Following Investment Week's inaugural Trailblazer Awards in June, we speak to a different winner each week regarding some of their greatest achievements and the challenges they have faced over their career.
This week, we chat to Carol Starkey, investment analyst at Wills & Trusts IFP. What has been your most successful asset allocation decision so far? My best asset allocation decision so far has been proposing to our investment committee that we needed specific allocations to smaller companies in each of our geographical regions. Trailblazer Awards 2019: Q&A with Alex Sumner Previously, we had only allocated to US and UK small companies, and the addition of EU, Japan and emerging market smaller companies to our portfolios has definitely enhanced the returns we have achieved in each...
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