Managing absolute returns in volatilemarkets

The investment market is experiencing a period of unparalleled change as investors come to recognise that the era of the safe haven is over. Too many safe havens for individual investors have proved anything but that. The closure of final salary pension schemes, the reneging on guaranteed annuity rates by Equitable Life and the near-wholesale failure of with-profit funds to meet their targets are just a few of the massive dents in investor confidence the retail industry must now repair. The institutional sector has fared no better with segregated pension funds still reeling from the Me...