Fluke wrote:mc2fool wrote:A little more information from you would help. E.g. What are your goals? What are your timescales? How old are you? What other investments do you already have? What are your pension arrangements? Etc ...
It’s for someone in their 60s claiming the state pension but with no other pension provision. They have a steady income from self employment. Half their investable funds are in an index tracker and they’re keen to invest the other half in equities with the main objective of protecting and hopefully growing their funds, income being a secondary consideration. A small basket of ITs might be one relatively low risk way of achieving this.
Ok, well given that background, in particular noting that:
a) state pension with no other pension provision + self employment, that will probably end when they finally decide to "retire"
b) the main objective of protecting and hopefully growing their funds
c) the desire for a relatively low risk way, and
d) that they are already 50% exposed to equities by their index tracker (you don't say which index...)
It seems to me that "the wealth preservers" is what's needed here. The classic ones are as follows (the main links are to the AIC site):
Capital Gearing (CGT)
chartPersonal Assets (PNL)
chartRuffer (RICA)
chartRIT Capital Partners (RCP)
chartCGT is the best in the "wealth preserver" role, as you'll note that it sailed through the 2002/3 and 2007/8 bear markets as if they didn't exist, and has still managed to produce an unexciting but reasonable return over the years. It certainly doesn't shoot the lights out, but then it's not intended to: note their "Objective" on the AIC page, which matches up with (b) above.
PNL and the newer RICA have done similarly, although with more volatility and drawdowns (PNL) and longer periods of going sideways (RICA); see the charts.
RCP, which is the Rothchilds' vehicle for their funds, is only arguably a "wealth preserver", as they take a longer term view on that. It is, over the long term, the best performer but it also the most volatile.
I couldn't get advfn to put them all on one chart for the full periods. Here's
CGT, PNL & RCP for the last 15 years, and
all of them for the last 13. All of the charts are share price only of course, not total return, although the yield on all of them is small (0.5%-1.5% range).