PA360: It is 'impossible' to pick out the best asset class every year

‘The outsourced route is one that a lot of advisers are now taking’

Hope Coumbe
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Even managed portfolio services (MPS) solutions cannot consistently hit the mark on asset allocation, Quilter has warned.

Speaking at PA360 today (25 April) investment director Filippo Madonia said there were still factors advisers had to consider as interest in MPS solutions continues to skyrocket. Madonia warned it is "impossible to pick out the best asset class year to year". Despite this, he told advisers to consider investing in a broad range of assets "with smooth the investment journey for the client" with an MPS solution also allowing them to personalise that to client's risk profile as well. Madonia was quick to expel the myth that certain tropes are unique to MPS. "Multi-asset investing i...

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