Watson Wyatt urges multi-asset class approach
GLOBAL - Diversity in equity portfolios through global exposure should be complemented with investment in other asset classes, said Roger Urwin, global head of investment consulting at Watson Wyatt.
Urwin spoke of the role macro risk factors play as the world moves towards a greater globalised state and explained that consideration of these issues could lead to improvement in asset model assumptions,...
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