Next Generation Commodity Benchmarks
The RASA® framework identifies commodities sensitive to high inflation or low growth and provides commodity weights to construct customized benchmarks.
Developed in response to growing investor interest in real assets, RASA® Interactive highlights the diversity and benefits of real assets in addressing institutional investors’ portfolio construction and asset allocation challenges. With the functionality to evaluate real asset sensitivities to macroeconomic and market developments based on performance metrics; analyze how various real assets will perform over different time periods and return horizons; and conduct “what if portfolio analysis". Our new web application helps investors determine the portfolio allocation to real assets based on their investment views and objectives.
The RASA® framework identifies commodities sensitive to high inflation or low growth and provides commodity weights to construct customized benchmarks.
There is a wide mix of real asset funds, which complicates fund selection, using RASA® investors can identify funds aligned with their investment objectives.
There is a place for gold-related assets in portfolios separate from commodities and energy equities for its diversification and macroeconomic hedging benefits.
A wide diversity in macroeconomic and market sensitivities across real asset classes and subsectors implies choice of assets differs with investment objectives.
Harsh Parikh joins an episode of Investment Magazine’s “Market Narratives” podcast to discuss how real assets can be used as a hedge against inflation.
PGIM experts explore how real assets can insulate institutional portfolios and serve as a hedge against inflation.
PGIM’s IAS and Jennison discuss the role of energy equities and opportunities for investors during the energy transition.
PGIM’s IAS and PGIM Real Estate discuss role of agriculture, particularly farmland, in an institutional investor’s portfolio.
Commodities can serve an important role in a multi-asset institutional portfolio, both strategically and tactically, as a return enhancer.
Whether during traditional market cycles or in a world of pandemic-induced uncertainty, real assets can play a valuable role in institutional portfolios.