Editor's letter: Targeted protection

The latest geopolitical disaster comes following an already-volatile year for markets, with global inflation, supply chain squeezes and central bank tightening causing a sharp style rotation. UK inflation of 5.5% has economy in 'chokehold' with peak yet to come After 12 years of equity markets largely moving at a steady upward trajectory, investors may be thinking about, quite literally, hedging their bets. The IA Targeted Absolute Return sector has fallen foul to a wide range of criticism over recent years - and justifiably so, in many cases. But that does not mean to say there ar...