Investment – Page 28
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FeaturesBriefing: MiFID II: a year on
The new rules are having a dramatic effect on the world of investment research
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: MiFID II increases asset risk
Attempts to improve transparency of research costs have unintentionally hit performance
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Tages Group
Saying that Tages is an investor in alternative asset management businesses does not really do justice to its eclectic nature
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: BlackRock Credit
BlackRock is adding to its global private debt capabilities
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Ahead of the curve: Sporting a safety jacket in a market of weak protections
Funds that take on loans that have been rejected by banks are likely to be problematic for investors
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Benchmarking: Redefining investment classes
A major GICS index methodology change seeks to reflect underlying market economics
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Liquid Alternatives: The long and the short of it
The long/short liquid alternatives universe is more hetreogenous than some realise
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Interviews
Strategically speaking: Allianz Global Investors
The debates over the failures of active managers and parallel growth of passive investment often neglect two important facts
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: The risk premium of downturns
Alternative risk premia strategies can be helpful for institutional investor portfolios through diversification and risk reduction
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Briefing: How to model a trade war
So how does one model the effect of further tariffs on a portfolio? This article shows how to construct a potential trade-war scenario and analyse the impact on a euro-denominated global multi-asset class portfolio
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Macro Matters: Emerging tensions
Amid all the talk of deglobalisation, certain tenets of the world remain fixed in our minds. Key among these assumptions is the status of the dollar as the global reserve currency.
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: FMO Investment Management
Yvonne Bakkum, managing director of FMO Investment Management, is an evangelist for the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) – and even wears a lapel brooch representing them
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FeaturesAhead of the Curve: Trends to heed in renewables
Big data and predictive analytics are two developing trends that can dramatically improve how renewable energy investments are made
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Chinese Bonds: Too big to ignore?
Recent tax reforms and the expected inclusion in global indices of Chinese sovereign bonds has shone a spotlight on a vast, under-exploited, multi-trillion bond market
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Non-performing Loans: A market in full swing in Europe
A stockpile of nearly €780bn worth of non-performing loans weighs on the European economy
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Securities Services: Evolutionary pressures rise with new demands
Key challenges facing securities services include margin pressure, regulatory change and technological development
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Government Bonds: Snapback risk alert
The Bank for International Settlements has warned bond yields could suddenly rise – a snapback could rapidly spread between bond markets
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Features
Ahead Of The Curve: Resurgence of private capital
The tenth anniversary of the global financial crisis is an apposite time to examine how it changed the world for investors
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InterviewsStrategically speaking: PGIM
David Hunt, the president and CEO of PGIM, draws an analogy between his role as the head of one of the world’s largest asset managers and that of a musical conductor
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Features
Selection is key in EMD
Anxiety is growing about emerging market debt. US rate rises and the potential for a stronger dollar mean that EMD may be heading for turbulent times
