Ben Hurley

Cash is now a viable investment option for the first time in many years, and its appeal will draw money from other asset classes leading to poor performance both in financial assets and the real economy, according to Greg Jensen, co-chief investment officer at global investment management firm Bridgewater Associates.

The challenges currently outweigh the opportunities in many classes of real assets, and funds have billions in dry powder waiting for better deals, but strong fundamentals will ultimately prevail in the long term, said the head of asset manager Nuveen’s real assets business. The listed real estate sector was last year “trading at some of […]

Three major trends have converged to drive growing appeal in new alternative data classes of quantitative investing, according to a leading quant researcher. “Quants like us who were in the right place at the right time in history can take advantage of the confluence of these three major secular trends,” said Mike Chen, head of […]

A slight moderation in inflation statistics, and a rising belief that growth is more durable than expected, has lulled markets into a false sense of security, according to senior portfolio strategist Phil Dobrin at American investment management firm Bridgewater Associates. Markets are now changing their prices and discounting a future that is at odds with […]