Laura Suter: The most unpopular part of the investment market is...
"Until performance turns around, fees come down and performance fees are scrapped or made fairer, I can’t see the tide of investor money turning back."
It’s unlikely that any end-of-year quizzes asked which part of the market was most unpopular with UK investors in 2019, writes Laura Suter, but it’s a pretty interesting answer...
And that answer is Absolute Return funds. (Also, tell me if any quizzes like this exist and I'll be along like a shot next year). Absolute Return funds were the worst for retail sales in seven of the 11...
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