Managed volatility

The SEI Global Managed Volatility Fund is an equity strategy designed for market volatility.

Investors can overpay for higher volatility stocks in anticipation of higher returns. The reality is that the reward isn’t always there. SEI’s Global Managed Volatility Fund seeks to exploit this anomaly by avoiding high-volatility stocks and selecting only low-volatility stocks in an effort to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns relative to the benchmark.

Why invest in managed volatility funds?

We are a pioneer in the managed volatility space—we launched our Canadian Global Managed Volatility Fund over 10 years ago and have nearly 20 years’ experience in the asset class, globally. We believe that you may not have to sacrifice returns to reduce portfolio volatility, and can offer this fund on a standalone basis, or as part of a diversified portfolio.

How does managed volatility work?

Traditionally, fixed income is used for risk mitigation alone. Managed volatility strategies seek to accomplish this through:

• Creating equity diversification, deployable in both short- and long-term goals.
• Avoiding high-volatility stocks in favour of low-volatility stocks with the goal of delivering attractive investment performance while helping to manage downside risk.
• Putting our focus directly on risk—our Global Managed Volatility Fund has a volatility-reduction target compared to its benchmark.
• A modest increase in risk can lead to an outsized gain in return, allowing the managed volatility portfolio to produce a higher Sharpe Ratio over time.

Does not represent actual performance of a strategy or fund.

Important Information

SEI Investments Canada Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, is the Manager of the SEI Funds in Canada.

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