The 60/40 portfolio is no longer the default.
As geopolitical tensions, sticky inflation and technological disruption reshape markets, investors are rethinking how portfolios are built. Many are moving beyond fixed splits between equities and bonds. They are turning instead to private markets, structural themes and systematic trend strategies.
In a recent Investor Strategy News article, ECCM CEO Simone Haslinger explains why sophisticated investors are looking past conventional portfolios. She points to a build-up of conditions, sticky inflation, elevated valuations and constrained central banks, that have historically driven market dislocations. These are the conditions systematic trend strategies are designed to capture.
Read the full article here.