Strategy Managed futures strategies
This type of strategy is based on a simple idea: try to take advantage of an exposure on futures contracts («Futures») with the underlying being a financial instruments or a commodity ...
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Strategy Does a liquidity factor premium exist in the stock market?
Academic studies present ample evidence in support of the existence of four factor premiums in stock markets: Low Risk, Value, Momentum, and Quality. Factor investing puts these concepts into practice by enabling investors to allocate their capital explicitly to these (...)
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Strategy Alternative risk premia weathering Brexit storm well
Pierre-Yves Moix, co-manager of the Alternative Risk Premia strategy at GAM, comments on how the growing alternative risk premia industry has delivered strong performance in the uncertain Brexit environment – proving once again its strong diversification and market neutral (...)
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Strategy The index revolution (finally) comes to hedge funds
One common knock on factor models is that they “replicate only beta” – not the pure alpha gold that allocators seek. This critique pre-dates the appreciation of factor rotations. Outside of some ivory tower statistics class, no one questions the “alpha” generated by, for (...)
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Strategy Impact investing: Think long term, act now
ESG compliance or financial performance? While this may have been a choice in the past, today the point is obsolete. By recognizing the impact of our investments, we have taken an important step forward as we seek to reconcile responsibility and returns, and strike a balance (...)
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Strategy CTAs lead the pack in April
For the second month in a row, CTAs outperformed hedge fund strategies in April. According to the Lyxor CTA peer group, the strategy was up +1.6% in April, which brings the year-to-date performance close to +5%.
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Strategy Climate Change and agriculture : risks and opportunities
According to Schroders’ Climate Change investment team, climate change acts as a threat multiplier to the sector on top of the dual impacts of the increased demand and decreased supply, and that this will present various investment opportunities throughout the value (...)
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Strategy Time to invest in Convertible Bonds? by Tarek Saber, Head of Convertible Bonds at NN Investment Partners
If you’ve been brainstorming your investment resolutions for 2016, you’re not alone. The beginning of a year is a great time to revisit your investment portfolio. So how would convertible bonds (CBs) fit into an investor’s new year’s (...)
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Strategy Financial markets: hedging against new structural risks and stagflation
There are at least four new structural risks to consider: regulation, Middle East, euro zone’s crisis, and again the idea of a change in growth model of emerging countries.
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Strategy «Making good use of Market Timing on stock markets»
’Market timing’ is the decision to disinvest or invest in the stock markets at the right time. To achieve such an objective, Investors must base theirs expectations on a combination of fundamental and technical analysis. Explanations (...)
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Strategy We have reduced our equity exposure through option strategies
Samir Saadi, Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager of CPR AM explains that he started the year heavily invested in equities to capture the good momentum of this beginning of the year. Convinced that the year would be special, CPR AM introduced optional hedging (...)
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Strategy Corporate Bonds – Ideal for Emerging Markets diversification
With sovereign ceilings rising, corporate governance and overall transparency improving, demand and liquidity high and returns attractive relative to risk, what’s not to like about Emerging Markets corporate bonds?
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Strategy Falling Geopolitical Premium to fuel Global Macro Strategies
Progress in trade talks between the U.S. and China and in Brexit negotiations knocked down safe assets last week. Bond yields rose in most developed countries and gold prices fell, as the stance on both thorny issues reversed and turned (...)
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Strategy The EM FX carry trade is back
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Strategy Making good use of the drop in correlation through equity arbitration
Despite fairly divergent hedge fund trends in the second quarter, SG Private Banking’s strategists remain positive but have a preference for Relative Value and Event-Driven.
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