IMA

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Andrew Wilkins, executive director of Catalyst Investment Group, says retail investors should make the most of investment choices previously only available to their institutional peers.

Advisers are more aware than ever of structured products but education is the key to them moving from a niche player into the mainstream.

Retail investors exited UK equities in favour of global and regional funds in January.

Multi-managers including Henderson and Thames River have recently reduced their allocations to Europe, following a turbulent few weeks for the region.

Despite being last year's preferred bloom, investors are shifting away from the £ Corporate Bond sector. Who will be the pick of the bunch in 2010?

Net retail fund of funds sales totaled £3.9bn last year, almost four times the 2008 figure and the highest ever recorded.

Net retail sales reached their highest level on record in 2009, up 45% on their previous best performance, according to the IMA.

"Property is likely to increase in 2010 as investors seek alternative sources of income and ways of hedging against the threat of inflation," says Threadneedle's Don Jordison

The IMA has changed its Global Emerging Markets sector definition, which will now be based on FTSE or MSCI GEMs indices rather than World Bank definitions.