The 300 Club denounces modern portfolio theory

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A group of high-level chief investment officers has criticised modern portfolio theory for failing institutional investors.

The 300 Club, a group of CIOs from investment houses such as Hermes Fund Managers and Schroders, said deterministic assumptions such as "it should be impossible to outperform the overall market" an...

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