Fraser Donaldson: Is multi-asset too expensive?
Paying for knowledge is fair
Fraser Donaldson: "There are strong arguments that a portfolio of passives with a simple long-term asset allocation will do the trick."
Following the debate over whether multi-asset funds and portfolios are good value compared with other solutions designed to achieve the same outcomes, writes Fraser Donaldson, it is reasonable to put some historical perspective on these arguments. Rome was not built in a day and all that …
It seems to me there are three separate issues in this cost debate: value for money, who is charging for what and the old active vs passive argument. Multi-asset used to be called fund of funds. But...
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