Rich Pickings: Fidelity's Asset Allocation Podcast

Markets and Investing

Welcome to Fidelity International's monthly asset allocation podcast hosted by Richard Edgar, Editor in Chief. Each month we dive into the latest market trends with Fidelity's asset allocation group, asking them how they're positioned and why. What will the portfolio managers reveal about their investment strategies? What are the team's hot cakes this month? And what would they drop like a hot potato? If you enjoy Rich Pickings then be sure to try our other podcast, 'Fidelity Answers'. From tech cycles to The End of the Cycle, from downside protection to the upside of ESG, this show brings you in depth interviews and conversations with our analysts, portfolio managers and investment directors to tackle the big questions facing investors today. --- This podcast is provided for information purposes only and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is sent or downloaded by. It must not be reproduced or circulated to any other party without prior permission of Fidelity. Fidelity Personal Investing does not give personal recommendations. The value of investments can go down as well as up so you may get back less than you invest. For other important legal notices please see our website: www.fidelity.co.uk/professional/about/

Location:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Markets and Investing

Description:

Welcome to Fidelity International's monthly asset allocation podcast hosted by Richard Edgar, Editor in Chief. Each month we dive into the latest market trends with Fidelity's asset allocation group, asking them how they're positioned and why. What will the portfolio managers reveal about their investment strategies? What are the team's hot cakes this month? And what would they drop like a hot potato? If you enjoy Rich Pickings then be sure to try our other podcast, 'Fidelity Answers'. From tech cycles to The End of the Cycle, from downside protection to the upside of ESG, this show brings you in depth interviews and conversations with our analysts, portfolio managers and investment directors to tackle the big questions facing investors today. --- This podcast is provided for information purposes only and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is sent or downloaded by. It must not be reproduced or circulated to any other party without prior permission of Fidelity. Fidelity Personal Investing does not give personal recommendations. The value of investments can go down as well as up so you may get back less than you invest. For other important legal notices please see our website: www.fidelity.co.uk/professional/about/

Language:

English

Website:

https://professionals.fidelity.co.uk/about-fidelity/about-fidelity

Email:

sebastian.morton-clark@fil.com

Episodes

We have news!

8/1/2025

A short message to our Rich Pickings listeners about our new podcast series on the Fidelity Answers channel. Subscribe here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:01:06

Fidelity Answers: Why is Silicon Valley so obsessed with AI and what can investors do about it?

8/1/2025

Companies' spend into artificial intelligence has been immense. But we're yet to see the tangible output of that investment. Should investors care? Portfolio managers Rosanna Burcheri and (self-confessed AI sceptic) Dmitry Solomakhin, plus technology analyst Jonny Tseng, join Seb Morton-Clark to discuss their thinking around AI. Watch more from Jonny's research trip to Silicon Valley here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:36:30

The long-term themes challenging investors

4/12/2024

What are the big themes that will shape the investment world in the years ahead? For this final episode of the current series of Rich Pickings, Editor in Chief Richard Edgar is joined by Fidelity's Head of Equities for Europe Ilga Haubelt, and Portfolio Managers Kris Atkinson and Caroline Shaw to discuss long-term trends and how investors are grappling with them. With additional contributions from Global Co-CIO Andrew McCaffery. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:41:35

Asia and Latin America are reshaping the world for investors

2/16/2024

Asia and emerging markets are our focus this month. Richard Edgar is joined by Fixed Income Portfolio Manager Paul Greer, Asia Economist Peiqian Liu, and Senior Sovereign Analyst Andressa Tezine to discuss whether they're being overlooked by investors. And, as interest rates pivot and pirouette around the world, where income seekers can find harbour. With additional contributions from Fidelity's Global Macro Economist Anna Stupnytska. You can read more analysis from Peiqian Liu here, and you can hear more insights on our sister podcast The Investor's Guide to China here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:40

Ready for a reset: Analyst Survey 2024

1/26/2024

How confident are CEOs as they lean in to 2024? Is inflation still a major worry for businesses or has it been banished? How concerned are company managers about shifting geopolitics? For well over a decade we’ve been asking our worldwide network of sector analysts these questions (and about 80 more) - to get a unique bottom-up picture of the companies they cover. Their conclusions form Fidelity International's annual Analyst Survey. This month, Fiona O'Neill, Head of Global Cross-Asset Research Capabilities, Gita Bal, Global Head of Fixed Income Research, and Kris Atkinson, Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, join Richard Edgar to dig through the results. With additional contributions from analysts Liz Brockway, Eric Tse and Aki Takaesu. You can read the Analyst Survey in full here or on your local Fidelity website. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:37:57

What the lessons of 2023 can teach investors for the year ahead

12/19/2023

From artificial intelligence to US resilience, Richard Edgar discusses the big themes of 2023 with a panel of multi asset portfolio managers: Taosha Wang, Ian Samson and Talib Sheikh. What can the investment stories of the year teach us about the year ahead? With additional contributions from Lee Sotos and Patrick Graham. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:39:56

Send your questions for our December special!

