Fund managers hike commodity and EM exposure to three-year high but raise cash levels

Tail risks include US election

Tom Eckett
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Investors are no longer underweight commodities for the first time since December 2012, according to the October Fund Manager Survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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