Asset allocation is a crucial component of your investment strategy. We assist you in allocating your assets in accordance with your expenditure requirements, desire to leave wealth to future generations, and philanthropic goals. The better we comprehend the intended uses of your wealth, the more precisely we can align the risk and expected return characteristics of your portfolio with your objectives.
We implement your asset allocation using a combination of in-house and third-party investment strategies centred on a single objective: preserving and expanding your wealth. All investment managers compete for inclusion on our platform, and to be considered, they must share our beliefs that purchasing securities at a discount to their valuation and understanding what you own and why are the most effective methods to preserve and grow wealth over time.
Asset Allocation Methodology
The investment teams at Vanward provide asset allocation recommendations for a variety of client types, and our relationship teams use these recommendations as a starting point to combine our best thinking with investment and wealth planning advice tailored to your family's requirements.
Our Fundamental Investment Principles
Active Administration
We believe that all markets are inherently inefficient and that investors can generate excess returns with less risk of permanent capital loss through careful security selection.
Bottom-Up Fundamental Investigations
We invest in strategies that forecast the value of each prospective investment through rigorous fundamental analysis.
Value Orientation
We pursue strategies that invest in securities trading below our estimate of their intrinsic value,* providing a margin of safety for the portfolio.**
Long-Term View
We believe that the most reliable method to generate attractive investment returns is to avoid being swayed by short-term market volatility while patiently awaiting the realisation of an investment's value.
Unique View of Risk
We believe that the greatest peril to your financial health is the permanent loss of capital, not market volatility. We believe that market volatility presents opportunities to acquire high-quality assets at a discount to their market value.
Discipline and Tenacity
We are patient investors. When nothing meets our investment criteria, we hold cash, and we have the conviction to sell when an investment no longer provides acceptable returns relative to its risk.
*Based on our analysis of both tangible and ethereal factors, intrinsic value represents what we believe to be the value of a security. **A margin of safety exists when we believe there is a substantial discount to intrinsic value at the time of purchase – we strive to purchase at or below 75% of our estimate of intrinsic value.