The more eagled-eye among you may have spotted the recent unveiling of the shortlists for the 2017 Professional Adviser Awards was light a number of categories and, whether or not you did notice, we should still explain the absence - until now - of those firms and funds in the running for recognition for their multi-asset expertise.
The truth is, here on Professional Adviser - and very possibly putting us in a similar boat to a number of our readers - we found ourselves caught between two stools. Should we consider the multi-asset universe the way many have always done and slice-and-dice by Investment Association (IA) sector? Or should we follow the example of many others and look to offer a number of awards based on investment outcomes? In the end, we decided to follow the example of foreign secretary Boris Johnson who famously said: "My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it" - in other words, we will b...
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