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Strategy,
November 2011
Systematic managers call into question the status of core European sovereign debt as a risk-free asset
Global Macro managers explicitly follow defensive strategies: short exposure to equities (around -20%) and long exposure to the US sovereign debt. On their side, CTAs managers are more aggressive...
Note,
November 2011
Impact of collective influences on forecast and investment decisions
The valuation of financial assets, by financial analysts and the investment decisions of fund managers, depend on the paradigm of economic rationalisation. However, it is clear that there are uncertainties and instabilities which have characterised the financial market for (...)
Note,
November 2011
Alpha generation: skill or chance?
What about performances of active management versus passive management ? According to a study released by Olivier Scaillet and Gilles Criton, nearly 20% of alternative fund managers beat the market, against only 0,6% of traditional (...)
Note,
October 2011
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 (...)
Note,
October 2011
Listed family controlled businesses: an equity investment case
According SG Private Banking Equity research team, when talking about family owned businesses, one very often thinks about mom and pop’s diner; it is counting without the international brands. Family controlled firms are the most resilient and provide good vehicles to come (...)
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Factor investing in fixed-income: EDHEC-Risk Institute paper shows that it is possible to build duration-timing strategies that are economically superior to bearing unconditional duration risk