Justin Onuekwusi: Adviser trends for 2022

Inflation, ESG, diversification

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After a recent adviser roadshow across five UK venues, Justin Onuekwusi reflects on his conversations with financial planners about the key investment challenges and opportunities they are likely to face in the year ahead

Rising inflation - a paradigm shift The key challenge that came up time and time again when we spoke to advisers about the risks they see over the next twelve months is global inflation - 37% rated it as their number one concern. Advisers and investors haven't seen this level of inflation globally since the 1980s. It's been a long time since the investment world has had to deal with it. We see rising inflation as a paradigm shift. Looking ahead over 3-5 years, today's multi-asset or MPS portfolio is going to have to look very different to what it has done historically. We need to ...

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