VT Chelsea Managed Balanced Growth

Balanced fund at a glance Feb24

We often talk about finding a work-life balance and that’s a nice way to think about this fund, too. If you want to aim for higher growth than the cautious portfolio, but you’re not really an aggressive investor, the balanced fund seeks to achieve an equilibrium.

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What does this fund do?

In the balanced fund, we aim to grow your money over the long term. At the same time, we don’t want you to lose sleep if the stock market tumbles, so we’ll strive to build a portfolio with lower volatility than equities.

How do we do it?

Delivering excellent returns is not just a case of making gains when the market does well. If you can also lose less when the market falls, you increase your chances of coming out ahead over the medium to long term. And by striking a sensible balance between different types of assets, that's exactly what w'll try to do in this fund.

What do we invest in?

As the name suggests, we will hold diverse, yet complementary, funds in this portfolio. These funds may contain UK and overseas equities, bonds, property, gold, targeted absolute return strategies and other investments. The target equity weighting is 50%-70%, but we will vary the mix of sectors, assets and investing styles over time to suit different market conditions.

We believe in transparency, so you can see a full list of what the VT Chelsea Managed Balanced Growth fund invests in below.

Fund name % in fund Asset class
Fidelity Index US 5.62 Equities
Fidelity Global Special Situations 4.12 Equities
T Rowe Price OEIC Global Focused Growth Equity 4.05 Equities
Fundsmith Equity 3.96 Equities
Man GLG UK Absolute Value 3.90 Absolute Return
Greencoat UK Wind PLC 3.88 Alternatives
Chrysalis Investments Ltd 3.86 Equities
Polar Capital Technology Trust PLC 3.54 Equities
Assura PLC 3.15 Property
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd 3.08 Alternatives
Doric Nimrod Air Two Ltd 3.04 Alternatives
Invesco Physical Markets PLC 2.95 Gold
iShares $ TIPS UCITS ETF GBP Hgd Inc 2.94 Fixed Income
Supermarket Income REIT PLC 2.73 Property
Invesco US Treas Bd 7-10 Year UCITS ETF Dist 2.48 Fixed Income
JOHCM UK Dynamic 2.45 Equities
RWC Global Emerging Markets 2.25 Equities
FTF MC European Unconstrained 2.24 Equities
GCP Infrastructure Investments Ltd 2.23 Fixed Income
Hipgnosis Songs Fund Ltd 2.21 Alternatives
Baillie Gifford Japan Trust PLC 2.21 Equities
Target Healthcare REIT Ltd 2.19 Property
Fidelity Asia Pacific Opportunities 2.10 Equities
Smithson Investment Trust 1.92 Equities
MI Chelverton UK Equity Growth 1.90 Equities
Man GLG Sterling Corporate Bd Prof Inc D 1.80 Fixed Income
Invesco US Treas Bd 7-10 Year UCITS ETF GBP H Dist 1.75 Fixed Income
Artemis Corporate Bond 1.64 Fixed Income
TR Property Investment Trust PLC 1.62 Property
iShares UK Gilts 0-5yr UCITS ETF GBP (Dist) 1.50 Fixed Income
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust PLC 1.49 Alternatives
TB Guinness Global Eq Inc Y Acc 1.45 Equities
Sequoia Economic Infrastructure Income Fund Ltd 1.42 Fixed Income
European Opportunities Trust PLC 1.23 Equities
Life Science REIT plc         1.02 Property
Man GLG High Yield Opportunities 0.97 Fixed Income
Doric Nimrod Air Three Ltd 0.94 Alternatives
Polar Capital Global Insurance 0.92 Equities
Baillie Gifford US Growth Trust PLC 0.86 Equities
Jupiter European Smaller Companies 0.86 Equities
Schiehallion Fund Ltd C Shares 0.76 Equities
Invesco UK Gilts UCITS ETF Dist 0.76 Fixed Income
Janus Henderson Strategic Bond 0.53 Fixed Income
iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF GBP H D 0.40 Fixed Income
     
Cash 3.08 Cash

Information correct as at 30/11/2023. Please note percentages may not add up to 100% exactly due to rounding errors

Portfolio performance

Balanced Growth performance Jan 2024

What are the risks?

It’s important to understand investments can go down as well as up in value. You may not get back the amount originally invested.

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Important information

Long term is 5+ years. The aim is to have lower volatility than global equities over a rolling 5-year period.

**FE Analytics 05/06/2017-30/11/2023 VT Chelsea Managed Balanced Growth vs IA Mixed Investment. Investment 40-85% Shares total return in sterling

The VT Chelsea Managed Funds are for investors who prefer to make their own investment decisions, without personal advice.

Valu-Trac Investment Management Limited is the authorised corporate director (ACD) and investment manager of the VT Chelsea Managed Funds. Valu-Trac is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Valu-Trac’s FCA registration is 145168. Chelsea Portfolio Management Services Limited will be the investment adviser for the VT Chelsea Managed Funds.