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From the Opalesque team: Castlestone Management announced that Friends Provident International has added the Aliquot Commodity (UCITS) Fund and the Aliquot Agriculture (UCITS) Fund to its fund range this month, following strong demand from investors for access to this market.

“We are delighted to be further strengthening our relationship with Friends Provident International,” explains Angus Murray, founder and joint chief executive of Castlestone Management. “We are now able to offer investors direct exposure to commodities, where previously the only exposure available was limited to through listed equities.” …

The Aliquot Commodity (UCITS) Fund and the Aliquot Agriculture (UCITS) Fund Many commodity funds invest only in the stocks of companies, such as mining operations, farming consortiums or oil corporations. This means they are highly correlated with equity indexes and are vulnerable to the same corporate risk, while offering limited exposure to the price moves within traded commodities. The Aliquot Commodity (UCITS) Fund and The Aliquot Agriculture (UCITS) Fund, however, offer direct exposure to commodity prices, with no corporate equity exposure in the portfolio.

Commodities, why now? The sharp drop in commodity prices means many commodities, for example platinum, aluminium and wheat, are below their marginal cost of production and high-cost producers are already starting to slow their......................

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