Charles Crowson

Money is an odd thing. Like language, it is something we use every day, but when you start asking questions about it, difficulties arise almost immediately. How do you define money? How is it created? How does its value change, especially with respect to inflation?

RWC Partners is an investment management firm that specialises in helping clients to meet long-term financial needs. The group’s Diversified Return Fund aims to diversify investors’ holdings by providing defensive, uncorrelated returns. Here portfolio manager Charles Crowson and fund manager Clark Fenton explain the role of gold within this Fund.