Vanguard tops as most recommended multi-asset solution

Defaqto names its top ten recommended multi-asset solutions this year

Isabel Baxter
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One of Vanguard’s multi-asset solutions has been named the most recommended multi-asset investment solution of the year so far by Defaqto.

The market intelligence firm crunched the numbers from its research software Defaqto Engage, used by more than 30% of UK advisers, up to the end of the second quarter. The data found that the constituents of the top ten have remained the same since the end of Q1, albeit the majority have traded places. Moving up a place to take the top spot was the Vanguard Lifestrategy 80% Equity fund, taking over the position from its fellow solution Vanguard LifeStrategy 60% Equity. Sandwiched between them was the HSBC Global Strategy Balanced fund, with the HSBC Global Strategy Dynamic holding ...

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