; but it’s far from the whole story, argues James McAlevey, Portfolio Manager, AIMS Fixed Income and Target Return funds. He says the bond market is a vast and varied place. It has a multi-factor opportunity set, and does not purely depend on the sensitivity of an asset’s price to movements in interest rates - i.e. duration.
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If given the chance to whisper some words of wisdom to your 21-year-old self, what would you say? Would you focus on career, finances, travel, family? Words of encouragement or admonishment? We asked some of our recent interviewees and their responses were diverse. (Chances are, our younger selves wouldn't listen anyway.)
