Lifestlye and lifecycle investments, increasingly popular

Mon, 07 Apr 2008

'Lifestlye' and 'lifecycle' funds are an increasingly popular form of investment, one expert has claimed.

John Yule, head of UK retail distribution at F&C, explained that such risk-based fund are now attractive to those looking to invest for several reasons.

He said: "Risk-based funds enable advisers to address a number of the concerns of regulators in a very practical way that helps deliver a robust investment proposition to their clients.

"In particular this includes the Financial Services Authority's Treating Customers Fairly initiative which was recently identified as the top regulatory risk and priority for the coming year."

Last week, a survey by Barclays Stockbrokers found that 42 per cent of consumers view the recent market volatility as a chance to expand their portfolio of investments.

He explained that 'lifestyle' fund are multi-assets investments, designed to maintain a certain level of risk to suit different investors, while 'lifecycle' funds change investments over a period of time in order to reach a predetermined maturity date.
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