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Passive portfolios hold equity and bond tracker funds on a buy and hold basis to seek capital growth at a low cost.
Growth portfolios hold a blend of active and passive equity and bond assets on a buy and hold basis to seek capital growth.
Guardian portfolios hold low-cost equity and bond assets to capture upside growth and aim to manage volatility to protect portfolio values from downside losses.
Fusion portfolios hold a combination of passive and active funds to capture upside growth and aim to protect portfolio values from downside losses.
Green Path portfolios hold equity and bond assets to take a positive approach to responsible investment.
Heritage portfolios hold actively managed investment trusts to gain greater capital growth over the longer term.
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The likelihood of an early Eurozone recovery from the Covid crisis was put into perspective by many of Germany’s top economic institutes as they cut their forecast for German GDP growth this year mainly due to third wave lockdowns and…
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The UK’s impressive procurement and vaccine roll out has resulted in a dramatic fall in Covid cases, hospitalisations and deaths. These improvements in the nation’s health have helped ease lockdown restriction far earlier than expected. It is the UK success…
Quarter one was a tough period for fixed income investors and particularly for government bond holders. Yields rose in most government bond markets as the roll out of vaccines improved the chances of an economic recovery soon than previously expected.…
You may have noticed a recent return to form for stock markets after the correction we suffered in March after US 10-year treasury yields hit 1.7% over the expectation of higher future inflation in the USA. These recent equity market…
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