All Asset allocation articles – Page 52
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White papersBasis Trade at Index Close (BTIC) Trading at Index Option Expirations
Most index options traders use index futures for hedging purposes.
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White papersAlternative Beta: There is another way
As institutional investors urgently seek ways to truly diversify their portfolios, alternative beta strategies offer a low cost, liquid alternative to multi strategy and fund of hedge funds
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White papersAlternative beta as true diversifiers
Alternative betas can play the role of a true diversifier in a broad-based portfolio. They include various equity style factors and can be found across asset classes such as stocks, bonds, credit, currency and commodities.
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Implementing absolute return in a multi-asset framework
Institutions face challenges in a low-return market environment frequently interrupted with phases of high volatility. Many are seeking to improve portfolio risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio) without sacrificing return objectives. Logically, two approaches are possible: pursuing a portfolio’s required rate of return with less volatility, or seeking to increase returns without ...
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White papersNot all active managers are created equal: what to look for and why
This paper challenges the notion that active fund management – in aggregate and after fees – is a negative sum game. Indeed, the reward for selecting exceptional managers who deliver net outperformance can be a significant uncorrelated source of investment return.
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From hero to zero and beyond: The investment implications of negative yields
Negative yields are seldom mentioned in economic and finance textbooks. But now that the central banks of Denmark, the eurozone, Sweden and Switzerland have set official rates below zero, investors are having to grapple with negative yields for short-dated, and indeed, some longer-maturity fixed income instruments.
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Active or passive? That's the wrong question
The debate over active versus passive investment has been raging for 50 years now – for much of that time, unproductively.
