Latest Manager Research – Page 462
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Value in Selecting Sectors: Sector rotation strategy based on the Shiller CAPE ratio
Each year there are significant differences between the performance of the best sector and the worst, making it more attractive to invest in the former rather than the latter.
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The flexibility of factor investing facilitates the creation of low carbon active strategies
In a research article published in 2012 in the Journal of Portfolio Management, entitled “Demystifying risk-based strategies: A simple alpha plus beta description”, BNP Paribas Investment Partners was already demonstrating that the excess return of traditional smart-beta strategies could be explained by their factorial exposures.
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Managing cash flow risks with greater confidence using fixed income
As pension schemes mature many are reaching the tipping point at which payments to retirees exceed contributions and income from investment. Insight Investment’s Olaf John highlights how secured finance investments can help pension schemes manage cash flows while generating growth
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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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Measuring Portfolio Factor Exposures: A Practical Guide
Why Should Investors Care About Factor Exposures?
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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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Good buy or good bye?
2016 has already started with increased uncertainty over the direction of the global economy which has raised volatility in financial markets.
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Specialist property funds
Property fund expert Martin Gilbert of DTZ Investors takes a detailed look at three specialist strategies that have won the backing of local authorities.
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UK real estate: returns slowing but occupier demand remains positive
With UK all-property initial yields falling to their lowest since 2007 attention is turning to income and rental growth as drivers of near-term performance.
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European real estate: investors rush to increase exposure
Europe’s undersupplied industrial sector continues to lead the field followed by its office and retail markets.
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Where to find value in real estate - the best investment opportunities in Europe and beyond
From the UK to Spain, real estate markets across Europe have enjoyed strong returns, attracting healthy inflows from investors on a quest for income.
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No turning point in sight yet: European real estate investors remain bullish
Investors are facing an ever growing number of unknowns in the real estate market.
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UK Real Estate Outlook: 1H16
Expectations for UK economic growth have undergone some fairly significant downward revisions over the past six months.
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Ausblick: Schweizer Immobilienmarkt 1H16
Die Talsohle scheint durchschritten und eine leichte Wachstumsbeschleunigung wird für 2016 erwartet. Die Belebung der Auslandsnachfrage nach Schweizer Waren und Dienstleistungen sollte diese Entwicklung unterstützen.
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Eurozone Real Estate Outlook: 1H16
The economic outlook for the eurozone has become increasingly polarized between the relatively positive domestically driven recovery, which drove GDP growth above expectations in 2015, and the decidedly negative global economic headwinds and geopolitical risks that have risen in prominence over the past six months.
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UK Debt Real Estate Market: February 2016 Update
Interest Rate Volatility, Fair Value and Underlying Portfolio Performance
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China’s property market in transition
As China transitions to a service-based economy, this paper looks at the potential implications for commercial real estate and identifies which areas of the market are likely to prosper as a result.
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Time to Re-load? Current High Yield Bond Prices Present Long-Term Value
Global risk markets have been under pressure lately due to a confluence of factors—weakness in China and other global economies, plunging oil and commodity prices, and the onset of the removal of monetary accommodation by the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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An unconstrained credit solution to answer market complexity
The Euro High Yield asset class / strategy has gained ground in the past three years versus its US counterparts. The sector grew over three times in terms of notional during that period.
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White papersGlobal high yield multi-credit strategies: Finding sense in a nonsensical world
With 40% or more of the Eurozone sovereign debt market offering negative yields, a new investor to the global debt markets may well be thinking he has wandered into the Mad Hatter’s tea party.
