Cracking on
10 more years of evolution.
They used to call us crazy. When we set up our multi-asset funds 10 years ago, many people didn’t get why we were setting targets for return and risk that investors could hold us to. We thought people would appreciate accountability and value reliability. Turns out we were onto something. Head of multi-asset investments David Coombs takes a look back over the past 10 years and explains how his team preparing for the next 10.
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10 years ago, I dreamed a dream
They used to call David Coombs crazy. When he set up our multi-asset funds 10 years ago, many people didn’t get why we were setting targets for return and risk that investors could hold us to.
Read time: 3 mins
10 more years of evolution
When we set up our multi-asset funds 10 years ago, we thought people would appreciate accountability and value reliability. Turns out we were onto something. Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs looks forward to the next decade.
Read time: 3 mins
China, emerged
The death of the Chinese economic miracle has been greatly exaggerated many, many times. Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs thinks you need to think differently about the Eastern giant.
Read time: 3 mins
Politics matters now
All around the world, people are angry. And when voters vent, politicians tend to react. Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs looks at how that may change the landscape for investors.
Read time: 3 mins
White collar robots
Artificial intelligence is coming for your job. There are benefits and drawbacks to this, Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs notes, but he thinks society will end up taking it in its stride.
Read time: 2 mins
Rise of passives
What happens when we hit peak passive? Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs wonders how markets will look when dumb money outnumbers the people looking at the accounts.
Read time: 2 mins
Fighting the last war
You spend so much time in the present that oftentimes you forget there was a past and there will be a future. Rathbones head of multi-asset investments David Coombs dredges up a sad past and ponders a hopeful future.
Read time: 3 mins
Changes to the funds
With growth comes change, and change can be good. We’ve enjoyed the benefits of greater scale and better control of risks that growth has enabled, while resisting the pressures to sacrifice quality for lower costs.
Read time: 8 mins
When I’m 64
Nobody knows what the future holds, but we hope you enjoy David’s ‘predictions’ of what might happen before he turns 64.
Read time: 1 min