All Ahead of the Curve articles – Page 6
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Ahead of the Curve: Oil be back
Niels Jensen looks at worlwide production costs for getting oil out of the ground
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Trading liquidity for yield
Investing in illiquid, private debt markets is undeniably hard work but the rewards can be significant diversification and improved risk-adjusted return
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The ‘Japanisation’ of the economy
Martial Godet and Ankit Gheedia warn that their indicators show the rest of the world sliding into ‘Japanisation’ – just as Japan is escaping it
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UK pension funds face inflation risk
Given current forecasts, Andrew Brigden argues that the UK faces a huge shortage of inflation-linked bonds
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Ahead of the Curve: An era of diminished expectations
Peter Perkins runs through some basic asset and regional allocation strategies to meet the probable economic scenarios of the next decade
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Ahead of the Curve: Europe is the new China
George Saravelos sees ‘euroglut’ – and consequently one of the biggest capital outflows in history as excess savings flee aggressive ECB easing, sending the euro plunging against the dollar.
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Ahead of the Curve: Contagion spreads
Achilles Risvas assesses the potentially devastating knock-on effects of a fall in bond prices and a flight from credit
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Post-crisis or pre-crisis?
History warns us that the next crisis is just around the corner. Arturo Bris outlines the shapes it is taking and what we can do to mitigate it
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No place like homes
Christophe Caspar looks into whether or not European housing is a safe home for fixed income investors
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Bolt the penthouse door
The apparent recovery in the UK and converging spreads in euro-zone bond markets mask deep structural flaws in economies that have seen little genuine reform, argues Eamonn Butler
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Rates of change
Carolyn Tavares argues that the roller-coaster start to 2014, with its disconnect between economic indicators and bond yields, makes the case for holding to strategic, funding level-based de-risking programmes
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Rates of change
A multi-polar growth and monetary landscape will require a less constrained approach to fixed income, argues Stephen Cohen. Right now emerging markets look like an attractive prospect
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Favour Europe and the euro
Lorenzo Naranjo and Carmen Stefanescu argue that balance of payments and current accounts suggest Europe is strengthening while China weakens
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Cutting a tranche of yield
The current levels of default risk and the ability to tailor exposures to portfolio requirements make CLOs and CDOs potentially attractive for pension funds, writes Geoffrey Randells
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Back to the future
Pension fund boards and their investment teams should form a new partnership to promote flexibility in strategy, argues Théodore Economou
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FeaturesRetaining interest
Torsten von Bartenwerffer points out that rising rates do not necessarily mean losses in fixed income, and argues for smarter long-only strategies rather than market-timing or long/short approaches
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Corporate bonds go electronic
Amid the ongoing debate about the best market structure for cash credit, Rupert Warmington draws attention to the rapid expansion of electronic trading
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Commanding heights
Jean-Pierre Couture makes the case for top-down investing in an era of ‘de-globalisation’
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FeaturesTime for an overhaul
With yields rising and pension schemes continuing to increase their allocation to bonds, Peter Ball asks how trustees can plug the deficit in their schemes
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FeaturesBe smart with smart beta
Stefan Dunatov emphasises the importance of consistency between strategy, investment beliefs and implementation when exploiting techniques like smart beta
