The redemption of financial innovation

For asset managers, the future of innovation lies in mastering existing strategies before moving on to new ideas, writes MIRANDA WARD.   Pension funds are not optimistic about the future of innovation in the investment industry. According to the influential CREATE-Research Report, Investment Innovations: raising the bar, most pension plans surveyed do not think financial … Read more

Set yourself apart from the herd

A thematic approach to investing could help funds be at the head of the pack by capitalising on tomorrow’s developments rather than the trends of the day. Tim Unger, Towers Watson senior investment consultant and author of the recent report Capturing long-term themes, which explores thematic investing, said while traditional means of constructing portfolios were all well and good, it was useful to think about what themes a portfolio is exposed to now and in the future.

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