Breaking the mould

Are investment boutiques going to be winning when the storm has blown over?

An investor would be forgiven for thinking: "why even start to compare investment boutiques to large global asset managers when I do not even know whether it is the right time to go back into the market again?" However, those who are not 100% cash investors and have kept faith with some equity, bond or alternative holdings - and are intending to increase such allocations - should be interested to hear that boutique asset managers may, on the whole, have performed rather better in this environment and are possibly better positioned for the hopefully inevitable upturn as well. Why? Becaus...