The fear of a return to an environment similar to that seen in 2008 still seems to be a topic on people's minds, writes Absolute Return Partners' Niels Jensen.
The fear of a return to an environment similar to that seen in 2008 still seems to be a topic on people’s minds. I am sometimes accused of being overly negative in my outlooks but it is part of my job to identify risks. I have always been a believer in managing downside risk well, as the upside usually takes care of itself. Having said that, I just don’t see a repeat of 2008 on the horizon. Returns, as I have said repeatedly over the last few months, are likely to be uninspiring over the next 5 to 10 years but still positive on average. However, if the world’s financial markets...
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