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RIT Capital Partners – Riding out the tariff storm

Uncertainty levels have been dialled up across global markets, with Trump’s tariffs throwing up a new dimension of risk. RIT Capital Partners’ (RIT’s) diversified portfolio (across asset classes, sectors and geographies) and stringent risk controls put it in a unique position to weather the storm. Leveraging off its manager’s investment skillset and unparalleled access to specialist fund managers, the trust’s portfolio has been constructed with the aim of performing well across market cycles.

Risk controls, such as downside protection strategies, help its manager take a long-term view and lean into investment trends with confidence. One such trend is a broadening of returns away from technology titans to undervalued sectors such as small- and mid-cap stocks, quality stocks, Japan and China – a theme that started to play out before the tariffs shenanigans but could be accelerated because of it. Although it is continuing to reduce its private investments exposure, the company has made some potentially game changing investments, including in SpaceX, which could prove a source of superior returns for many years.