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Future Directions team completes national road show

The Future Directions investment team undertook a national tour this month, with over 1400 AMP financial planners attending professional development days on recent enhancements to the funds.

The changes have broadened the investment universe for the Future Directions Diversified Funds range, expanding the funds’ alternative asset portfolio and introducing new asset classes such as high yield debt securities, inflation linked securities and enhanced index mandates. The funds will also introduce dynamic (medium-term) asset allocation, allowing moves away from long-term asset allocations.

International and Future Directions Funds Investment Director, Sean Henaghan, said the enhancements would provide greater diversification for the Future Directions Funds and had been well received by financial planners.

“At AMP Capital we believe fund managers should evolve in response to changing market conditions and adopt the most up to date investment strategies. While the return target of the funds will remain the same, we expect that the introduction of a number of these new asset classes will help to reduce the overall volatility of the funds,” he said.

AMP Capital plans to make some incremental changes towards the new asset allocation over the coming year, with the majority of changes to be implemented this month.

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