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May Was A Poor Month For Private Client Portfolios - ARC Data

Tom Burroughes Group Editor London 3 June 2010

May Was A Poor Month For Private Client Portfolios - ARC Data

Private investors taking a cautious stance on their portfolios in terms of asset allocation lost ground in May, seeing their portfolios shrink by 1.3 per cent from a month before, translating into a year-to-date return of 1.81 per cent, according to the ARC Private Client Indices.

The figures were for the ARC Sterling Cautious PCI. For the ARC Sterling Balanced Asset PCI, returns in May were negative , -2.5 per cent, leading to a year-to-date performance of 1.48 per cent.

On the ARC Sterling Steady Growth PCI, returns were -3.6 per cent for May and 1.1 per cent for the year so far; on the ARC Sterling Equity Risk PCI, the figures were -4.7 per cent and 0.42 per cent respectively.

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