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Articles by Rory

Rory McIvor

Director – Markets & Communications

27 April 2020

Duncan MacInnes discusses covid-19: how it has changed the investment landscape, the impact on the Ruffer portfolio and what could happen next.

This is the first episode of a new series of podcasts, where Ruffer will be exploring the investment universe and sharing their interpretation of what’s going on.

“It’s our view that we are moving through an economic regime change. Coronavirus is not the end of something, in fact it has accelerated a lot of trends that were already in motion—inequality, populism, deglobalisation and perhaps environmentalism and government involvement in our daily lives.

The conclusion is we think this will result in a wholly different economic and market landscape going forwards, so it will be essential to focus on keeping client’s capital safe.

Before this event we were worried about avalanche risk and valuation risk. Today we are still facing valuation risk—perhaps to a slightly lesser extent but we are now facing inflation risk and the fact that shareholder capitalism is likely to be under threat.

Because we have managed to preserve capital through this crisis so far and deliver a positive return, we are in a position to be able to be opportunistic and pick up bargains as and when they emerge as I think it’s too much to hope that it will be plain sailing from here.”

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#absolute return, #inflation, #MMT

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Rory McIvor

Director – Markets & Communications

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Piers Wheeler

Director – Institutional

T +44 (0)20 7963 8258

Developing and executing asset management strategy for capital raising and strategic relationship management. Coverage includes EMEA, Asia and Australia. Piers joined Ruffer in 2021, having previously worked with asset management firms including Eastspring, AMP Capital and LEK as a strategic consultant. He holds a MA from the Bayes Business School and a BA (Hons) from the University of Oxford.

Annabel Paterson

Senior Associate – Institutional

T +44 (0)20 7963 8123

Joined Ruffer in 2021, having graduated with a first class honours degree in land economics from the University of Cambridge. After two years working with the UK Private Wealth team and completing her IMC and CFA Level I qualifications, she now supports Ruffer’s global business development and client servicing efforts.

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