Meet the Investment Influencers: Beaufort's Shane Balkham

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In this week's Investment Influencers video interview, profiling the most respected individuals who select funds, decide ratings or otherwise influence the allocation of investor fund flows, we chat to Shane Balkham.

Balkham is head of portfolio construction and research at The Beaufort Group, a role that involves monitoring risk through the in-house investment process and assessing both long-term and short-term decisions around asset allocation. Research is a critical element to this as is building relationships with fund groups and fund managers. Balkham, who has worked in the profession for 25 years and recently celebrated 10 years of working on Beaufort's flagship range of portfolios, is committed to helping Beaufort Investment Management become one of the leading discretionary fund managers in t...

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