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Lighthouse is to include Global Asset Management's (GAM) unitised discretionary fund manager (DFM) offering on its panel of researched solutions.

Aviva Investors has split its multi-asset solutions portfolio management team into retail and institutional divisions in an effort to provide focused advice to each type of client.

As the traditional safe haven moves further from a loved asset to a loathed one, Bill McQuaker, head of multi-asset at Henderson, assesses the future for gold in portfolios.

As the trend towards short-termism among fund pickers grows, Simon Evan-Cook, manager on Premier's multi-asset funds, asks: should some investors be banned from buying active funds?

Does Europe warrant inclusion in portfolios yet? Mona Shah, assistant manager on Rathbones' multi-asset portfolios, examines the fundamentals.

The recent hiccup in investor sentiment should not develop into anything more dramatic, writes Rob Burdett and Gary Potter, co-heads of multi-manager at F&C investments.

Lured by higher income levels, multi-asset managers have been moving back into property for the first time since the financial crisis. But are there still gains to be made? Cherry Reynard reports.

Amidst a wave of news flow suggesting such an event is imminent, Aviva Investors head of multi-asset retail funds Peter Fitzgerald, takes a look at what to expect from portfolios if bond markets were to sell off.

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