We often talk about finding a work-life balance and that’s a nice way to think about this fund, too. If you want to aim for higher growth than the cautious portfolio, but you’re not really an aggressive investor, the balanced fund seeks to achieve an equilibrium.
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The Chelsea investment philosophy & process
In the balanced fund, we aim to grow your money over the long term. At the same time, we don’t want you to lose sleep if the stock market tumbles, so we’ll strive to build a portfolio with lower volatility than equities†.
Delivering excellent returns is not just a case of making gains when the market does well. If you can also lose less when the market falls, you increase your chances of coming out ahead over the medium to long term. And by striking a sensible balance between different types of assets, that's exactly what w'll try to do in this fund.
As the name suggests, we will hold diverse, yet complementary, funds in this portfolio. These funds may contain UK and overseas equities, bonds, property, gold, targeted absolute return strategies and other investments. The target equity weighting is 50%-70%, but we will vary the mix of sectors, assets and investing styles over time to suit different market conditions.
We believe in transparency, so you can see a full list of what the VT Chelsea Managed Balanced Growth fund invests in below.
Fund name | % in fund | Asset class |
Fidelity Index US P Acc | 6.15 | Equity |
T Rowe Price OEIC Global Focused Growth Equity | 4.31 | Equity |
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC | 4.20 | Equity |
Chrysalis Investments Ltd | 3.82 | Equity |
Man GLG Absolute Value CX Professional GBP | 3.81 | Absolute Return |
Artemis UK Select S Acc | 3.58 | Equity |
Assura PLC | 3.28 | Property |
Greencoat UK Wind PLC | 3.21 | Alternative |
Invesco Physical Markets PLC | 3.03 | Gold |
Schroder Global Recovery L Acc | 2.93 | Equity |
GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd | 2.79 | Fixed Income |
Supermarket Income REIT PLC | 2.50 | Property |
Rathbone Global Opportunities Inst Acc | 2.36 | Equity |
Doric Nimrod Air Three Ltd | 2.30 | Alternative |
iShares MSCI World Energy Sector UCITS ETF USD | 2.29 | Equity |
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd | 2.20 | Alternative |
MI Chelverton UK Equity Growth | 2.17 | Equity |
Invesco US Treas Bd 7-10 Year UCITS ETF Dist ($) | 2.14 | Fixed Income |
Smithson Investment Trust | 2.14 | Equity |
IFSL Evenlode Global Equity GBP | 2.12 | Equity |
Doric Nimrod Air Two Ltd | 2.08 | Alternative |
WS Guinness Global Equity Income | 2.04 | Equity |
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC | 1.99 | Equity |
Invesco UK Gilts UCITS ETF Dist | 1.92 | Fixed Income |
Future of Defence UCITS ETF USD | 1.89 | Equity |
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust PLC | 1.81 | Alternative |
Man GLG Sterling Corporate Bd Prof Inc | 1.76 | Fixed Income |
Liontrust European Dynamic Fund | 1.75 | Equity |
WS Raynar UK Smaller Companies | 1.74 | Equity |
Polar Capital Global Insurance | 1.61 | Equity |
Chikara Indian Subcontinent | 1.59 | Equity |
Blackrock World Mining Trust PLC | 1.58 | Equity |
Pantheon Infrastructure PLC | 1.58 | Alternative |
Artemis Corporate Bond | 1.53 | Fixed Income |
Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities | 1.50 | Equity |
Schiehallion Fund Ltd | 1.50 | Equity |
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income | 1.42 | Fixed Income |
iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF GBP H D | 1.30 | Fixed Income |
Invesco US Treas Bd 7-10 Year UCITS ETF GBP H Dist | 1.06 | Fixed Income |
RWC Global Emerging Markets B GBP | 1.05 | Equity |
Man GLG High Yield Opportunities IF H GBP G-Dist MO | 0.91 | Fixed Income |
Life Science REIT plc | 0.77 | Property |
Cash | 3.33 | Cash |
Information correct as at 29/11/2024. Please note percentages may not add up to 100% exactly due to rounding errors
It’s important to understand investments can go down as well as up in value. You may not get back the amount originally invested.
†Long term is 5+ years. The aim is to have lower volatility than global equities over a rolling 5-year period.
**FE Analytics 05/06/2017-29/11/2024 VT Chelsea Managed Balanced Growth vs IA Mixed Investment. Investment 40-85% Shares total return in sterling
The VT Chelsea Managed Funds are for investors who prefer to make their own investment decisions, without personal advice.
Valu-Trac Investment Management Limited is the authorised corporate director (ACD) and investment manager of the VT Chelsea Managed Funds. Valu-Trac is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Valu-Trac’s FCA registration is 145168. Chelsea Portfolio Management Services Limited will be the investment adviser for the VT Chelsea Managed Funds.