Funds are an ideal solution for savers who want to invest in a variety of asset classes, such as equities and bonds, without having to commit the time and effort to becoming an expert themselves.
Not only do funds give you the ability to access some of the brightest investment brains in the world, they also enable you to access a wider range of markets and stocks than you could achieve directly, and to do so more efficiently.
However, with thousands of investment funds available available to investors, knowing how to select the right ones for your investment portfolio can be daunting. This candid e Book – written by a legendary investor in funds – solves this problem in a jargon-free, focused guide that is designed to take less than 30 minutes to read.
By removing the mystery surrounding successful investment in funds, and revealing what you should really look for, it empowers any investor to pick those funds with the greatest potential.
Table of Content
About the Author
How to Pick a Good Fund Manager
– Decide your investment objectives
– Company culture
– What past performance can tell you
– Charges
– Constructing your portfolio
– Become an expert funds investor
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About the author
John Chatfeild-Roberts is one of the UK’s most respected investors. He has been investing in funds for more than 20 years and since 2001 has headed the Jupiter Merlin Independent Funds Team at Jupiter, which manages several fund of fund portfolios. In addition, he was appointed Chief Investment Officer of the Company in 2010.
John, who regularly appears as a commentator in newspaper articles on investing, wrote a book on investing in funds, called Fundology, in 2006. He has, together with his team, won numerous awards for his investment skills including the Best Multi-Manager/Multi Asset Provider at the Money Marketing awards for four years running between 2009 and 2012. The team also won independent ratings agency OBSR’s Outstanding Investor of the Year in 2011 – an accolade that can only be awarded once in a lifetime. John gained a degree in Economics from Durham University and subsequently spent three years in the Army. John started his fund management career at Henderson’s and also worked at Lazard Asset Management. He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute.
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