John Maynard Keynes was a fan, Warren Buffett famously still is, but do investors get real benefits from the concentrated equity portfolios that have grown in popularity in recent years?

Louise joined Portfolio Adviser in December 2016 as one of the editorial team’s news reporters based in London. Originally from Liverpool, she is an NCTJ-qualified journalist and began her career in 2014 working on local newspapers.
John Maynard Keynes was a fan, Warren Buffett famously still is, but do investors get real benefits from the concentrated equity portfolios that have grown in popularity in recent years?
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More than 15 months after the Brexit vote, the UK government has finally decided to set up a taskforce to manage the impact of Brexit on the £8trn (€9trn) UK asset management business.
Deutsche Asset Management and Franklin Templeton are the latest firms to reveal they will take on the cost of research once Mifid II comes into force next year.
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