For decades, Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) has been the cornerstone of portfolio construction. From super funds to retail advice practices, it became the “default setting” — the framework advisers trusted to manage client capital through all market conditions.
For much of the past four decades, Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) has formed the foundation of portfolio construction. The principle is simple: establish a long-term mix of equities, bonds, and alternatives based on risk tolerance, rebalance periodically, and maintain discipline. In a world of globalisation, falling inflation, and declining interest rates, that framework worked exceptionally well.
For decades, retail investors have been handed the same investment framework: static strategic asset allocation, risk profiles labelled “conservative,” “balanced,” or “growth,” and the assumption that history always repeats. That framework worked in the disinflationary decades of falling rates and globalisation — but today it looks fragile.
Inflation is sticky. Growth is slowing. Debt is piling up. Geopolitical tensions and currency debasement are front-page news. Investors can no longer afford to rely on old rules of thumb.
That’s why we built Dynamic Asset — to change the playbook.
Investors today are navigating one of the most complex market backdrops in decades — inflation risks, geopolitical tensions, shifting central bank policy, and a world in transition from fossil fuels to new technologies.
Against this environment, our Wealth Builder and Wealth Protector portfolios have delivered exceptional results over the past 12 months.
While typically considered benign, passive index investing can come with unintended consequences.
With the end of the financial year, it’s a good time to take a deep breath and refocus on everything else you need to do in an advice business and plan for how you want to manage things in the year ahead.
With the current level of geopolitical turmoil in the world, coupled with uncertainty in markets based on current valuations and future economic policy, diversification beyond the standard 40/60 model is becoming increasingly important. In our Making Sense webinar this month Portfolio Manager, Dr Jerome Lander discussed the current level of diversification in the portfolios and whey he believes a keen eye on risk is important.
You can watch an excerpt from the webinar (1min 50sec) by clicking the link below.
