What's Possible? Building a New Approach to Asset Management

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March 8, 2011

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Adrian Cronje, Balentine's Chief Investment Officer, recently talked with Michelle Bova from FactSet about the failures of traditional asset management following the financial crisis of 2007. In this podcast, Adrian discusses the reasons why traditional wealth management strategies fail to perform given today's starting point. Instead, he argues that portfolios should be diversified, transitioning from the standard 60% equity / 40% fixed income model, to instead adopt a building blocks approach to investing that foregrounds risk management. Listen to Adrian's podcast: "What's Possible? Building a New Approach to Asset Management."

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