Global ETF With Continuum-Based Approach to Risk Management
Whereas many asset managers take a binary approach to risk management – they’re risk-on, or they’re risk-off – OCIO ETF considers it on a continuum. OCIO’s systematic investing process looks to reallocate to similar, stronger positions instead of heading to cash at the first sign of a downtrend.
An analogy is driving a car. When conditions are icy, you slow down to avoid a crash. But, it’d be foolish to keep driving at a crawl when the road thaws. Even a few snowflakes melting onto an otherwise clear road usually doesn’t warrant slamming on the brakes. With the proper mindset and equipment, you can adjust your speed to take advantage of smooth roads while managing for dangerous conditions.
A ‘Handoff’ Approach To Risk Management
When a downtrend emerges in any given asset class
We “handoff” that exposure to the next asset class experiencing uptrends. This allows OCIO ETF to reduce risk without going completely “risk off.”
When an uptrend re-emerges
We “handup” exposure by taking from asset classes experiencing downtrends or, if several are in uptrends, by shifting exposures for historically lower-volatility classes back to their baseline weightings.
5 Primary Attributes OCIO ETF
Global Asset Allocation
Portfolio diversification across seven major global asset classes in a single ETF
Rules-Based Process Optimized for Behavioral Finance
Systematic investing process that we believe answers all questions about what, when, and how much to buy and sell –repeatable rules that maintain discipline during prolonged market volatility by leaving no room for emotional decision-making amidst euphoria or fear
Dynamic Adjustments in Response to Market Changes
Asset allocation naturally adapts to market conditions – portfolio can look quite different depending on the environment (e.g., when there are uptrends/downtrends in an asset class, interest rates change, volatility arises, or inflation/deflation occurs)
Focus on Managing Downside Risk
Constructed to manage risk during bear markets and periods of severe drawdowns (like 2022 and the Coronacrash of March 2020), but doesn’t need to go completely “risk off” amidst less significant pullbacks (especially those that affect only select asset classes, not the whole financial system)
Tax-Aware Portfolio Management
Within the ETF wrapper, decision making is diversified across a blend of timeframes, which generally allows short-term losses to be harvested and gains to be held as long as uptrends persist
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Roots of Systematic Investing Process Date Back to 2013
Blueprint Investment Partners began sub-advising OCIO in October 2021, but OCIO uses the same systematic investing process used to manage Blueprint’s separately managed account strategies since January 2013.
Blueprint Investment Partners claims compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS®) and has been independently verified for the period of January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2021.
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