Q&A: Multi-asset investing

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Multi-asset investing has becoming something of a buzz phrase in the past two years. But what exactly is it? How does it differ from a fund of funds approach? And who is any good at it?

Richard Romer-Lee, research director at OBSR, and Trevor Greetham, asset allocation director at Fidelity, give their views Q. What is multi-asset investing? A. Trevor Greetham: Multi-asset investing is where in a single fund you can get exposure to a range of different asset classes that tend to behave in different ways. So each has its own characteristics that make it worthwhile holding for the long run, but you may find there are times when one is doing much better than the other. By investing in all of them you are spreading your risks across different types of investments and gene...

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