Outperformance through flexibility

By Jenne Mannion A flexible investment approach has produced the highest returns in the Far East including Japan sector over the past three years. The Pacific markets have been volatile in recent times and those fund managers who have successfully used their ability to be in defensives or strongly performing markets at the right time have produced the highest returns. The £15.5m Dresdner RCM Oriental Assets fund returned 83.11% over the three years to March 2000, outperforming the sector average of 27.36%. Volatility was higher with an annualised standard deviation (ASD) of 30.70%, again...