All Special Report articles – Page 63
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Safer but less profitable
Europe’s banks no longer seem to face a systemic threat but their profits are meagre. David Turner reports
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The Netherlands: Managing, not matching
Dutch schemes have switched to dynamic liability-driven investment strategies. But in the current economic environment portfolios are unlikely to shift, Leen Preesman finds
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EDHEC European ETF Survey 2015 – some key results
EDHEC Risk Institute conducted its ninth survey1 of European investment professionals on the usage and perceptions of ETFs at the end of 2015 with the support of Amundi ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta. EDHEC-Risk Institute’s ETF surveys now provide a continuous assessment of practices and views amongst professional investors since 2006.
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Addressing current liquidity concerns
Two years ago, BlackRock’s chief executive Larry Fink warned that structural problems with leveraged ETFs had the potential one day to “blow up” the industry. While the alleged explosion hasn’t yet happened, does that mean the danger has gone away?
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Advanced engineering
Factor investing has powered the growth of generic smart beta strategies underlying the broad ETF market. But it is entering a new phase of development that is seeing institutional investors move from studying the approach to adopting tailored versions
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An agile response to divergent policy
Divergent monetary policy activities by major central banks are having impacts right across yield curves. For investors, this means an agile investment strategy will be vital to the overall performance of their bond portfolio.
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Asset Allocation: Credit where credit’s due
Alex Koriath explores why and how pension funds may want to consider a diversified portfolio of credit strategies
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Life in an alternative universe
Structural changes in pension fund asset and liability profiles are making alternative credit more attractive to pension funds. This is transforming fixed-income allocations as investors navigate a new universe and compete for scarce assets
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Oil and gas woes fuel deal appetite
Energy price falls and financing pressures are attracting the attention of credit and hedge fund investors on the lookout for cheap energy assets, says Jennifer Bollen
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Investors: Focused approaches
A look at how and why pension funds are implementing alternative credit investment strategies
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EM corporate debt: an emerging asset class
We examine the attractions of emerging market corporate debt, which has evolved rapidly in terms of issuance in recent years
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Asset-Backed Lending: Take your pick
Europe offers good prospects for asset-backed lending with opportunities for investors to step into the shoes of banks in certain markets, reports Lynn Strongin Dodds
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Leveraged Loans: An attractive niche
Leveraged loans and CLOs represent a niche that is increasingly interesting for European institutional investors and multi-asset credit funds
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Special Report Credit: Avoid the flashpoints
Spreads and liquidity are two current (and seemingly perennial) concerns for investors navigating their way along the credit spectrum. To add to that, investors are now assessing the effect of the ECB’s announcement that it will extend asset purchases to investment-grade bonds
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Direct lenders take up bank slack
Lower levels of bank lending are opening up opportunities for private debt, according to Joseph Mariathasan
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Bank Credit: Look for the whites of their eyes
David Turner asks whether investors should shun bank credit or be prepared to grasp opportunities
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Sustainable investing is becoming much more important
The importance of sustainable investments is steadily increasing. At the same time, the debate surrounding the added value of this investment approach continues
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Smart beta strategy evaluation and due diligence
Factor investing seeks to identify and capture broad, persistent drivers of return. It is the formalisation of, for example, the idea of seeking inexpensive companies (value investing) or high quality balance sheets (quality investing) – intuitive investment styles that have long been part of the active management toolkit
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High Yield: Beyond traditional metrics
There are no short cuts in the evaluation of high-yield opportunities, according to Anthony Harrington
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The big picture on ETFs
The ETF industry continues to prosper on almost every metric. Yet it does face both headwinds and tailwinds
