Sarasin & Partners, a global thematic investment manager with £17.2bn invested on behalf of charities, private clients and advisers, has unveiled a suite of risk-rated multi-asset solutions.
The Sarasin Managed Funds are unitised versions of the offerings within its Model Portfolio Service (MPS). The four new standalone investment vehicles – Cautious, Balanced, Growth and Equity – are tailored to differing client risk appetites.
In addition to being available as individual strategies, the range will also form a core component of the existing MPS, which is currently available across 15 advisory platforms. One of the advantages of holding a proportion of the MPS in a new Sarasin Managed Fund is the ability to fully capitalise on the MPS team’s thematic ideas, enabling investors to access the widest possible strategic and tactical investment toolkit. The team believe this flexibility will be increasingly beneficial in a rapidly changing global economic environment.
Christopher Cade, Head of UK Sales at Sarasin & Partners, commented: “The Sarasin Managed Fund suite is a natural extension of our MPS, providing unitised access to the high-conviction thematic investment approach that is core to Sarasin & Partners. These strategies have been developed in close consultation with our adviser partners to help them meet the evolving and increasingly complex needs of their clients.”
Ben Gilbert, MPS Portfolio Manager at Sarasin & Partners, added: “We are entering a period of greater global fragmentation, where inflation is more persistent, volatility is elevated, and traditional portfolio diversifiers — like fixed income — are likely to face more frequent tests. It’s therefore vital that all of our MPS clients can access the broadest possible investment toolkit to navigate an increasingly unpredictable investment landscape.”
