Multi-Asset Review: The best of trends

The global financial crisis forced most fund groups into a reappraisal of the most effective way to run a portfolio - in particular, it pushed asset allocators to re-examine their approach to diversification. In an era of unprecedented quantitative easing, could a traditional balanced portfolio of bonds and equities really claim to be properly diversified?  Relatively few fund groups, however, then went on to take the next logical step - with Ravenscroft a notable exception. After his experiences in the global financial crisis, founder Mark Bousfield rebuilt the firm's investment philoso...