UBS Global AM: How we have responded to investors' income challenge

As people live longer than ever before and traditional sources of income fail to yield enough for lengthy retirement periods, choosing the correct income source is becoming essential.

Richard Lloyd (pictured above), head of structured solutions at UBS Global Asset Management, spoke at Investment Week’s Funds to Watch event, discussing the group’s enhanced equity income offering and presenting the Luxembourg-domiciled UBS Equity SICAV-Global Income fund. What options do investors have in their search for income in the current environment? With the uncertainty regarding the direction of global equity markets, the demand for defensive equity strategies is increasing. Combining defensiveness and equity income in one strategy could be an interesting option for investors...