Sam Liddle: The unsung inflation-beating hero - Floating Rate Notes

As the fear of rising inflation grips markets, investors are looking for ways to protect their portfolios against the potentially damaging effects. Whether inflation this time around is a short-term issue or something we all need to get used for the foreseeable future, its effect on cumulative returns can be long lasting as interest rates rise in line with inflation. Multi-asset investors, some with cash plus targets, face a dilemma in this scenario - how to beat inflation yet remain true to their investment process.  Do they simply move further up the risk scale increasing the potent...