Next Generation Commodity Benchmarks
The RASA® framework identifies commodities sensitive to high inflation or low growth and provides commodity weights to construct customized benchmarks.
IAS Real Assets Research Program
RASA Interactive
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.
Thought Leadership
What's In Your Real Assets Portfolio? Introducing RASA™
There is a wide mix of real asset funds, which complicates fund selection, using RASA® investors can identify funds aligned with their investment objectives.
Institutional Gold!
There is a place for gold-related assets in portfolios separate from commodities and energy equities for its diversification and macroeconomic hedging benefits.
The Diversity of Real Assets: Portfolio Construction for Institutional Investors
A wide diversity in macroeconomic and market sensitivities across real asset classes and subsectors implies choice of assets differs with investment objectives.
Webinars
Inflation and Investing in Real Assets
PGIM experts explore how real assets can insulate institutional portfolios and serve as a hedge against inflation.
Investing in Energy
PGIM’s IAS and Jennison discuss the role of energy equities and opportunities for investors during the energy transition.
Investing in Agriculture
PGIM’s IAS and PGIM Real Estate discuss role of agriculture, particularly farmland, in an institutional investor’s portfolio.
Institutional Investing in Commodities
Commodities can serve an important role in a multi-asset institutional portfolio, both strategically and tactically, as a return enhancer.
Dialing Up Diversity: Institutional Investing in Real Assets
Whether during traditional market cycles or in a world of pandemic-induced uncertainty, real assets can play a valuable role in institutional portfolios.
Pinning the Tail on Inflation
Many real assets besides gold have positive inflation exposures. This article explores four elements for successful investing in real assets.
Water Risks in Real Assets
How water scarcity and price variability impact real asset investors and insights on adding water hedges in portfolios to manage risk.
Investing During the Energy Transition
PGIM IAS provides insights on evaluating the role and composition of energy equities in transition.