Latest Manager Research – Page 468
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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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TOBAM - Make diversification your beta
Yves Choueifaty, President and Founder of TOBAM, explains why concepts such as “smart beta” or “neutral portfolio” require clear definitions and how the Maximum Diversification® approach answers the need for beta.
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PanAgora - Efficient smart beta analysis
There is increasing interest in “smart beta” strategies as investors seek new ways in which to capture risk premia more efficiently and inexpensively. However, the term “smart beta” means different things to different people.
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Some smart beta approaches are smarter than others
The ‘low-risk anomaly’ has been around since at least 1926. Empirical evidence first found over 40 years ago shows that low-volatility investment portfolios tend to produce higher returns than riskier portfolios
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Smart beta: Not new, not beta, still awesome
Let’s be blunt. Smart Beta is mostly re-packaged, re-branded quantitative management. That’s not to say we don’t like it or think it’s not good for investors.
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Are international equity market disparities opportunity sources for value investing?
Global financial markets have yet to fully take on board the effects of numerous events in 2014. Geopolitical risks featured prominently, including tensions in Ukraine, a rash of Middle Eastern conflicts and fresh political friction in the EU.
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Public real estate debt strategies: Commercial mortgage-backed securities
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (“CMBS”) represents a prominent segment of the U.S. commercial real estate investment landscape, carrying an outstanding balance of over $564 billion. Principal Global Investors Real Estate believes current economic trends, U.S. commercial real estate fundamentals, and factors specific to the CMBS market are conducive to positive long-term CMBS performance.
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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.
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M&G Real Estate - Eye on Europe: where to invest in 2015?
The European real estate market looks to be on track for another strong year, building on 2014’s performance. We expect UK returns to remain in double digits, while continental Europe – which has lagged so far – is well positioned to rebound. Across the board, investor demand remains strong and ...
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Quantitative easing - Lower for longer also holds for European prime office yields
More than six years after the global financial crisis we are still in the uncharted territory of unconventional monetary policy. With the ECB now finally following the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England and the Central Bank of Japan, quantitative easing (QE) will for the foreseeable future remain a central ...
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Real estate market outlook - UK
The UK was the fastest growing member of the G7 group of major advanced economies in 2014, outpacing even the US. For two full years now, real GDP has been rising at a quarterly rate in excess of 0.5%, and the economy seems to have moved back on to a sustainable path of robust growth.
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The IRS Has Spoken – Real Estate is Everything?
In 1964, Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart famously avoided trying to define certain, ahem, inappropriate films by simply stating, “I know it when I see it.”
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UBS - Real estate research blast: European real estate market predictions 2015
General elections in Greece, the UK, Portugal and Spain may create uncertainties in business and consumer confidence but may also open windows of opportunities for cash rich real estate investors.
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Aviva Investors: Tilting at windmills?
Jason Hilgefort a prominent Dutch architect met with Keith Kelsall of Aviva Investors to discuss key trends in the European infrastructure market and how investors need to approach the financing of such projects
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Aviva Investors: Exploring infrastructure
Ian Berry explains why Dutch investors are increasingly recognising the appeal of a niche approach when it comes to infrastructure investment.
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Aviva Investors - Market Edge December 2014: European real estate: prime property retains appeal
Prime property appeals due to defensive qualities as concern over the economic outlook grows
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Real estate market outlook December 2014: Asia Pacific
Economic sentiment remains strong in Asia. An improving global economy, led by the continued recovery in the United States, has helped strengthen growth in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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Aviva Investors: Two heads are better than one in the search for income
As Gil Bar, fund manager of Aviva Investors’ Encore Fund, explains, building a market-beating European real-estate income portfolio requires a blend of fund management disciplines and local deal-making expertise. The secret to success, he says, lies in finding the right partner.
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Private Real Estate Debt Strategies: Core commercial and multifamily mortgages
Commercial and multifamily mortgage investments form an integral part of the fixed income asset allocation strategy of many institutional investors. They offer an appealing mix of strong relative value, competitive credit loss experience and diversification benefits within a larger fixed income portfolio.
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Schroder Property Multi-let industrial estates: More than just your average manufacturer
What is a multi-let industrial asset? Located near urban areas, estates are comprised of different sized units let to multiple occupiers and are usually under single ownership. The function of these assets is to provide affordable space for a wide range of activities.
