Does your portfolio have bad breadth? Choosing essential betas

In this article, Ed Peters, co-director of global macro at First Quadrant, Ed Peters, examines what markets, or betas, are essential to fully diversitfy a global portfolio, while still achieving long-term goals; and how breadth is often confused with diversification.

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Gold worth more as a predictor than gold itself

Fiduciary investors have tended to shy away from gold as an investment, for various and solid reasons. But the predictive powers of the price of gold are worth observing, at least, in the institutional market. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

CIC expands portfolio with major investment bank stake

The China Investment Corporation (CIC) is having its domestic portfolio boosted through the transfer of the 43.5 per cent stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), the country’s largest investment bank, by it’s state-controlled brokerage firm, China Jianyin Investment Securities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Real estate and infrastructure shine in private markets

Real estate and infrastructure are attractive investments in the private markets space, but individual investment selection has become more important in private equity and debt, according to the latest major analysis by global private markets investment management firm Partners Group.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

China’s greening attracting more investment

China is stepping up its clean energy drive, both through a reduction of its own emissions and by becoming the biggest supplier of some clean-energy equipment in the world. Picture (courtesy China Daily) shows cooling towers being demolished with explosives amid efforts to reduce emissions in Zoucheng, East China’s Shandong province, last week.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content

Multi asset class products the winners in Europe: survey

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European shocks strike Norway fund

The world’s second largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, has experienced a material effect of the European sovereign debt challenges, a region where it holds more than half its equity holdings, and the BP oil spill.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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