Quilter WealthSelect reduces gold exposure in unscheduled rebalance

Prior to gold price plummeting

Michael Nelson
clock • 2 min read

Quilter WealthSelect has initiated an ad hoc rebalance as the “extraordinary” performance of gold took portfolio allocations materially away from their target weights.

The unscheduled rebalance, which happened prior to gold price plummeting on Friday (30 January), locked in profits from the recent outperformance and saw capital reallocated into areas that have lagged. In the Managed range, holdings in the Quilter Investors Precious Metals Equity fund and the Quilter Investors Natural Resources Equity fund were brought back to model weight. Meanwhile, in Responsible, profits were primarily taken from the Janus Henderson Horizon Responsible Resources fund.  Stuart Clark, portfolio manager of WealthSelect, said that because gold, silver and copper h...

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