With diverging central bank policies, low bond yields and volatility spreading across equity markets, the demand for multi-asset, or ‘go anywhere’, approaches is on the rise. However, the fast-changing macro backdrop means multi-asset investors need to think carefully about where they position themselves and how they operate.
These trends pose urgent questions. What role are multi-asset strategies now playing in investors’ portfolios? How have fund selectors’ risk agendas shifted and what does this mean for their overall asset mix? With the case for more traditional asset classes increasingly under pressure, are fund selectors now analysing multi-asset funds in a radically different way?
These were the core concerns for the panel of industry experts and frontline fund managers Citywire assembled in Zurich to discuss whether mixed-asset funds are under pressure from passives or being powered forward by these new ideas. In a nutshell, where do ‘go anywhere’ funds go from here?
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