Curian Capital Introduces Risk-, Inflation-Focused Portfolios

Curian Capital, a Denver-based asset management firm, has added two products to its stable of custom portfolios: the Curian Dynamic Risk Advantage Strategy and the Curian Enhanced Real Return Strategy.

The Dynamic Risk Advantage Strategy is designed to systematically reduce risk exposure in a client’s portfolio when higher-risk assets are in decline and increase risk exposure when those assets are moving up. In this tactical asset allocation strategy, the Curian asset manager uses growth-oriented investments with complementary correlations and lower-risk investments that are expected to be stable through all market cycles. Mellon Capital Management acts as a nondiscretionary subadvisor to the strategy.

The Enhanced Real Return Strategy is intended as a way to help investors protect assets against the effects of inflation. It invests in a portfolio of actively managed inflation-linked bonds and commodity-based securities. Armored Wolf serves as subadvisor to the strategy. Armored Wolf’s founder John Brynjofsson previously managed PIMCO’s inflation-linked bond and commodities funds.