Clients who prefer a balanced and holistic approach to investing, will be attracted to the range of CTBC’s Model Portfolio solutions, a family of portfolios that are balanced, diversified and professionally managed, incorporating an independent selection of “best in class” funds. These are carefully chosen to accurately represent our Global Investment Committee’s (GIC) macro economic and market views. Our range of distinctive portfolios are designed to suit clients with different risk profiles and investment objectives, from the most conservative to those that seek higher levels of risk, targeting a more aggressive performance objective. CTBC’s Global Investment Committee comprehensively reviews economic and market conditions on a regular basis. We engage in a robust and interactive dialogue based around value and how key developments may impact the prices of major asset classes, foreign exchange, and country level indices. The objective of the Committee is to establish, agree and confirm our house views and then to implement them into our portfolios by adjusting the desired weightings of different asset classes. When views change from previous allocation decisions, the GIC adjusts the weights of the different asset classes in the Model Portfolios to reflect the updated Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) view. The aim of TAA is to enhance overall performance, keeping portfolios on their efficient frontier and acting when opportunities present themselves rather than passively following a static Strategic Asset Allocation (SAA) strategy. With the CTBC Model Portfolios, clients are tapping on the best of both worlds, combining the top down macroeconomic recommendations from our Global Investment Committee and the bottom-up best-in-class fund research by our funds team. Our over-arching and clear objective is to offer our clients superior forward looking risk-adjusted performance.