22 Apr 20

Investments

Fund Management – Is it Luck or Skill?

Fund management is a tricky business at the best of times, never more so during a global crisis. A fund manager’s job is to research and make decisions about buying and selling within an investment portfolio in order to get the best returns for you, the investor.

So what do they do during a global crisis in order to preserve and maintain the success of the fund going forward? How much of this is just down to luck and how much is down to skill?

John Husselbee, head of multi-asset at Liontrust discusses the difference between luck and skill in fund management in this insightful article.