With markets continuing to be volatile, the question often asked by clients of advisers is 'What sort of investment returns can we expect in 2008? Adviser Strategy's Tim Scott takes a look at the prospects...
WITH continued market volatility, modest fixed interest & cash returns and UK property suffering, both IFAs and fund providers alike will need to be a bit smarter in 2008 about from where we get returns for clients. Predicting investment returns can be as much of an art as a science, but there is near total unanimity among all the IFAs I have spoken to recently that 2008 is going to be a tough year investment-wise. With the lofty advantage of hindsight, we can now also see that 2007 was no easy ride either. Many of the traditional asset classes that IFAs and investment advisers have rel...
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