Monks Investment Trust: Insuring Asia

SPONSORED CONTENT - The extraordinary expansion of Asia's middle class is turbocharging demand for products that provide a sense of security. Charles Plowden, manager of Monks Investment Trust, tells Colin Donald why the region's life insurance giants are well-placed to reap the rewards.

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The value of your investment and any income from it can go down as well as up and as a result your capital may be at risk.

Some parts of human nature are hard-wired and difficult to disrupt. One is the instinct to protect ourselves and our families, when we can, against ill-health, sudden death, enforced unemployment and fear of a cash-strapped old age.

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