The Castlestone Aliquot Agriculture (UCITS) Fund will launch on 1 October on Cofunds, the UKs largest independent investment platform.
This new agricultural fund offers exposure to commodities including grain, fibre, livestock and foodstuffs, as well as alternative energy such as ethanol, soy oil and palm oil.
Castlestone Management has also chosen Cofunds to list its retail commodity fund, the Aliquot Commodity (UCITS) Fund, which mirrors the exposures of the existing offshore Aliquot Commodity fund through a range of financial instruments, including actively traded derivatives, commodity index futures contracts, options and swaps.
Both listings are Dublin-based Oeics and are available from 1 October.
“Real commodities compliment an investors portfolio and act as a natural hedge against inflation,” says Castlestone Management founder and joint CEO Angus Murray. “Modern portfolio theory shows that portfolios are able to achieve superior risk-adjusted returns with diversification, adding alternative asset classes such as commodities to a portfolio. Our funds are managed to achieve the same or better returns as our main benchmarks with significantly less risk.”
“With these latest additions we are further enhancing our already extensive range of funds and giving advisers genuine choice,” says Russell Lancaster, Cofunds director of fund manager relations.