All Asset Classes articles – Page 3
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White papersAsset Class Views: Medium and Long Term Expected Returns
We break down asset class dynamics into a long term component (or trend/fair value), mainly related to macroeconomic variables and a medium-term component, explained by economic and financial cycles.
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White papersHow investors should deal with the liquidity dilemma
The paradox of liquidity (it dries up when most needed) remains one of the key challenges for investors on the aftermath of the great fi nancial crisis and it is resurfacing in this late financial cycle phase.
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White papersGlobal Investment Views – March 2019
If an investor had woken up today after three months and looked at the markets, he/she could reasonably say that not much had changed.
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White papersCoCos: Attractive yields from investment-grade bank issuers
The arrival of a new asset class in financial markets is a rare event. Many “new products” are repackaged versions of existing products, dressed up as a potential new addition to portfolios.
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Metzler: DC lifecycle models - avoiding a bond market bias
Lifecycle models within defined contribution (DC) pension schemes have typically been based around the idea of reducing investment risk as one gets older, by reducing exposure to equities and increasing exposures to bonds.
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Metzler: How can investors participate in a trend before it has ended?
Few people today would still insist that financial markets are efficient. Financial markets are driven by ideas and ideas do not flow instantaneously across markets.
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Balancing growth, diversification, downside risk and liquidity
Investors today face a conundrum: how should they pursue future capital growth while maintaining diversification and seeking to limit downside risk, given current market valuations?
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Improving portfolio efficiency with multi-asset absolute return strategies
Most institutional investors are searching for strategies to improve risk-adjusted returns (Sharpe ratio) without sacrificing return.
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