Schroders' James Sym, manager of the £1.2bn European Alpha Income fund, has warned the investment universe is "facing a phenomenon it has not seen for a decade" as 'cost inflation' kicks in, with funds that have done well from the low-inflation environment over the past five years likely to struggle.
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