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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ESG, and more recently climate change, are now largely accepted in the investment process, and more importantly have passed the fiduciary duty test.
A study examining funding policy, benefit design, and economic assumptions of six US public funds, which managed to endure the economic turmoil, shows some consistent features that could be emulated for fund persistence.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
This extension of previous research by Morgan Stanley’s Martin Leibowitz and Anthony Bova provides an analysis of the relationships between rebalancing liquidity, portfolio flows, and diversification into illiquid assets.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Conflicting social, political and economic priorities are fighting for dominance in the Eurozone, and managing director and head of currency management at SSgA, Collin Crownover, believes this is affecting the outlook for the currency, while the US dollar, in a relative sense, looks quite positive. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The Council of Institutional Investors has called for the Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue a re-hearing of a controversial proxy access rule that would have bolstered shareholder rights but was recently defeated in a legal challenge.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Despite European public equity markets tumbling, private equity is yet to experience the sharp downturn it suffered in the last financial crisis, with investors still showing interest in the strongly performing asset, said independent alternative assets research firm Preqin.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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