Note The rumour, a necessary credit analysis instrument
According to Bruno Mathis from SterWen and Jean Delahousse, all institutions exposed on Lehman which have highly developed credit analysis tools are able to detect warning signs as soon as they come about and would have almost four months to take safety measures (CDS (...)
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Note The impact of Solvency 2 on insurers asset allocation
Implications for asset allocation? Incitement to diversification? Optimization of the volatility hedging ratio ? Allocation depending on the level of wealth of the insurance company? Groupama AM updates on the impact of Solvency 2 for (...)
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Note Investors increasingly embrace quantitative strategies
Over two thirds of respondents of the Deutsche Bank annual Alternative Investment Survey invest in systematic strategies, including one in every two who plan to add to one or more quantitative sub-strategies in 2016. The largest investment consultants and pension funds are (...)
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Note CTAs Rock the House in January
The performance of CTAs during the recent market meltdown is remarkable. It highlights the fact that the power of diversification of the strategy in a portfolio remains intact. Recent developments provide additional evidence that managed futures often outperform traditional (...)
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Note Emotion is not a sign of weakness for investors any more
New research suggests that rather than staying cold-bloodied and rational the top fund managers use emotion to choose which stocks to buy.
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Note German Wealth Managers Will Lose Market Share to Robo-Advisors over Next Two Years, says Verdict Financial
Over 86% of German wealth managers working with high net worth (HNW) individuals believe that they will lose market share to automated investment services over the next two years, according to financial services research and insight firm Verdict (...)
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Note Risk evaluation and multifractal Var
The use of «multifractal processes» for risk calculation in finance allows us to use the concept of «scale invariance» and its implications developed in fluid mechanics…
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Note UCITS hedge funds underperform their non-UCITS rivals, shows new study
UCITS hedge funds are typically more volatile and underperform their non-UCITS hedge fund rivals, a new comprehensive comparative study by the EDHEC-Risk Institute has found...
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Note Towards a behavioral portfolio theory
a major problem facing the asset management industry is the creation of portfolios that generate maximum profitability while being consistent with the risk profile of investors...
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Note Signs of global liquidity tightening for emerging markets
Global liquidity conditions may have begun to tighten for emerging market economies (EMEs), according to updated data from the Bank for International Settlements. BIS General Manager Jaime Caruana detailed highlights from the latest global liquidity indicators, a measure of (...)
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Note New study by EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore shows infrastructure firms have a unique, low volatility, high dividend payout profile
EDHEC Infrastructure Institute-Singapore (EDHECinfra), in partnership with the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA) has released a new paper entitled “Revenue and Dividend Payouts in Privately-Held Infrastructure (...)
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Note The unstoppable rise of alternatives
The world’s largest 100 alternative asset managers saw assets under management increase by 10% in 2016, rising to $4 trillion, according to the 2017 edition of Willis Towers Watson’s Global Alternatives Survey.
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Note Global institutional investors braced for market risks and pursuing an active approach in 2018
Faced with low interest rates and relatively high valuations for risk assets, large global institutional investors are looking to protect themselves against downturn risks through maintaining their cash levels and selectively increasing allocations to active strategies, (...)
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Note Banks Recapitalization : Implications for hybrid debt holders
Who will be recapitalized and how much? How recapitalization work? And most importantly, for investors, how does it impact bank hybrid debt? These are the issues addressed by Philip Hall, Volatility and Credit Quantitative Manager and President of Axiom Alternative (...)
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Note Reinvention in the Hedge Fund Industry
State Street Corporation released a new Vision Report today, entitled “Hedge Funds: Rebuilding on a New Foundation.” The report examines the re-emergence of the hedge fund industry and the new dynamic between investors, hedge funds, and hedge fund (...)
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