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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
Paris
Ruffer S.A.
103 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris, France
New York
Ruffer LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York NY 10022
Edinburgh
Ruffer LLP
31 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4ET

A clear and repeatable process

Our approach is tried and tested

The Ruffer approach is unchanged from when the firm started in 1994.

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

Put simply, we take on the responsibility for managing risk on behalf of our clients.

OUR OBJECTIVES

Ruffer’s single investment strategy is defined by two simple investment objectives

  • Not to lose money in any 12 month period
  • Generate returns meaningfully ahead of the return on cash
All-weather investing

We aim to deliver positive returns come rain or shine.

If we are to be good all-weather investors, we cannot be dependent on the direction of markets.

To avoid that dependency, we always hold investments in what we call growth and protection. We hold these alongside each other, changing the allocation to each over time.

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.

People often think financial catastrophes occur because herds of humans panic when the emotional pendulum swings from greed to fear.
Henry Maxey, Co-CIO
Envy is one of the seven deadly sins. Bad for your spiritual profit and loss account, and bad for earthly decisions too.
Alexander Chartres , Fund Manager
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London
Ruffer LLP
80 Victoria Street
London SW1E 5JL
Paris
Ruffer S.A.
103 boulevard Haussmann
75008 Paris, France
New York
Ruffer LLC
300 Park Avenue
New York NY 10022
Edinburgh
Ruffer LLP
31 Charlotte Square
Edinburgh EH2 4ET