December 2011
Strategy The main trading recommendations of Goldman Sachs for 2012
The American bank’s suggests the following strategies as its flagship trading recommendations in 2012: Short on the German bund with an expected 2.8% 10 year return and long EUR / CHF with 1.35 as target…
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November 2011
Strategy Longevity Swap: Deutsche Bank to hedge Rolls-Royce Pension Fund
Deutsche Bank has entered into a longevity swap with the Trustees of the Rolls-Royce Pension Fund. Under the agreement, Deutsche Bank will hedge the longevity exposures of the scheme
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November 2011
Strategy 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...
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November 2011
Strategy US dollar now sole safe haven currency
The US dollar will increasingly benefit from the flight to quality as the appeal of other ‘safe haven’ currencies wanes, according to Jack McIntyre, portfolio manager at Brandywine Global, a subsidiary of Legg Mason.
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November 2011
Strategy Are equities finished?
It is therefore no doubt poignant to many to note that recently the 30-year total return on US Treasuries exceeded that of the S&P 500. Does that mean that the cult of equity is over? Certainly the cult may be, but it is highly improbable that equities are (...)
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November 2011
Strategy Jean-Louis Nakamura and Jérôme Teiletche : «risk-parity portfolios provide real diversification »
According to Jean-Louis Nakamura, CIO Asset Allocation and Jerome Teiletche, Head of Systematic Strategies and Alternative Portfolio Construction at Lombard Odier, the Risk parity approach is a growing interest to pension funds (...)
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October 2011
Strategy Dividend stocks back in the spotlight
Dividend stocks are an essential element in any diversified portfolio. It is, after all, worth noting that no less than 70% of the return on stocks since 1970 can be attributed to dividends paid out.
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October 2011
Strategy Two big macro themes the strategic investor should be looking at
The two big macro themes that investors should keep in mind are those of deleveraging and rebalancing. There has been a ream of insight written about fiscal sustainability over the past three years, but the most important question lies in whether there will be an offsetting (...)
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October 2011
Strategy Corporate America to hike dividends to meet baby boomer demand
Mounting US demand for retirement income is forcing corporate America to adopt a dividend-driven payout policy likely to benefit yield-seeking investors for years to come, according to Peter Vanderlee, Managing Director at ClearBridge Advisors, a subsidiary of Legg (...)
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October 2011
Strategy Bond market: Investment opportunities on yield curves
Anticipations on future monetary policy and risk aversion linked to systemic threats create investment opportunities on the yield curves of US and Euro bonds. However, those opportunities cannot be seized before two fundamental questions have been (...)
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October 2011
Strategy Management of hedge fund portfolios during crisis periods: the contribution of systematic overlays
The implementation of systematic overlays can be considered as an alternative to short-term rebalancing of hedge fund portfolios, or as an active component of alternative allocations.
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October 2011
Strategy The hidden value of collateral management for investors
A combination of collateral management and securities lending can play a key role in the search of a yield pick-up of some kind. Reinvesting unused cash or lending out unused securities can help add a few basis points to the total (...)
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October 2011
Strategy Frontier markets no riskier than emerging markets
According to new Research Foundation of CFA Institute book, Frontier Market Equity Investing: Finding the Winners of the Future, valuations are more attractive and, therefore, opportunity for future returns is greater in frontier (...)
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September 2011
Strategy 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 (...)
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September 2011
Strategy Forex, a value added in an allocation between real and financial assets
The foreign exchange market (Forex) is not an extra asset class but all asset classes together in the same market. It can be a real source of diversification and performance subject to a systematic, disciplined and rigorous (...)
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