2017 was a positive year for most private client investors regardless of reference currency and risk appetite, according to ARC’s performance estimates for December and Q4 2017 for the Private Client Indices.

Investors with multi-asset class portfolios have seen their real wealth grow and all the PCI indices ended 2017 at all-time highs (Dec 03 = 100) or very close to an all-time high.

Sterling reference currency portfolios generally experienced solid gains ranging from 4.4 percent for cautious portfolios to 12.2 percent for equ...