Pendal has managed diversified funds for more than 40 years
Our diversified funds provide investors with a variety of traditional and alternative asset classes and strategies.
These include Australian and international shares, Australian and international property securities, Australian and international fixed interest and cash investments and alternatives.
Our investment philosophy applies rigour and conviction via a disciplined process:
- A strong focus on risk, helping improve the consistency of long-term wealth creation
- Portfolios built to meet the needs of clients rather than with reference to peers
- We believe a smooth investment journey is an important part of investor outcomes
We actively manage our portfolios to achieve investment objectives by diversifying investments across asset classes and strategies.
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Our approach
We employ three main approaches (in descending order of return and risk contribution at the total fund level):
- Strategic asset allocation: Weighted asset class exposures designed to meet the investment objectives over the long-term investment horizon
- Active management: Exploitation of market inefficiencies within asset classes
- Tactical asset allocation: Exploitation of short-term market directionality across asset classes
These three performance drivers should exhibit low correlation to each other, allowing efficient risk deployment.
Our team manages a range of investment options including multi-asset funds, lifecycle funds, single asset portfolios in liquid alternatives and international equities (traditional and smart beta).
While our balanced funds collectively encapsulate a wide range of return/risk objectives, our team also manages tailored portfolios for large clients.
Our products include:
- Pendal Active Conservative Fund
- Pendal Balanced Returns Fund
- Pendal Active Balanced Fund
- Pendal Active Growth Fund Fund
- Pendal Sustainable Balanced Fund and Pendal Sustainable Conservative Fund, where the investment process for Australian shares is managed by Pendal’s Australian Equities team and has the addition of sustainability screens
- Pendal Dynamic Global Equity Fund
The team has a diverse skill set combining a range of global and domestic market experience and drawing on the resources of Pendal Group’s other specialist teams.
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Latest articles and podcasts from head of multi-asset Michael Blayney and his team