Strategic tilting – guidelines for use in
portfolios
Category
The Lot - Multi-asset class
Company
Russell Investments
Research
Paper
The idea behind strategic tilting is very simple. On
occasion markets can move to extremes of pessimism
or optimism. Strategic tilting is a strategy that
aims to take advantage of extreme market movements.
This research paper shows how strategic tilting can
be used to temporarily adjust or tilt a portfolio’s
risk exposure from its long-term default strategic
asset allocation. It explains that strategic tilting
should be pursued selectively, as good opportunities
will emerge only occasionally and may carry
significant risk of client dissatisfaction, and
argues that strategic tilting recommendations should
only be made when there is high confidence, and
where both adviser and client can cope with bets
that may not pay off immediately.
Presentation
Andrew Pease, Senior Investment Strategist, Russell
Investments