Asset Allocation

This time last year the sun was still metaphorically shining on the world's financial markets with the FTSE skirting its year's highs and minimal downside risk priced into markets.

US dollar-denominated indices reveal a significant disparity between the performance delivered to discretionary private clients by different investment managers, which highlights the need to ensure manager selection is made to measure, says Graham Harrison...

FIDELITY is to complete the revamp of its multi-manager team with four new recruits, including Ayesha Akbar who will join in June as portfolio manager for Asian and emerging markets.

Seven Investment Management (7IM) has launched four passively-managed multi-manager funds which it says will only invest in vehicles such as ETFs.

The popularity of asset allocation funds, such as those in the Cautious, Balanced and Active Managed sectors, rose significantly last year during turbulent times for the markets, S&P says.

aap, an endowment trader, has launched an endowment policy process website for IFAs.

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