Alternative Investments
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November, 2013
Enhancing direct infrastructure returns with an active ESG approach
Philippe Taillardat, First State Investments, European Infrastructure. Niall Mills, First State Investments, European Infrastructure. Infrastructure assets can provide a predictable and reliable stream of long-term returns. Philippe Taillardat and Niall Mills of First State Investments explain the advantages of incorporating Environmental, Social and ...
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November, 2013
New opportunities in illiquid credit
Alex Veroude, Head of Credit, Insight Investment. The global financial crisis has changed the dynamics of several markets. Capital constrained banks are being forced to step back from senior loans, opening a window of opportunity for experienced fund managers to fill the void. Insight Investment’s Head of Credit, Alex Veroude, looks at the market and ...
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November, 2013
Managing your alternative investments risk
Toby Goodworth, Head of risk, bfinance. Many traditional methods of measuring risk can fall short when applied to alternative investments. Toby Goodworth of bfinance outlines an approach which could help investors when assessing their portfolio risk Institutional investors’ focus on risk management has increased substantially since the beginning of ...
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November, 2013
Navigating the changing investment landscape
Richard Batty, Fund Manager - Multi Asset, Invesco Perpetual. Invesco Perpetual Fund Manager Richard Batty explores some of the ways in which multi asset investing can exploit the rich seam of opportunities in today’s challenging financial markets We see the investment landscape as having changed significantly in recent years, which has important ...
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November, 2013
Be the card counter, not the patsy
Steve Cain, Fund Manager, Alternative Investments, Henderson Global Investors. Aneet Chachra, Senior Analyst, Alternative Investments, Henderson Global Investors. Steve Cain and Aneet Chachra of Henderson examine how investors can find value through strategies that exploit liquidity risk premia Imagine you are at a party and are offered an ...
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November, 2013
Secure Income Assets
Alex Carpenter, Managing Director, UK Institutional Client Group, BlackRock. Local authority pension portfolios stand to benefit from both the matching and growth characteristics of alternative, income-producing assets, says Alex Carpenter, Managing Director, BlackRock's UK Institutional Client Group Local Authority pension funds (LAPFs) are ...
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November, 2011
Catastrophe bonds: the perfect alternative investment?
MATTHEW LAMB OF GAM EXPLAINS THE ATTRACTIONS CATASTROPHE BONDS HOLD FOR PENSION FUNDS AND WHY THE CURRENT OUTLOOK IS SO PROMISING With a history of delivering uncorrelated and attractive riskadjusted returns, catastrophe (or "cat") bonds can provide unique diversification potential to pension funds, with low sensitivity to the credit cycle, to ...
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November, 2011
The possibilities and pitfalls of investing in distressed debt
ANDREW SWAN OF M&G INVESTMENTS SPEAKS TO PAUL TAYLOR, THE COMPANY’S SENIOR RESTRUCTURING SPECIALIST AND MANAGER OF THE M&G DEBT OPPORTUNITIES FUND, ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF INVESTING IN DISTRESSED DEBT Andrew Swan (AS): Paul, can we first establish what you would say is the definition of distressed debt? Paul Taylor (PT): Absolutely. There are ...
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November, 2011
Investing in alternatives – a local authority viewpoint
Local authority pension funds face a dilemma when it comes to investing in alternative assets. On one hand, assets such as private equity, infrastructure, commodities and hedge funds, have some very attractive qualities for long-term investors. These include the fact they should offer diversification from listed equity and bond markets, the reassuringly ...
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