October 2019

Editorial: Multi-messaging

Just as multi-asset funds puzzle out where to place their assets in a challenging market, they are also puzzling out how to get their...

Opinion: Making the ESG case, again

The world seems to be turned upside-down right now. A gimlet-eyed teenager looks more focused and mature than the septuagenarian US president. The UK...

Michael Gruener interview: The power of creative destruction

Michael Gruener, BlackRock’s head of Emea Wealth, tells Mark Latham about ‘Schumpeter’s gale’ and the European ambitions of the world’s largest asset manager. With assets...

Sponsored feature: Invest in the future of sports

In the past, games were played with sticks and stones; today games have evolved to bits and bytes. Since icons like Atari introduced the...

Investing: Multi-asset funds piece together their objectives

Erratic multi-asset flows signal how investors struggle with unusual markets and the promises of diversification. To prosper, these funds must explain themselves better, finds...

Roundtable: A “disingenuous” poor press for multi-asset funds?

No-one genuinely expects multi-asset funds to keep up with equities in strong bull markets, our panel is told. So don’t give up on diversification. William Martinez...

Sponsored feature: Diversification – looking beyond the mainstream

For many investors, diversification is a characteristic near the top of their portfolio wishlist. And rightly so. Until recently, though, small-scale investors were limited...

Multi-asset allocation: Caution permeates the multi-asset sector

Global trade disputes underpin how multi-asset funds are positioning themselves between equities and bonds, finds Alex Rolandi. Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ Global Multi Asset Income Fund...

Sponsored feature: Multi-asset for the next decade

Having grown in popularity during a long bull market, most multi-asset strategies have yet to be fully tested. Baillie Gifford investment manager James Squires...

Interview: Timing the market

Amy Cho, Schroders’ Hong Kong chief executive and regional head of intermediary clients, tells Romil Patel about Hongkongers’ love of investing, staying nimble in...

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