risk

The focus for my innovative suggestions this week is the thorny subject of risk and why both advisers and investors need to better understand the truly volatile nature of investing.

Investors have got over the wobbles of February. The ides of March were good for the bulls. The main investors and commentators are in love with risk again.

Boutique asset manager Evercore Pan-Asset has completed its risk-rated fund range with the launch of the PanDynamic Cautious Balanced and Cautious Growth portfolios.

GOSLING'S GROUSE

RISK STRATEGIES

LONG AND SHORT OF INVESTING

RESEARCH, NOT HUBRIS

Before the crunch, all that many investors wanted was superior returns.

Index funds will play an increasing role in investor's portfolios as advisers reject the risk associated with seeking pure outperformance, Vanguard's Francis Kinniry says.

In an exclusive interview with Investment Week's sister title Credit, Pimco's chief investment officer discusses sovereign risk, regulation of the financial sector, and explains why Pimco no longer sees itself as simply the "authority on bonds"