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    Low Rates, Persistent Volatility and a Measured Return to Risk

    Altaf Kassam, CFA
    EMEA Head of Investment Strategy and Research

    Any investor hoping for a change from the now-familiar refrain of lower for longer will be dissappointed. And those low rates are clearly affecting factor performance.

    Volatility continues to play a key part in everyone’s outlook and it looks likely to remain so for some time to come.

    We look at what this all means for investors and how they are reacting.

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