Investors' Alphabet: R is for Risk-rated funds

  • Story by: Laura Mossman
  • Magazine: InvestmentAdviser
  • Published Tuesday , August 26, 2008

Once upon a time, in an age now long forgotten, IFAs earned a living working out where clients should invest their money.

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It was a simple time, based on simple values. The adviser decided on a mix of equities, fixed income, property and cash and selected funds on the basis of the predicted length of time the investment would be held for and how much risk the client could happily stomach.

Then along came multi-manager funds, giving advisers the chance to outsource the responsibility of fund selection. All they had to do was choose a fund of funds in the right region from a good investment house and put their feet up.

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