By: Andrew Saunders, Director, EFX Prime Services, Member, AllAboutAlpha.com Editorial Board
To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of the death of fund of funds (FoFs) may have been greatly exaggerated. Recent surveys seem to show a future that – to borrow Ben Bernanke’s phrase now – “unusually uncertain” (see posts here, here, here and here). However, [...]
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