Technical trading system - The fund’s investment strategy pursues a forecast-free total return approach that does not follow any benchmark. The objective is to generate long-term absolute growth in all market phases. Based on a short to medium-term trend-following approach, the fully-automated trading programme developed by ARTS Asset Management adheres to clearly defined quantitative rules and monitors over 1,000 investment funds.

Flexible investment guidelines - The bond fund represents an active asset management style that assesses the attractiveness of feasible investments and produces the current target allocation. Offering maximum flexibility, the fund invests in those areas of the entire bond universe that offer the strongest trends (government bond, corporate bond, inflation-linked bond, high-yield bond or emerging market bond funds) as well as in money market or near-money market funds. There are no restrictions with regard to maturity, region or currency.

Opportunities/Advantages
Flexible investment strategy - Bond or money market investments are made according to market trends and investment policies. The aim of the portfolio management is to invest your money in the most promising asset classes.

Avoidance of long-term drawdowns - The professional total return concept ensures systematic risk management – free from human emotions.
 

Risks
If the product invests in an investment class based on a present upward trend, this development nevertheless may give way to a downward trend.

Upward trends cannot be utilized until the product invests in the relevant investment class.

Downward trends cannot be avoided until the product disinvests from the relevant investment class.