Peter Toogood: Weathering the storm

'Stupefying and challenging'

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Ahead of PA's Multi-Asset Roadshow in September, which will visit seven cities across England and Scotland, keynote speaker Peter Toogood sets out his stall on how advisers can best thrive and weather the investment environment

Currently, it is hard to try and rationalise investment markets as most of the fundamental economic norms have been usurped in favour of the printing press and the "tweetosphere".  For example, the entire German government bond yield curve is now in negative territory, which is both stupefying and challenging for investors. So, if bonds offer little value to no value, are equities the sensible option for your clients' portfolios? Where are the true safe havens in this distorted world, and how do you diversify your clients' assets to create resilient, all-weather portfolios? What is mo...

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