Growth in favor

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Investors need a blend of different sorts of international managers as volatile capital markets and volatile individual fund manager performance makes it extremely difficult for an adviser and their client to continually rebalance back to strategic asset allocation originally agreed. Outsourcing frees planners from time-consuming administrative and portfolio rebalancing tasks and allows them to focus on delivering more value-added services to clients and building up their practices.

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Indexed vs others

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Index funds have become popular, particularly among large super funds with expert investment advice, and it is regarded as one of the paradoxes where, doing less can actually achieve more. As an index fund is diversified, containing shares in companies across all industries, investors should be able to perform better than the index by being more selective.

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The big boutique bonanza

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A growing number of boutique managers recorded outstanding returns while the big brand fund managers struggled with their performance. Boutique managers are highly motivated and can outsource the back office administration to external providers and concentrate on managing the investments.

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