All Indices/benchmarks articles – Page 4
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White papersWhy China, Why Now?
The domestic Chinese equity markets are some of the largest and most liquid in the world, and they offer unique investment opportunities—yet they have been largely neglected by institutional investors.
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White papersFollow the Earnings to Emerging Equity Stars
Emerging market equities have had a great run recently. But don’t buy EM stocks indiscriminately. Focus on company earnings over macroeconomic trends to find stocks that have stronger return potential with reduced risk.
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Harvesting Value with Sector Rotation
Through time sector performance varies due to natural market conditions that ebb and flow. Sector performances are often uncorrelated, meaning an investment strategy that chooses strong performing sectors in the right market conditions becomes attractive.
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White papersExploring Routes to China After MSCI A-Shares Move
MSCI has announced that China A-shares will be included in its emerging-market (EM) index next year, as we anticipated. Now, global equity investors need to consider how to access the vast universe of stocks traded onshore in China.
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White papersConversations with Investment Managers - Futures versus ETFs
Aite, an independent research firm, put together an in-depth report on whether to trade futures or ETFs to replicate S&P 500 returns and other U.S. stock market performance.
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White papersFloating Rate Notes can help prepare for a hike in interest rates
In a fast changing environment, FRNs are an increasingly attractive asset class, as they allow investors to reduce the sensitivity to interest rates fluctuations and to capture some potential yield.
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White papersA broad range of ETFs to capture the potential of European equities
Improving macroeconomic indicators & attractive valuations: all signs seem to point toward the European equity market picking up in 2017.
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White papersEurope: the scene is set for an(other) historic year
The rise of the populist vote will continue to dominate the political agenda in 2017 as we see elections across Europe. The risks and uncertainty involved in these votes is far more material than it has been in recent cycles.
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White papersThe Big Picture: A Cost Comparison of S&P Select Sector Futures and ETFs
This report compares the all-in cost of replicating S&P Select Sector exposure via futures and ETFs across four common investment scenarios.
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White papersHouse View: Q3 2016
The Aviva Investors House View document is a comprehensive compilation of views and analysis from the major investment teams.
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White papersEnhancing Fixed Income Portfolios with Unconstrained Strategies
Perspective from Franklin Templeton Global Fixed Income research team
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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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Equity Controlled Volatility Strategy
Equity volatility – or the “fear factor” as popularised in fiction – recently came back to the forefront of market operators’ minds, the result of events such as the Greek crisis during 2015 and questions around China’s economic growth prospects and plunging oil prices earlier this year.
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The last Smart Beta paper you’ll ever (have to) read
Institutional investors could be forgiven for rolling their eyes at yet another article on “smart beta.” Indeed, the hype around this topic over the last few years has been intense.
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Russell Indexes - Smart beta implementation strategies
Insights into how smart beta is being implemented, focusing on the survey responses of over 50 asset owners that currently have smart beta allocations
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White papersAnomaly or Capital Structure Efficient? - Low Volatility Equity Strategies
Across asset classes, a positive risk-return relationship can be observed. Within equities, though, the relationship between risk and return of individual stocks has been found to be negative. Low-volatility equity strategies exploit this perceived anomaly to deliver better risk-adjusted returns than standard benchmark indices.
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Russell Indexes: The quest for the Holy Grail
A short Q A with Rolf Agather, Managing Director of Research Innovation for Russell Indexes at Russell Investments.
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Latam 2014: investment opportunities, even with tapering
The last twelve months have not been a blockbuster for emerging markets, Latin America included. As of end-October 2013, the MSCI LatAm Index had fallen 9%, versus an average 16.6% gain in the global equity markets that was mainly focused on developed markets and led by the US market – ...
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