Defensive positioning boosts multi-asset managers amid volatile December markets

Investments hit by turbulence

Jayna Rana
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Multi-asset managers who bolstered their defensive positions ahead of the market falls in December have trimmed these holdings and "cautiously" reinvested profits in more cyclical areas of the market such as emerging markets and high-yield debt.

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