Six multi-asset funds to see investors through the uncertainty

A series of global financial crises have left investors feeling anxious

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Darius McDermott highlights six funds to consider that give equity exposure while embracing an element of diversification…

Stock markets have taken a real battering this year and it's left investors feeling understandably anxious about their equity exposure. Latest statistics from the Investment Association reveal billions of pounds have been withdrawn from equity funds in the wake of various global financial crises. Rising living costs, economic uncertainty, political turbulence, antipathy towards growth stocks, and the ongoing war in Ukraine have all taken their toll on confidence levels. But where should people consider investing if they want some equity exposure, while also embracing an element of divers...

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