Ten times to remember clients' 'buy and forget' funds

When you need to revisit the long term plays you thought you could forget...

Laura Miller
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The money pages of national newspapers your clients read love coming up with lists of funds investors can 'buy and forget'. But nothing lasts forever...

Buy and forget fund lists are a paradox in financial services. They represent the perennial recommendation from advisers and fund managers to investors to "invest for the long term", yet they change at least yearly in the consumer press money pages where they most often appear. But according to the team at Fund Calibre, there are some good reasons why even the most reliable funds invested in should not be completely forgotten. Professional Adviser asked Fund Calibre to give ten examples - and then we did the research (with the help of articles from sister title Investment Week) for...

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