Private client portfolios should have generated good returns during the first quarter of 2012 as global stockmarkets recovered most of the losses recorded during 2011 according to the latest Private Client Indices estimates released by Guernsey-based Asset Risk Consultants (ARC).

The ARC Sterling Cautious PCI recorded an estimate return of 2.4 percent over the quarter; the ARC Sterling Balanced Asset PCI 4.3 percent; ARC Sterling Steady Growth PCI 5.9 percent; and the ARC Sterling Equity Risk PCI was 7.3 percent.

The ARC US Dollar Cautious PCI recorded an estimated  ...