Tactical change – 23 October 2025

Published  23 October 2025
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The Multi Asset Team at Royal London Asset Management have made a tactical change to the asset allocation of the Governed Portfolios (GPs) and Governed Retirement Income Portfolios (GRIPs).

What’s changing?

Equities have rallied back towards all-time highs, shaking off recent US-China trade worries which saw the S&P 500 endure its sharpest one day pull-back since April. We have taken profits on the asset class at the margin but remain overweight given the macro backdrop remains supportive and company earnings continue to deliver. Elsewhere, we have added to bonds, moving neutral on the asset class. Global bond yields have fallen over recent weeks, with pressure on the long end of the curve easing as fiscal worries have subsided. We have also reduced our overweight in commodities, moving to neutral.

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Latest tactical positions

  Overweight Neutral Underweight
Equities Decreased    
Property     No change
Commodities   Decreased  
High Yield Bonds No change    
Government Bonds     Increased
Index Linked Bonds     Increased
Corporate Bonds Increased    
Asset-Backed Securities   No change  
Absolute Return Strategies (including cash)     Decreased

The type of change noted is in relation to the last tactical allocation, position in table is the current tactical weighting of the asset class.

For individual portfolio changes, please see factsheets.