11/28/2023

Just a reminder that you still have time to submit your questions to our investment team for our Christmas special. You have until Friday 1st December to send your questions to editorial@fil.com. We look forward to hearing from you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:00:47

Outlook 2024: Four ways forward

11/17/2023

Richard Edgar is joined by Steve Ellis, Global CIO for Fixed Income, Marty Dropkin, Head of Equities for Asia Pacific, and Global Macro Economist, Anna Stupnytska, to discuss the four scenarios Fidelity's investment teams are watching for 2024. With additional contributions from Fidelity's Chief Sustainability Officer Jenn-Hui Tan, Head of European Real Estate, Neil Cable, and Head of Private Credit Strategies, Michael Curtis. You can read Fidelity's 2024 Outlook in full here. Do you have a question you'd like to put to one of Fidelity's investment team? We're handing the microphone over to you again for our next episode. To take part please send your investment related question to editorial@fil.com by Friday 1st December, and we'll put the best ones to our experts. Look forward to hearing from you! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:55:07

Higher rates: is the transmission mechanism broken... or just delayed?

10/18/2023

Richard Edgar is joined by Steve Ellis, Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income, Gita Bal, Global Head of Fixed Income Research, and Salman Ahmed, Fidelity’s Global Head of Macro and Strategic Asset Allocation, to discuss whether the levers central banks have to pull are working. With additional contributions from Multi Asset Portfolio Manager Caroline Shaw. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:35:02

Challenging the narrative on recession, inflation and rates

7/26/2023

This month's guests challenge the consensus on recession risk and sticky inflation - and where central banks are getting it wrong. Richard Edgar is joined by Fixed Income CIO Steve Ellis, Global Macro Economist Anna Stupnytska, and Portfolio Manager Rosanna Burcheri. And Nina Flitman takes a look at what the destocking trend in the chemicals sector could tell us about wider market stress with three analysts who cover the industry from different asset class perspectives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:40:32

Fidelity's CIO on US inflation and China's recovery

7/18/2023

Fidelity International's Global Chief Investment Officer Andrew McCaffery joins Richard Edgar to discuss how investors should interpret the latest inflation data from the US, and what investors might have missed from China's recovery story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:16:55

ESG Analyst Survey: Mind the gap

6/30/2023

There is a big gap between the action needed to deliver net zero and what the corporate world is currently doing, according to Fidelity’s third annual survey of our analysts on ESG issues. Host Richard Edgar is joined by Head of Fixed Income Research Gita Bal and portfolio manager DJ Phadnis to dig through the results and what they mean for the world around us. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:26:10

Fidelity's CIO on the Fed's pause and what comes next

6/15/2023

Fidelity International's Global Chief Investment Officer Andrew McCaffery joins Richard Edgar to discuss the Federal Reserve's decision to pause its interest rate hikes, for now, and what might come next. Opening clip: Jerome Powell, Chair of the Federal Reserve See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:17:50

Preparing portfolios for climate risks

4/28/2023

What impact will climate change have on portfolios? Should investors ready themselves for a disorderly transition to net zero? And what if it all gets sorted out - what are the investment implications for a greener, decarbonised future? Richard Edgar is joined by Global Macro Economist Anna Stupnytska and Portfolio Managers Kris Atkinson and Caroline Shaw to discuss how investors can rise to the challenge. With additional contributions from Fidelity's Global Head of Investment Research Ned Salter. Listen to more from Ned's Trade Offs series here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:45:23

Three long-term trends our CIO is watching closely

4/27/2023

Over the last 18 months we've thrown crisis after crisis at our CIO, but this month we're letting Andrew McCaffery tell us the long term trends he's watching. Richard Edgar hosts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:18:34

Fidelity's CIO on the recent banking turmoil and what's next

3/28/2023

Fidelity International's Global Chief Investment Officer Andrew McCaffery joins Richard Edgar to discuss the recent banking turmoil, what central banks might do next, and what it all means for the recession outlook. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:17:19

The wider implications of the UBS/Credit Suisse merger

3/20/2023

Following the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, Richard Edgar is joined by senior analyst Federico Wynne to discuss how we got here and what might emerge over the weeks ahead. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:07:04

Our banking analyst on the Credit Suisse takeover

3/20/2023

Duration:00:07:13

Looking for cracks in the system after SVB

3/15/2023

After the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Richard Edgar is joined by Steve Ellis, Global CIO for Fixed Income, Anna Stupnytska, Global Macro Economist, and Gita Bal, Global Head of Fixed Income Research, to discuss the fallout and whether it could be enough to force a rethink at the Federal Reserve. Asia Economist Peiqian Liu also joins Richard to discuss what China's recovery looks like on the ground. You can read more analysis on SVB and the fallout on your local Fidelity website or here. Opening clip: US President Joe Biden, March 13th, Sky News See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:35:38

Fidelity's CIO on what next for China and what investors might have missed

2/27/2023

China’s reopening has spurred a rebound in the economy and in markets. But how should investors position for what comes next? Richard Edgar is joined by Fidelity's Global Chief Investment Officer Andrew McCaffery to discuss this, and what markets might have previously missed. You can read more about the topics discussed in the podcast here. Listen to our regular The Investors Guide to China podcast here. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Duration:00:14:11