Multi-Asset Review: No surprise there

Fidelity's multi-asset range

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Cherry Reynard takes a closer look at how Fidelity International's newly slimmed-down range of five multi-asset funds has been faring under the stewardship of Bill McQuaker

As even just the last six months have illustrated, markets can be full of surprises. People do not invest in multi-asset funds to be surprised, however - and particularly not in multi-asset funds run by Fidelity International. When he joined the group's multi-asset team as a portfolio manager in October 2016 then, Bill McQuaker looked a perfect fit for the job. Experienced and disciplined, he had a lengthy track record of delivering solid returns for his investors as head of multi-asset at Henderson Global Investors. Could he repeat the trick at Fidelity? Multi-asset insight: Video in...

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