Hedge Funds
Quant Strategies During and After the Great Coronavirus Crisis (GCC)
Dr. Alexander Mende, Senior Investment Analyst, and Head of Investment Research at RPM shares his views on how systematic strategies have navigated the crisis and where RPM are making allocations......
Vertitas’ Kari Vatanen on Alternative Risk Premia – Not a One Size Fits All Strategy
Veritas Pension and Insurance’s new CIO, Kari Vatanen, discusses some of the variables investors can research when comparing risk premia managers and strategies....
PRI intends to grow private market allocations
Peter Ragnarsson head of alternative investments at the USD 3bn non-life mutual insurance company PRI Pensionsgaranti, says the intention is to increase private market investments as returns are difficult to find in traditional fixed income....
Valuation Bifurcation Persists
We sit down with Jupiter´s James Clunie to discuss value vs growth and why it´s time that the markets again will recognise fundamental value....
Alternative Risk Premia (ARP) focus: Trend Following
Trend-following, or the momentum style or factor, is one building block for many alternative risk premia strategies....
A New Regime in European Credit
As volatility rises and the beta rally draws to a close, how can investors seek to strike a balance between return maximisation and drawdown protection?
Time for contrarians to be rewarded?
The odds are massively stacked against short-sellers, from multiple angles. But irrational optimism and bubbles could meant that mid 2018 is an opportune juncture according to Jupiter´s head of alternatives...
Frontier Market Focus: Kuwait
Argentina’s departure from the MSCI Frontier index, will leave Kuwait as the largest member of that index - but maybe not for long...
Aktia’s Ville Toivakainen sees strong demand for alternative credit
Ville Toivakainen shares his views on why Aktia has had a long-term focus on emerging market debt and alternative credit, what he looks for on the alternative side and how he selects managers to Aktia’s fund-of-hedge funds portfolio.
Alternative Risk Premia Strategies
A growing number of “alternative risk premia” (ARP) “style premia” and “alternative beta” funds are being launched (at least 35 and counting). How similar or different are ARP strategies? A deeper dive under the bonnet reveals marked differences
Short Volatility is not Dead!
Long live volatility trading strategies The demise of the short volatility Exchange Traded Note (ETN) with ticker XIV, has ... Read more
The Hedge Fund Allocation Is Dead. Long Live Total Return!
Outflows from hedge funds are accelerating. Hedge funds are now finding themselves on the defensive from poor performance, high fees, ... Read more