All Asset Class Reports articles – Page 25
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Emerging & frontier equities – Tactical and strategic
As slowing growth depresses emerging market valuations, Joseph Mariathasan argues that this might be the time to adjust strategically for the new, long-term growth and risk paradigms
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Emerging & frontier equities – The great melt-up
Capital flows into emerging markets suggest that valuations could be about to end their two-year slumber, argues Michael J Howell
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Emerging & frontier equities – A turn in the cycle
There is a tussle between ‘quality’ and cyclicality among the top strategies in emerging market equities. Martin Steward looks at how three portfolios are shaping up for a possible turn in risk appetite
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Emerging & frontier equities – The private market complement
Mark Mobius outlines why private equity is different in emerging markets from in developed – but also different from your existing public emerging markets exposure
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Hedge Funds: Trust… but verify
Good hedge fund due diligence takes 120 hours plus 90 hours per year ongoing. But responsible investors have no choice but to do it, argues Jerome Lussan
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Hedge Funds: Owning hedge funds
Neuberger Berman has launched Dyal Capital Partners to buy minority stakes in hedge fund businesses. Martin Steward reports on how it changes the dynamics for hedge-fund investors
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Hedge Funds: Changing rules
Joseph Mariathasan loks at the raft of regulation coming the way of hedge funds, focusing on the pros and cons of the EU’s AIFM Directive
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Asset Class ReportsHedge Funds: Alpha-hunting with funds of funds
Peter Meier, Oliver Liechti and Patrick Dütsch run hundreds of FoHFs through a factor model and find those focused on trading strategies delivering the best returns and the highest alphas
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Hedge Funds: Taking the ‘fund’ out of hedge funds
Martin Steward spoke to PGGM’s Jan Soerensen about how its managed account platform allows it to take control of its hedge funds – and their costs
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Hedge Funds: Changing models
The fund of funds model is having to adapt fast to survive. Joseph Mariathasan finds that the new models also require a different approach to thinking about the hedge fund opportunity set
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Global Equities: Jam today
A low-yielding environment makes an increasingly powerful case for dividend income in pension portfolios, writes Joseph Mariathasan
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Global Equities: Three of a kind
Martin Steward finds three managers exploiting three major investment themes in three different ways
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Global Equities: One world
The convergence of emerging and developed markets argues for integrated global portfolios. But Joseph Mariathasan finds that investors taking this approach could miss out on the best opportunities
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Sovereign Bonds: Risk-free no longer
Joseph Mariathasan looks at how investors are adapting to the new world of sovereign bond risk
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Sovereign Bonds: The world’s shallowest cliff
Rock-bottom yields and a poor debt outlook – brought into focus by the ‘fiscal cliff’ – make US Treasuries a tough ‘safe haven’ to love, finds Joseph Mariathsan
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Sovereign Bonds: Denmark: an unlikely haven?
Denmark’s bonds, perceived as a safe haven from volatility in the euro-zone, have the lowest yields on the market. But Pavle Sabic argues that its fundamentals versus its Nordic neighbours suggest this is not simply about credit risk
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Sovereign Bonds: Would you credit it?
The split between Gilts and non-Gilts could be waiting to define tomorrow’s performance in UK fixed income strategies, finds Martin Steward
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Sovereign Bonds: Competing premia
Martin Steward finds portfolio managers agreeing on the need to find some spread. But where – in corporate bonds, or peripheral sovereigns?
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Asset Class ReportsSovereign Bonds: Curve balls from credit markets
The temptation to look beyond sovereigns for yield is understandable. But Martin Steward finds that the obvious move into top-quality corporates may not be the way to do it
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Emerging Market Debt: Why liquidity matters
Lorenzo Naranjo offers a case study of the Chilean corporate bond market to show how difficult pricing can be in illiquid markets, and tenders a solution
