SLI's Lowe backs property as UK economy strengthens

SLI's Dynamic Distribution fund manager Lowe expects to increase her property allocation

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Jacqueline Lowe, manager of the Standard Life Investments Dynamic Distribution fund, tells Rebecca Jones why she is betting on UK property this year.

1 What has driven your strong performance over the past five years? Primarily, the fund has benefited from its bias to UK equity portfolios, which currently make up over 50%. The SLI UK Equity Unconstrained fund and the SLI UK Equity Income Unconstrained fund - two of the largest holdings - have been top decile performers in their own respective sectors over one, three and five years. We make full use of the asset class specialism available across SLI and benefit from access to a broad selection of strongly performing funds. The allocation to property through both listed vehicles and...

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