Tactical change – 06 July 2023

Trevor Greetham, Head of Multi Asset at Royal London Asset Management, has made a tactical change to the asset allocation of the Governed Portfolios (GPs) and Governed Retirement Income Portfolios (GRIPs).

What’s changing?

We remain overweight equities. The near-term macro backdrop remains supportive, with lower energy prices and tight labour market helping global consumers stay resilient.  However, in the absence of dramatic falls in core inflation, we believe that tight monetary policy will ultimately push economies into recession, which will make a defensive stance more necessary at a later point.  Elsewhere, we remain underweight commodities which have struggled this year as the China reopening has underwhelmed and demand remains weak. 

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