To deliver consistent positive returns
– whatever happens in the financial markets.
Ruffer has been providing investment management services to individuals and families since 1994.
To invest well, we need to take on risk. With risk comes great responsibility.
Our preoccupation is with not losing money, rather than charging headlong for growth.
It’s by putting safety first that we have made good money for our clients. Through boom and bust. For over 31 years.
If we keep doing our job well, we will protect our clients’ capital – and increase its real value.
| We do | One thing – investment management |
| The goal | Make money for clients. Putting safety first |
| Stewardship | Environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) issues are integrated into our process |
| Clients | Around 5,300 worldwide. Mainly individuals and families, pension funds and charities |
| Offices | London, New York, Paris, Edinburgh and Guernsey |
| Founded | 1994 |
| People | Over 240 work at Ruffer as at 31 August 2026 |
| Assets | £18.0 billion under management as at 31 August 2026 |
| Ownership | Independent private partnership |
| Strategy | One investment approach, investing widely in different classes of assets |
| 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 |
| Perhaps | An attractive alternative to volatile equity markets |
| Portfolios | We manage personal portfolios, assets held in trusts, and for family businesses |
| ISAs | We look after ISAs and JISAs |
| Pensions | We look after pensions, including Self–Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs) |
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