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55: Absolute return “a genre, not a sector”, with Richard Romer-Lee, Square Mile
The target absolute return sector has been unloved to say the least. With the offer of ‘investment nirvana’, as Square Mile’s Richard Romer-Lee puts it, these funds look to reduce volatility and still deliver performance in difficult markets.
In this conversation, I sat down with Richard and LGIM’s own Head of UK Retail Distribution, James Crossley, to discuss whether this is a ‘genre, not a sector’, the top concerns he’s hearing from advisers and wealth managers, and how communication and transparency are crucial in managing investors’ risk and return expectations.
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