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BETTER TIMES AHEAD FOR LOW VOLATILITY

Minimum risk has done well in recent years; even better times lie ahead.

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Minimum risk has done well in recent years; even better times lie ahead.

It is generally accepted that the more you risk, the greater the return you should enjoy. Whatever the broader truth of this – and it is a widely accepted investment principle – it is a striking fact that in practice, portfolios of lower-risk stocks have produced higher risk-adjusted returns than both the market and portfolios of high-risk stocks (Chart 1). Putting numbers on this, and based on the universe of stocks in the MSCI World Index since he end of 1999, lower risk (Minimum Volatility or ‘Min Vol’) stock portfolios have delivered a compound gross return of 7.5% per annum while the market has returned 5.0% (MSCI World Index) to 31 December 2019.

 

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Global Investors (ex US and Australia). This document is issued in the UK by Osmosis Investment Management UK Limited (“Osmosis”). Osmosis is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority “FCA” with FRN 765056. This document is a “financial promotion” within the scope of the rules of the FCA. In the United Kingdom, the issue or distribution of this document is being made only to and directed only at professional clients (as defined in the rules of the FCA) (“Professional Clients”). This document must not be acted or relied upon by persons who are not Professional Clients. Any investment or investment activity to which this document relates is available only to Professional Clients and will be engaged in only with Professional Clients.

US Investors. This document is issued by Osmosis Investment Management US LLC (“Osmosis”). Osmosis Investment Management UK Limited (“Osmosis UK”) is an affiliate of Osmosis and has been operating the Osmosis Model of Resource Efficiency. Osmosis UK is regulated by the FCA. Osmosis and Osmosis UK are both wholly owned by Osmosis (Holdings) Limited (“OHL”).

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