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Defensive Equities and Market Downturns
Through historic market downturns, defensive long-only equity strategies have shown a consistent ability to protect investor capital. Yet recent experiences have prompted questions around resilience. This report presents five types of ‘defensive’ equity strategy, explores their exposures and considers their performance.
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Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - August 2022
bfinance’s quarterly report in August 2022: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major asset classes.
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Returns plus Resilience? A Closer Look at Leveraged Finance
Recent years have seen a rapid expansion in the availability of leveraged finance strategies. These multi-sector fixed income strategies blend high yield bonds together with leveraged loans and more. Although investors may be concerned about lower-quality credits during a period of economic difficulty, these strategies claim three timely advantages versus conventional high yield portfolios: diversification, lower duration and tactical flexibility.
Portfolio Protection and Overlays: Time for a Rethink?
Entering Leveraged Loans? Three Implementation Questions to Answer
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - May 2022
Investor Spotlight: How AP1 is Driving Innovation in Manager Selection
Snap Poll: What are investors thinking now?
Asian Credit: Sector in Brief
One Year On, Have Sustainability Disclosure Regulations Brought Clarity or Confusion?
Will Your Infrastructure Investments Withstand Inflation? The 700 Billion Dollar Question
Manager Intelligence and Market Trends - February 2022
Ukraine Impact: Are Active Managers Providing Protection in Emerging Market Debt?
Alternative Risk Premia Strategies Revive and Evolve after Pandemic Rout
Navigating Opportunities in Maritime Leasing
Insurer Investment Survey
Commodities and CTAs Draw Focus as Inflation Spikes
Re-evaluating the Case for Listed Infrastructure
As the global economy emerges from the shadow of COVID-19 and inflation figures continue to rise, investors are reappraising the claims made in favour of listed infrastructure, including inflation sensitivity, resilience amid downturns and - amid high valuations for private assets - potential discounts versus illiquid infrastructure.
Wealth Manager Investment Survey
A new study, featuring data from 120 wealth managers around the globe, identifies significant changes in investment capabilities, ESG integration and strategy.
How to Build a Hedge Fund Allocation
Hedge fund portfolio construction has changed. This brief paper outlines key considerations for developing ‘liquid alternatives’ portfolios.
Redefining Value: Managers under Scrutiny
Strong returns for the value style are putting value equity managers at the forefront of investors’ minds. This paper examines a sector reshaped by a decade of underperformance.
Multi-Sector Fixed Income: Back in Focus
As the global economy returns to growth and inflation accelerates, few investors can afford to be complacent about their fixed income exposures.
Riding the Wave: Event-Driven Strategies Surge on ...
Global deal-making has soared since January, with the value of announced mergers and acquisitions exceeding $2.4 trillion through the end of May.
Reaching for Returns in Real Estate Debt
Amid the seemingly never-ending ‘hunt for yield’, high return real estate debt strategies are attracting investors’ attention.
Beyond Labels: Navigating the Multi Asset Universe...
The universe of strategies that invest across multiple liquid asset classes is increasingly large, diverse and complex. A new taxonomy helps investors to understand the space and develop a robust approach.
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