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Prudent Wealth Fund Attracts €600M Despite Soft Close and Lagging Performance

Investors flock to Prudent Wealth despite lackluster performance. Fund's defensive strategy and quick recovery during the COVID-19 crash may be driving interest.

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Prudent Wealth Fund Attracts €600M Despite Soft Close and Lagging Performance

Despite a soft close, Prudent Wealth fund has attracted a net 600 million euros in the first seven months of 2021, demonstrating investment basics and fidelity despite the fund's performance lagging behind other mixed funds since May 2021.

Managed by Barnaby Wiener, who has been praised as an excellent wealth manager, the fund has seen its investments stagnate or decrease slightly while others have gained double digits. Wiener first introduced the MFS Meridian Prudent Capital fund in 2014, which collected more than twice the investments of Prudent Wealth despite having a similar structure but no smaller stocks.

Wiener, born in 1967, maintains a defensive strategy. The fund's portfolio is largely hedged and dominated by short-term US Treasury bonds. Less volatile titles like TAG Immobilien and the Japanese telecom provider KDDI are among the top 10 holdings. The fund's volume stands at approximately 4 billion euros.

During the corona crash in March, Wiener's fund experienced a minimal loss of less than 7 percent, which was fully recovered in just four weeks. The fund operates a first watch policy, allowing only existing investors to join.

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