Personal finance author to launch global multi-asset fund

Following consumer demand

Laura Dew
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Andrew Craig, personal finance author and founder of Plain English Finance, is to launch a global multi-asset fund this autumn, on the back of demand for a fund using the investment principles laid out in his book Own the World.

First published in 2012, How to Own the World encouraged readers to take ownership of their own financial affairs covering investment themes of today and details of investment strategies used by the likes of Harvard and Yale universities. Since then, Craig has seen demand from people looking to use these strategies. He said: "Not long after we published the first edition of my book in 2012, people started getting in touch to ask if I would be able to invest their money for them 'like in your book'. "As a result of that interest, we took the decision to set out on the long road to p...

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