How do you invest? Pick your portfolio style by all means, but what you really need to know in this business is who you are.
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? Are you innately cautious or shamefully impetuous? Is a crisis truly an opportunity for you to play with, or is it the inevitable end game of a world conspiracy you secretly knew would bring you down? The current investing climate is testing individual self belief, as well as corporate resilience. If strategies are not delivering, how long do you stick with them before capitulating – by redefining the fund mandate, merging the fund, blurring the style boundaries, changing the manager or closing down altogether? Many asset managers have been hanging ...
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