All Asset Class Reports articles – Page 28
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Emerging Market Debt: Going multi-asset
First it was equity, then bonds – and most recently investors have been exploring emerging market currencies. Martin Steward asks if it pays to bring the three together
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Structured Credit: Alphabet soup: a second helping
Joseph Mariathasan takes a look at the structured credit and loans markets and finds a surprising abundance of reasons to tuck back into the alphabet soup, even after significant spread-tightening
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US Equities: Concentration on quality
High quality franchises with a global outlook can deliver returns well ahead of the US market, finds Joseph Mariathasan. But it can be a bumpy ride
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US Equities: 20 heads are better than one
Joseph Mariathasan takes a look at Neuberger Berman’s Flexible All Cap US Equity strategy
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Private Equity: The post-crisis panorama
The 2007-09 crisis has had visible and long-term consequences on the small world of private equity, writes Cyril Demaria
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Private Equity: Growth markets of the north
India, China, Brazil? Iain Morse finds that investors are apt to look at the Nordic countries when considering the most attractive places to commit private equity money
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Private Equity: Keep a clear head
Growth in earnings rather than gearing will be the key to future private equity success, finds Joseph Mariathasan. But where to find it when the developed world expects economic growth to remain depressed?
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Private Equity: What are funds of funds for?
Our main article identifies mid-market strategies and emerging markets as the key areas of future earnings growth in private equity. It has to be said that funds of funds providers tend to prefer this space in the US and Europe, arguing that returns are likely to be better and that they themselves cannot add much value by investing in the handful of mega funds that large institutions can invest in directly.
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Credit: A topsy-turvy world
The financial crisis has re-arranged the contours of credit risk, writes Joseph Mariathasan. Deciding what represents low risk is the greatest challenge
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Credit: Different dimensions of style
Joseph Mariathasan reports on a new set of indices that add a defensive/dynamic dimension alongside market cap and value/growth
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European Equities: A heterogeneous marketplace
Top-performing European equity portfolios are both concentrated and very diverse in outlook and composition, finds Joseph Mariathasan
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European Equities: UK equities: The Liontrust approach
The UK equity market is still distinct from that of continental Europe because of factors such as its size, the large number of multi-nationals and mid-sized companies with global presence, and a still large domestic institutional investor base in the form of pension funds with relatively high domestic equity exposures.
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European Equities: Corporate strength abounds
The picture is complex, but in general low indebtedness and high return on equity will cause capital flows to CEE corporates, writes Juraj Kotian
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Small & Mid-Caps: Global opportunities emerge
Surprisingly modest historical volatility and excellent diversification benefits: Rob Feldman, Chris Steward and Yogesh Borkar explore the under-analysed world of emerging market small-caps
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Small & Mid-Caps: Small is beautiful
epoThe global small-caps universe is one of great diversity and opportunity. Joseph Mariathasan and Martin Steward speak to some top managers about their portfolios
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Emerging Market Equities: Emerging questions
The days of a simple emerging market allocation are over. Correspondingly, JosephMariathasan finds a variety of approaches among the top performing managers
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Hedge Funds: Into the mainstream
The hedge fund industry’s operational infrastructure and client base has become increasingly institutionalised and its investment practices continue to converge with those of traditional asset managers, writes Todd Groome
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Hedge Funds: Managed managed futures
What value can a fund of funds add for the managed futures investor? Martin Steward asks Thomas Weber of LGT Capital Partners, whose Crown Managed Futures fund is celebrating its tenth birthday
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Hedge Funds: The view from the Hilltop
Martin Steward talks to Rory Hills about what went wrong with the fund of hedge funds industry – and about how to put it right
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Hedge Funds: Making the illiquid liquid
The secondary market in hedge funds is on the rise as investors snap up illiquid portfolios coming onto the market, says Martin Steward