Tactical change – 04 September 2025

Published  10 September 2025
   5 min read

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?

Global stock markets have continued their strong post-Liberation Day performance over recent weeks, as positive economic surprises have helped propel markets to fresh highs. We are marginally reducing our overweight position in equities, taking profits at these levels, as we head into a potentially more volatile period. Elsewhere, we are moving further underweight bonds as concerns around fiscal sustainability and Fed independence have continued to weigh on the asset class, particularly at the long end of the curve.

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Latest tactical positions

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

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.