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The power of private real assets

Gwen Busby
Head of Research and Strategy, Nuveen Natural Capital
Donald Hall
Global Head of Research, Real Estate and Portfolio Manager, U.S. Cities Diversified Strategy
Biff Ourso
Global Head of Infrastructure Equity
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In an environment defined by increasing volatility and uncertainty, investors face a fundamental question with renewed urgency - how do you build a portfolio that can help weather a multitude of economic conditions without sacrificing returns?

Private real assets, spanning farmland, timberland, infrastructure, and commercial real estate, may offer a compelling and time-tested solution to that challenge.

Nuveen's research, The Power of Private Real Assets, presents a rigorous, data-driven case for why private real assets might deserve a meaningful place in investor portfolios. Drawing on more than 30 years of performance data, supported by mean-variance optimization analysis, the paper examines how private real assets have the potential to improve the performance of portfolios across a range of risk profiles and market environments.

The findings are clear: private real assets have an enduring potential to deliver low or negative correlations to traditional investments, making them a key element for helping diversify risk, hedge against inflation and build the resilience of traditional portfolios.

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