Curian Capital, the Denver-based investment and wealth advisory firm, has expanded its custom style portfolios with the addition of the Curian dynamic risk advantage strategy and the Curian enhanced real return strategy.

The new strategies will provide advisors and their clients with a broader range of investment options to help them address changing market and economic conditions.

“The feedback we have received from advisors is that they are looking for a platform that is flexible, easy to use and features a broad range of investment options, from equities to cash,” said Chris Rosato, senior vice president of strategic development for Curian.

Rosato added that “by developing and delivering a truly comprehensive spectrum of asset allocation strategies and investment vehicles, we are helping advisors minimize the time spent on portfolio construction so they can focus on servicing clients and building their business”.

Curian’s new dynamic risk advantage strategy is an asset allocation strategy which it says will systematically reduce risk exposure in a client’s portfolio when higher-risk assets are in decline, and increase risk exposure when these assets are trending positive.

Mellon Capital Management Corporation will act as a non-discretionary sub-advisor to Curian in regards to this strategy platform.

In anticipation of rising inflation concerns that typically follow global economic recovery and noting the monetary stimulus after the financial crisis, Curian will also offer the enhanced real return strategy, which will help to protect investors' assets against the effect of inflation.

Managers will do so by investing in inflation-linked bonds and commodity-based securities. The strategy is proprietary to Curian and will be sub-advised by Armored Wolf, an investment management firm.

These two strategies are the most recent additions to the investment and strategies options introduced by Curian in the past 12 months.