Advisers expect US equities, emerging market equities and UK equities to be the top three performing assets in 2019, according to research by Aegon.
The group's survey, which canvassed 205 financial advisers, captured their views on the asset classes they expect to perform best and worst for clients throughout the next 12 months. According to the research, one in five (22%) advisers expected the top-performing assets to be US equities, followed by emerging market equities (15%) and then UK equities (14%). Gill Hutchison: Bonds - Friend or foe? The worst performing assets over the next year were expected to be cash (24%), with hopes for UK gilts only slightly better (19%). Corporate bonds were predicted to be the third worst-per...
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