Protecting portfolios against the crisis: Instruments of 'mass diversification'

The benefits of a broader approach to portfolio management

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In a world where Covid-19 is tearing through stockmarket valuations, IPO returns are floundering, developed and emerging markets are diverging, and US Treasury yields are collapsing, the risk of being overexposed to one area of the market has become stark.

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