Architas' Nevins: The important tests we have faced in our Real Assets fund since launch

Runs real assets fund

Solomon Nevins, manager of the Architas Diversified Real Assets fund, explains the group's strategy of using real assets to diversify their multi-asset offering and how the fund has dealt with market volatility in 2016.

Why are real assets important for investors in today's market? How do they fit into an investment strategy? Real asset investments cover a broad group of sub-asset classes such as property, infrastructure, renewable energy, commodities, ground rents or asset leasing. In general though, they tend to have a combination of the following three characteristics in common: • Providing access to investments that can protect against inflation better than traditional asset classes • Offering attractive yields to drive income generation in a low interest rate environment; and • Acting as a ...