LIQUID real assets performance update

• Inflation is on the rise
• Delivering real asset exposure, with bond-like volatility
• Real assets have the potential to keep ahead of inflation

 
Inflation on the rise
With inflation on the rise – and potentially interest rates too – nominal bonds are likely to remain under pressure.  Whilst “real assets” – such as property, infrastructure and gold – have potential to preserve value in inflationary regimes, how can a switch from bonds to real assets be made without materially up-risking portfolios?  This was the challenge we addressed in the design of our Liquid Real Assets index.
Our Liquid Real Assets Index was developed to combine exposure to higher risk-return real asset exposures, with lower risk-return interest rate-sensitive assets, to deliver a real asset return exposure for inflation protection, in liquid format, with bond-like volatility to keep risk budgets in check.  Given the rising inflationary pressures both in the US (where in Oct-21 it crossed 6%, the highest level in 30 years) and in the UK (where in Oct-21 it crossed 4%, the highest level in a decade), we take stock on the index performance year-to-date and are glad to say it’s “doing what it says on the tin.

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