UK asset manager Dawnay Day Quantum is launching two new capital protected investments, offering investors spot price exposure to agricultural commodities.

The firm believes that there has never been a public offer giving investors spot price exposure to the performance of agricultural commodities in the UK, or anywhere in the world. This is seen as an advantage because it avoids the negative roll-yield which characterises index returns on agriculturals: the spot price performance of agriculturals has exceeded the index performance over the last few years.

Mark Mathias, chief executive of DDQ, said: “We believe that now is the ideal time to be investing in agricultural commodities. The alignment of the fundamentals points to many years of rising prices.”