Global Investing: How to Diversify with an International Portfolio

Stephen Johnston recently discussed international investing with Investing News Network – “How to Diversify with an International Portfolio”…”The oft-stated purpose for foreign capital deployment is to seek higher returns, improve diversification, reduce aggregate return volatility and hedge loss of purchasing power of (the) home currency,” said Stephen Johnston, a private equity manager and director of Omnigence Asset Management. “The high-level tradeoffs are political and regulatory risk and enhanced administrative and tax complexity, depending on the foreign destination.” Full Article.