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 ...
Hedge funds apply a vast array of investment strategies which can be more or less complex. In this article, we shall focus on the Long / Short strategy…
What is CPPI (Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance)?
CPPI or Constant Proportion Portfolio Insurance is a dynamic management technique that ensures a minimum guaranteed amount to an investor at the time of maturity
The expression ?hedge funds? is commonly used to describe a non-conventional investment fund, that is, a fund whose strategy does not include long term investments in bonds, stocks and cash markets...
Which strategies to privilege in an environment of extreme risk ?
A convex strategy seems to better correspond to long-term investors in terms of preference structures, potentially ready to give up some of their earnings to avoid losses that would be difficult to handle from an emotional point of (...)
Currencies: The investment theme of the next decade?
A wind of change is blowing on the international monetary system, which could start a new chapter of its history. Investment Strategy Specialist at ING Investment Management, Vincent Juvyns presents current issues and explains how they can be an investment (...)
The idea that considers equity investing as long term has simply become absurd nowadays and has been so during the last 10 years. Let us be reassured. Opportunities will still be around. The only real question nowadays is how to allocate between real assets and financial (...)
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.
Active multi-management has been strongly criticized by some investment professionals who would rather use either passive index management or single-stock management. Emmanuel Regnier, allocation manager at CCR-AM, shares with us his assessment of the true cost of theses (...)