DC Pension Funds Selection

mark55man

OK so not just Brexit, Brexit following on from Austerity.  How can business make money when there are brakes being put on society.

However what you say and both your screenshots are very compelling.  From above posts, my plan was to add more global small cos, and more EM and taken that out of my UK portion then so I am still overweight UK, but less so, although still  5x - ie
my equity (70%) is now 30% World, 20% UK, 10% Emerging, 10% Global small cap.

For completeness my Bonds are now 20% of portfolio, split 50:50 Global Index Linked, and Corporate.  The corporate funds being 50:50 UK and overseas - these will be at 0.2% charge after my discount.

 

Thrugelmir

cfw1994 said:

mark55man said:

very interesting post thank you - or in other words, UK was fine until Brexit started having its impact then it just sort of slowed down, and now we're through the (mis)planning and merely suffering the teething troubles, I am entirely convinced we will prosper relatively - because we have all stopped digging a hole and are all going to focus on getting well.  Now whether we will do better than the US/NASDAQ well that's a different matter, but as above I feel unhappy having 2/3 of my POT overseas - esp with trouble looming (although a huge influx of government spending is also looming) which may counteract that   

I suspect some of the UK dip may be currency related....

I also wouldn't blame Brexit: here is the view for 2011-16:

2010-15:


So: just for the contrarian view, since UK is merely 5-6% of "the World", I'd be unhappy with more than 10% of my funds in UK indexes!

Global markets have never been more open and accessible. Location of brass plates is becoming an irrelevance. London is rapidly gaining traction for renewable energy investments. As there's considerable knowledge and expertise. Along with the UK's solid reputation for corporate governance. A high % of the money raised from the listings is coming from international investors in particular the US.