'Targeting volatility can leave you behind the curve on asset allocation'

‘Targeting volatility can leave you behind the curve'

Alice Rigby
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Lawrence Cook, head of business development at Thesis Asset Management, tells Alice Rigby why he is less positive than some on frontier markets, how wealth managers' understanding of risk is evolving, and why volatility targeting is a dangerous game to play.

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