Investing for income in today's fragmented world requires a different approach.
We’re living in a less globalised and more uncertain environment. Regional macro divergence, is translating into significant asset class dispersion across markets. For investors, this creates opportunity, but only for those able to navigate this.
Our active perspective gives you the edge in income investing. With an unconstrained view across geographies and assets classes, driven by deep research, we can see and reach opportunities others may miss. And the breadth of our perspective and capability, across credit, equity and multi-asset, means we can deliver multiple ways of reaching your income goals.
Why Schroders for Income Investing?
200+
Research professionals
Source: Schroders as at 31 December 2025
77%+
Outperformance over 5 years, by Income Range AUM
Based on average weighted performance and AUM of all the accounts in the Schroder Income platform.
€25bn
Assets under management Schroders Income Range
Finding resilient income in a diverging world
Income means different things to different investors. For some the priority is a consistent income stream, with nominal yield. For others, it is preserving purchasing power or enhancing total returns.
A successful approach requires access to a broad opportunity set of income sources, as well as the flexibility to adapt as conditions change. Through deep global research, active asset selection and an unconstrained approach to sourcing income, Schroders helps investors uncover hidden opportunities, manage risk and build resilient income portfolios.
Active investment edge
Built on Schroders' established top down and bottom-up fundamental research driven approach to capitalise on market rotations and volatility.
Truly global approach
Unconstrained approach to sourcing income, avoiding regional/sector bias. We harness broad income toolkits to access more sources of diversified income.
Resilient income generation
Our range of dynamic strategies spanning asset classes and risk profiles seeks to provide sustainable income through market cycles.
A new income playbook for a fragmenting world
Structural economic and market shifts mean today’s approaches to generating resilient investment income must be different
How investors are approaching income in 2026
Source: Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2026
53%
rank diversification and regular cash flow among their top reasons for allocating to income
44%
allocate for volatility reduction and capital preservation
35%
cite active public corporate bonds as a top source of risk-adjusted income
compared with 9% for passive public corporate bonds
Investors are rethinking income
Rather than treating it as a standalone source of yield, they are increasingly using income-generating assets to build more diversified, resilient portfolios.
Schroders’ 2026 Global Investor Insights Survey found that investors are looking beyond traditional bond allocations and across a broader range of asset classes to help navigate volatility, inflation and an increasingly fragmented market environment.