Multi-Asset Review: The best of trends

Ravenscroft's multi-asset range

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In the wake of the global financial crisis, Cherry Reynard discovers, the team behind Ravenscroft rebuilt the firm's investment philosophy to focus on well-established, long-term themes

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...

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