Investment Podcast #18 - Investing in Times of Volatility

The well-documented ‘behavioural gap’ refers to the gap between client returns and fund returns, often due to behavioural biases and emotional reactions to market volatility. In this episode, host James Whelan is joined by Chris Hestelow from Contrarian investors Allan Gray, and Bianca Rose from Morningstar, to discuss how this gap widens during times of elevated market volatility. Against the backdrop of the Mind the Gap Report, our panel explores the importance of long-term focus, and how to position client communication to help mitigate the behavioural biases that can lead to poor investor decision-making.