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Overreliance on outsourcing is a growing risk for asset managers
Regulators are turning their attention to reliance on outsourcing – but there may be little that asset managers can do to reverse the trend, even if they wanted to
Insurers are investigating a new breed of fund mechanism – the ICPPI – which allows them to offer individualised guarantees on their products more cheaply and flexibly than other types of funds. But...
The Tōkum Strategy aims to make significant returns from a transformational shift in the way healthcare is paid for in the US. Moving to fixed rate funding is opening opportunities for the strategy
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Insurers explore exchange-traded funds to boost yield
As insurers look for new opportunities to increase the yield on their investment portfolios, exchange-traded funds could provide an efficient way to diversify and gain exposure to areas such as emerging markets and commodities. ETF providers are expanding...
Non-linear momentum strategies
Trading strategies that follow trends, or market momentum, result in positively skewed distribution of trading returns. Strategies that are linear in the factors driving the momentum have been studied before, but Richard Martin and Ali Bana extend this...
Hedge fund AUM hits $2.6 trillion in 2012
Hedge funds finished 2012 in positive territory, according to eVestment. Despite reports of investor dissatisfaction, performance contributed with $116.3 billion increasing overall AUM in 2012.
Turning points: Frédéric Lasserre, Belaco Capital
Recent years have seen an outflow of commodity derivatives talent from banks towards hedge funds and independent traders. This is the path trodden by Frédéric Lasserre, former head of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking’s commodity...
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