The Scottish Parliament Information Centre has provided more detail on the breakdown of the Notional Investment Portfolio—
SPICe Briefing Damages (Investment Returns and Periodical Payments) (Scotland) Bill—Investments: setting rate of returnAsset classPercentage of portfolioCash or equivalents10%Non-index-linked gilts15%Index-linked gilts10%UK company shares7.5%Overseas company shares12.5%High-yield bonds (bonds with a higher risk of default, and consequent higher interest rate)5%Investment-grade bonds (bonds with a lower risk of default, and consequent lower interest rate)30%Property (land, buildings or moveable property)5%Other assets 5%The Forum of Scottish Claims Managers also highlights that people receiving financial advice will re-balance their portfolio regularly to take account...