The power of private real assets

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.