Defining and expounding absolute returns

ABSOLUTE RETURNS

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This week's Conjecture panel discusses some of the issues affecting the poorly understood and diverse IMA Absolute Returns sector

Absolute return strategies are gaining traction within the retail investment space. Yet one of the major criticisms levelled at the sector is investors often do not understand the strategies they are buying into, an issue exacerbated by the plethora of strategies on offer. Our panel of experts consisted of Iain Stewart, investment leader of global funds at Newton Investment Management; Ajay Dayal, investment director at Legg Mason Global Asset Management; Reza Vishkai, head of specialist investments at Insight Investment and Kate Hollis of Standard & Poor’s. What are absolute return fund...

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