Adrian Boulding: Seven ways to combat inflation in client portfolios
Make full use of diversification to tackle those twin destroyers of value, equity falls and inflation rises
Make full use of diversification to tackle those twin destroyers of value, equity falls and inflation rises
It’s not just about historical correlations or equities and bonds
‘I’ll be pretty confident in seeing UK equity sales pick up in about nine months’
Over the last five years 86% of returns from the MSCI World index were generated by US equities
Warren Buffett has one, Keynes said they were best for returns, but what can be gained from a concentrated portfolio?
The Share Centre’s Sheridan Admans has tipped five funds with niche styles that might offer investors a diversification opportunity.
High correlation between equity markets continues to hamper diversification efforts, according to Societe Generale.
Money has flooded into benchmark-tracking exchange traded funds as investors chase low-cost access to major asset markets.
A raft of regulatory changes and a backdrop of low yield from traditional income investments means the exponential rise in the popularity of multi-asset funds is unlikely to taper off any time soon.
Diversification is much easier to achieve in a growth portfolio than in an income portfolio, says Chris Jackson, head of UK retail at Natixis Global Asset Management.
Investments in real assets, such as timberland and infrastructure, can lower the volatility of mixed asset funds without hampering returns, according to think tank Global Financial Institute.
Charlotte Thorne, co-CI0 and co-founding partner at Captial Generation Partners looks at how best to use private equity investments as a portfolio diversifier.