Products with the potential to deliver high returns while retaining a focus on capital preservation can cut the mustard during uncertain market conditions

Firm evidence of an economic recovery traditionally prompts investors to switch out of fixed income assets on expectations of generating higher returns from other products. However, while global economic growth remains strong, we believe that during this business cycle the switch will not be as pronounced.

The Danish choice for achieving excess gain in a unique and rock-solid asset class

Mortgage bond funds, which can be marketed on a cross-border basis through an open-ended Sicav structure, are fast developing as a vehicle of choice to achieve premium yields.

For product manufacturers in the Scandinavian market, these yields may be in excess of comparable bond offerings from governments such as Denmark’s. Successful fund managers may use a controlled and selective process of investing in highly secure and higher yielding Danish mortgage bonds, for example.

Private clients are increasingly demanding an investment approach which allows their manager to separate the ability to take fixed income risk into various dimensions