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Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
Neither the Responsible Entity nor Ruffer guarantee repayment of capital or any particular rate of return from the fund. Statements of fact have been obtained from and are based upon sources that the Responsible Entity and Ruffer believe to be reliable. Neither the Responsible Entity nor Ruffer give any representation or warranty as to the reliability or accuracy of the information contained in the PDS or this website. All opinions and estimates included in the PDS constitute judgements of the Responsible Entity and Ruffer and are subject to change without notice.
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i) any natural person who owns not less than $5,000,000 in investments
ii) any company that owns not less than $5,000,000 in investments and that is owned directly or indirectly by or for 2 or more natural persons who are related as siblings or spouse (including former spouses), or direct lineal descendants by birth or adoption, spouses of such persons, the estates of such persons, or foundations, charitable organizations, or trusts established by or for the benefit of such persons
iii) any trust that is not covered by clause (ii) and that was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, as to which the trustee or other person authorized to make decisions with respect to the trust, and each settlor or other person who has contributed assets to the trust, is a person described in clause (i), (ii), or (iv) or
iv) any person, acting for its own account or the accounts of other qualified purchasers, who in the aggregate owns and invests on a discretionary basis, not less than $25,000,000 in investments.
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Ruffer LLP is organized under the law of the United Kingdom, and registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. It manages its affiliated investment funds that are eligible for investment by US Qualified Purchasers. More information about Ruffer LLP, including the Form ADV for Ruffer LLP. This material explains important information about, for example the services, fees and conflicts of interest.
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The Ruffer approach is unchanged from when the firm started in 1994.
We actively manage investments, mainly in conventional assets, and operate freely, without restrictive benchmarks.
In all we do, we seek to be responsible investors, integrating environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues into our investment process.
Always investing in both growth and protection
If we are to be good all-weather investors, we cannot be dependent on the direction of markets.
To avoid that dependency, we create a balance of offsetting investments in every portfolio. In practice, this means Ruffer portfolios always hold investments in what we call growth and protection. We hold these alongside each other, changing the allocation to each over time.
The growth assets are typically equities. The protective assets are usually a combination of conventional and index-linked bonds, currencies, derivatives and exposure to commodities.
When the market sun shines, we expect our growth assets to prosper. When a market storm hits, our protective assets should provide shelter, defending the portfolio from a downturn.
Never trying to time the market
In an ideal world, a portfolio would be switched to safety at the top of the market, then switched back to growth at the bottom. In the real world, however, nobody can see into the future and determine exactly when this point will be: market downturns emerge from blue skies, not grey.
Trying to time the market is therefore fraught with danger. Switch too early and you miss out on the boom; hang on too long and you get caught up in the bust.
At Ruffer, we try to remove any need for market timing by always maintaining a balance of offsetting investments in protection and growth.
