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Portfolio manager Anthony Srom provides an update on the Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities Fund. From China’s reopening to the US interest rate moves, he shares his views on what’s driving markets and outlines the high conviction stock picks he is backing to deliver in 2023.

Bond investors’ loyalties were truly put to the test during 2022 as traditional safe havens exacerbated portfolio drawdowns. Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund co-managers Tim Foster and Claudio Ferrarese reflect on these recent challenges and highlight the themes we expect to impact returns across global bond markets from here.

As China prepares to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, shares his latest views after a very tumultuous period for China’s markets. As the country reopens its borders after three years of strict Covid-19 curbs, and with valuations looking attractive, he reviews an increasingly supportive backdrop and discusses the key areas of emerging opportunity.

With around half of global GDP moderately or highly dependent on nature, it is no surprise that biodiversity is moving up the agenda of companies, policy makers and investors. Global Head of Stewardship & Sustainable Investing Jenn-Hui Tan discusses the risk biodiversity loss poses to investors and outlines what needs to happen to unlock the financing needed to effectively tackle this issue.

Anne Richards Andrew McCaffery take a closer look at what 2023 could have in store for markets. They discuss how investors should think about positioning for the challenges and opportunities that are set to arise over the coming year.

Global CIO Andrew McCaffery believes the key risk for investors to watch in 2023 is a central bank-induced sharp recession, or inflation bust. He shares his outlook for the global economy and outlines how investors should think about approaching asset allocation in the year ahead.

The Fixed Income Monthly provides a forward-looking summary of the medium-term views from the Fidelity Fixed Income team.

Fidelity Global CIO Andrew McCaffery and our locally based experts review the economic and investment outlook for China. From the upcoming National Congress to the potential easing of Covid control measures, they debate the key issues facing investors and how markets could react over the coming months.

With recessions looming over most developed markets, Asia is marching to a different beat this winter. Against this backdrop, Global CIO Andrew McCaffery explains why Asia’s key economies serve as a useful diversifier, with more policy certainty potentially coming from the Chinese Party Congress this October.

Our latest analyst survey suggests that input cost inflation is starting to stabilise, amid signs of demand destruction. Here, we delve into the results and highlight how our analysts are expecting labour and non-labour cost pressures to evolve across key economic regions over the coming months.

Many investors have grown used to a low default environment in the wake of the global financial crisis, but could this be about to change? As macro concerns build, Global Fixed Income CIO Steve Ellis looks at how different parts of the credit market could react to a rise in defaults and reveals why high yield investors may be taking on more risk than they are being paid for.

After a long period of underperformance, value investing has been making a comeback over the past year or so. Against this backdrop, Nitin Bajaj, portfolio manager of Fidelity Asian Values PLC & the Fidelity Asian Smaller Companies Fund, outlines how his portfolios have benefited from this environment and provides an insight into the value areas which still offer unrecognised investment potential.

Our CEO Anne Richards explains why the next step in the response to the climate emergency will be the hardest. Turning pledges and commitments into real action requires effort; however, it is essential now that the scale of the problem is better understood, and the solutions made clearer.

Fidelity Emerging Markets portfolio manager Nick Price provides an update on the strategy. Following a tumultuous period in developing markets, he discusses how he is positioning the portfolio amid ongoing uncertainty, while also outlining the key areas of opportunity across this large and diverse investment universe.

Our Multi Asset team's views on which asset classes and markets are presenting the greatest opportunities and risks.

A combination of low savings rates and high inflation has the potential to materially erode the real value of cash holdings over time. With UK inflation showing signs of being broader and stickier than first anticipated, we outline the benefits of short-dated credit as a tool for investors looking to sweat the cash element of a well-diversified portfolio.

Financials markets are at a transition point, with shifting policy and inflation dynamics prompting a “global reset”. Amid this disruption, Global CIO Andrew McCaffery believes Asia stands in a relatively strong position, with China starting to look increasingly attractive as it re-emerges from lockdowns.

The Chinese government’s will to reform its important property sector is balanced against the more urgent task of reviving a slowing economy. With policy showing signs of softening, we assess what happens next and look at the investment opportunities in ancillary areas related to building maintenance and upgrades.