Futureproofing Your MPS  

Is investing directly within an MPS a good idea?

  • To understand the nature of direct equity investing
  • To discover how fees may impact model portfolio construction
  • To understand how diversification can be achieved via the ownership of direct equities
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Is investing directly within an MPS a good idea?
Investing directly in equities or bonds allows for a highly targeted approach and may also enable fees to be lower, but what are the risks and challenges associated with this approach?
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A model portfolio manager who chooses to invest directly in equities or bonds, as opposed to buying third-party funds, may be saving on fees and able to be very precise in terms of what they invest in, but it is a resource-intensive approach and may also mean portfolios are not especially diversified. 

This article, which comes with 30 minutes of CPD, will give you an understanding of the nature of direct equity investing; how fees may impact model portfolio construction; and how diversification can be achieved via the ownership of direct equities.

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Approx.30min

Please answer the six multiple choice questions below in order to bank your CPD. Multiple attempts are available until all questions are correctly answered.

  1. In what year did the Rathbones team turn to direct equity investing?

  2. What is one of the issues that can negatively impact thematic funds?

  3. What disadvantage is there to investing directly, according to Rathbones's Mcintosh-Whyte?

  4. Which stock hurt former Jupiter manager Darwall's performance in recent years?

  5. Which one of the below asset classes does the article mention as offering potential diversification from bonds and equities?

  6. a single equity holding be more transparent than a fund?

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  • To understand the nature of direct equity investing
  • To discover how fees may impact model portfolio construction
  • To understand how diversification can be achieved via the ownership of direct equities

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