RLAM's Greetham on the importance of tailoring multi-asset to your environment

First of three interviews with RLAM's head of multi-asset

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The investments a fund manager chooses to leave out of a multi-asset portfolio can be as important as those they include, says RLAM head of multi-asset Trevor Greetham in an exclusive video interview with our sister title, Professional Adviser.

Talking to its editor Julian Marr in the video (which you can view on the PA website by clicking here), he says the principal objective in the construction of the group's six-strong range of multi-asset funds is to maximise investors' real return over the long run for a given level of risk. He continues: "The two types of assets you want to include in a properly diversified fund are growth assets like equities, property and commodities, which should give good returns over the long run, but also 'store of value' assets such as fixed income and absolute return."

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