Financial advisers say their clients aren't panicking

Financial advisers say their clients aren't panicking
Jenny Ruth
Financial advisers say very few of their clients are panicking about the carnage in financial markets as a result of the coronavirus crisis and even fewer are making changes to their investments."We've had a couple of clients increase their bond weightings a few days ago," said Brent Sheather at Private Asset Management.His firm has always recommended clients target investing between 30 percent and 40 percent of their portfolios in bonds, particularly longer-dated bonds."We're not racing to change our asset allocation and we're quite grateful w...

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