Professional investment management is about the informed balancing of risk and return so that investors are not dazzled into taking unreasonable chances by the glitter of high returns. The average person in the street does not have the time or ability to study companies and capital markets to develop a sufficiently well-informed view of risk and potential return.

Professionally managed mutual funds, however, provide a risk-managed route for ordinary people with discretionary cash to access Nigeria’s capital markets in a safe, transparent and, ultimately, rewarding format.

This article describes Coronation Asset Management’s principles of investing, illustrating a range of routes and formats for Nigerians to safely access the country’s vibrant capital markets.

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