Standard Life Investments, the global asset manager, is pleased to announce that its highly successful Global Absolute Returns Strategies Australian Trust (ARN 125 891 26) is now available to Wholesale Clients via the Asgard Investment platform.
Global Absolute Return Strategies (GARS) is an award-winning multi-asset strategy, which aims to provide positive returns in all market conditions with reduced volatility compared to equities.
Matthew Newham, Investment Director, Wholesale Business, Standard life Investments, said;
“This latest addition shows that Standard Life Investments’ Absolute Return solutions are building good momentum in the retail sector. Asgard is a well-regarded investment platform and we are delighted that GARS has been added to its investment offering.
“GARS has a proven consistent five-year track record* of returns for Australian investors which is important as investors increasingly shift away from the traditional balanced portfolio of equities and bonds and towards absolute return investing,” Mr Newham said.
“Unlike most traditional investment strategies that aim only to beat market benchmarks, a diversified absolute return approach focuses on delivering positive, stable returns, independent of specific market or economic conditions. Importantly, the absence of a benchmark index allows absolute return managers freedom to exercise full discretion, selecting only those strategies they expect will be rewarding.
“GARS consists of typically 25 to 35 strategies that span global markets, each one selected for its return potential over a three-year horizon. Crucially, we seek strategies that complement each other so the portfolio can work as a whole even when unexpected things happen in the markets,” he said.
“An absolute return approach, offering attractive levels of growth while also limiting the risk of capital loss, merits consideration for every investor’s portfolio.” Mr Newham said.
