WELCOME TO RUFFER

All-weather investing

Seeking consistent positive returns.

Come rain or shine.

Ruffer provides investment management services for institutions, pension funds, charities, financial planners and individual investors.
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London
Ruffer LLP
80 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
Directions | Map +44 (0)20 7963 8100
Paris
Ruffer S.A.
103 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris, France
Directions | Map +33 (0)1 88 45 02 54
New York
Ruffer LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York NY 10022
Directions | Map +1 917 947 3003
Edinburgh
Ruffer LLP
31 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4ET
Directions | Map +44 (0)131 202 1602

Our aim?

To deliver consistent positive returns
– whatever happens in the financial markets.

Ruffer

Ruffer provides investment management services for a range of different institutions, including pension funds, family offices, wealth managers, local governments, corporations, investment companies and insurance companies.

Our investment process is different to most. It is designed to protect and then grow the value of our clients’ portfolios – avoiding large losses and harnessing the power of compounding over time.

It’s by putting safety first that we have made good money for our clients. Through boom and bust. For over 31 years.

INVESTMENT APPROACH
At a glance
 We do One thing – investment management
The strategy Global, multi-asset, absolute return
So far A 31 year track record, 6.6% (€) net annualised returns as at 31 May 2026
Stewardship Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues are integrated into our process
Investors €21.3 billion under management as at 31 May 2026 – private investor origins, now over 68% institutional investors
Offices London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh and Guernsey
Founded 1994
People Over 240 work at Ruffer as at 31 May 2026
Ownership Independent private partnership

 

Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Regulatory performance disclosure


GET IN TOUCH
Chiara Ruta
Chiara Ruta
Director – Europe
T +33 (0)1 88 45 02 59
Joined Ruffer in 2021, to expand the institutional clients business across continental Europe. Previously at Morgan Stanley and EBRD (the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), she holds a master’s degree in economics from Bocconi University, Milan, and is fluent in Italian, English, French and Spanish.
Our approach
Approach Single approach – multi-asset and unbenchmarked
Philosophy Unchanged since we started in 1994
Returns Strong track record of positive returns with low correlation to conventional investment strategies
Protection Clients protected from the bursting of the dot.com bubble, the credit crisis and the crash in Q1 2020
Process  Distinctive, clear and repeatable

 

Past performance is not a guide to future performance. Regulatory performance disclosure



Where does Ruffer fit?

We have a distinctive investment style, offering an alternative to volatile equity investment and to traditional active fund management.

Our approach is sometimes categorised as ‘diversified growth’ or ‘dynamic asset allocation’.

Typically, institutional clients use Ruffer in one of three ways

  • as the manager for all of their assets

  • as part of their allocation to uncorrelated alternative assets

  • as part of the growth assets in a strategic asset allocation

Our investment service

Ruffer provides discretionary investment management to institutional clients.

Institutions that invest with Ruffer can have their own segregated portfolio, or invest via a pooled fund.

Segregated portfolios can be tailored to clients’ requirements – to incorporate investment restrictions, for example.
Ruffer Radio
In conversation with Jon Dye
Jon Dye joins Investment Specialist Gemma Cairns-Smith to discuss his career, his perspectives on markets, and what he will bring to the role of Co-CIO.
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London
Ruffer LLP
80 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
Directions | Map +44 (0)20 7963 8100
Paris
Ruffer S.A.
103 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris, France
Directions | Map +33 (0)1 88 45 02 54
New York
Ruffer LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York NY 10022
Directions | Map +1 917 947 3003
Edinburgh
Ruffer LLP
31 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4ET
Directions | Map +44 (0)131 202 1602