Asset Management

Anxious investors pour cash into multi-asset funds

Diversified funds enjoy €151bn of inflows in first eight months as investors fear higher volatility and lower liquidity in bond markets

Anxious investors pour cash into multi-asset funds
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Anxious investors are pouring money into multi-asset funds in the hope that these diversified products will offer them greater protection in a downturn.

Net flows into multi-asset pooled funds in Europe hit €151 billion in the eight months to August, already more than the €137 billion for the whole of 2014, according to Broadridge FundFile.

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