Asset managers tweak portfolios to meet high inflation and economic slowdown
They are slashing cash holdings, and 65% predict a 2022 financial boom; London's Plurimi says commodities will extend bull run next year
London
ASSET managers around the world are hoping that their investment strategies will go some way to counter the combination of high inflation and an ongoing economic slowdown.
At a virtual conference on Wednesday (Nov 17) to announce its investment outlook for 2022, Amundi's group chief investment officer Pascal Blanque said a new financial regime has started, characterised by 1970s-style stagflationary features.
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