Octopus calls for more hedged share classes

Oliver Wallin, multi-manager investment director at Octopus Investments, has called for more providers to offer hedged share classes on their funds.

With monetary easing taking place in both Japan and, to a lesser extent, Europe, both the yen and the euro have been weakening in recent months, particularly against the US dollar. Wallin (pictured) said his portfolios had been boosted by the decision to hold the hedged share classes of the Polar Capital Japan and Verrazzano Advantage European funds. “We mainly use the hedged classes in Europe and Japan. They can be hard to find, but add an extra dimension to the portfolio if they are available,” he said. “[Hedged share classes] are not so plentiful in other areas though, and I do ...