Commodities beat bonds for portfolio diversification
With bonds no longer the diversifier they used to be, investors have to increase the number of building blocks in their portfolios.
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Greater diversification needed for 2017, says Kleinwort Hambros
Investors should diversify their portfolios as broadly as possible in order to protect against fresh risks in the economy throughout 2017, Kleinwort Hambros has said.
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OPINION: Greater diversity cannot come soon enough
There is an aspirational timbre to the slogan “Make America great again” that belies its dog-whistle like nature.
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Wealthy investors reducing UK exposure post Brexit
Most high net worth individuals are looking to reduce their exposure to UK-based assets in the wake of the country’s vote to leave the European Union, according to deVere Group.
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Killik & Co launches multi-asset offering
Killik & Co has launched Panel Portfolio, a multi-asset service designed for investors with accounts of at least £750,000 ($1.08m, €973m).
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Beware the benchmark, says TOBAM fund manager
Money has flooded into benchmark-tracking exchange traded funds as investors chase low-cost access to major asset markets.
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Survey: Low-yield world seen as the big challenge
A majority of institutional investors want to diversify away from “highly correlated” stocks and bonds and are concerned about meeting long-term liabilities.
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Schroders on the myth of diversification in multi-asset investment
Diversification through traditional multi-asset investment is irrelevant to the modern investor so alternative methods and asset classes are clearly needed,argues Joe Tennant at Schroders.
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Natixis enters South America with Montevideo office
Natixis Global Asset Management has opened its first office in South America as it looks to provide IFAs in Uruguay and Chile with access to its services.
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SSGA launches smart beta UCITS fund
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has launched one of the industry’s first UCITS smart beta multi-factor funds.
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Diversification easy to say..difficult to do
Paul Tunnicliffe, of FPI, talks about diversifying offshore life businesses