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Investing in CHF bond market with an expected return of 4%
Investors having the Swiss Franc as a based currency are struggling to find positive yields in the domestic bond market. The safest bonds in the Swiss market have negative yields up to 15 years [...]
The challenges of alternative risk premia funds
The well-documented research of traditional factor investing is now extending to the alternative long/short risk premia. There is a growing interest among sophisticated investors to access liquid, low volatility, absolute return strategies and uncorrelated [...]
Growth vs Value style: this time is different ?
2016 saw a significant style reversal in equities with value outperforming the quality growth stocks across all the regions. History and academic research provide evidence that value is the top performing strategy in equities worldwide [...]
WSP press article on opportunities in absolute returns
Published in Citywire Magazine, February 2017 edition. Citywire: Absolute return funds experienced significant inflows over the course of 2016 as investors sought solace from low yields and low growth, but were you part of this [...]
Investing in options to achieve an absolute return objective
In the universe of Alternative UCITS funds, we have met the managers of an absolute return strategy investing in the options market to generate steady returns. The strategy is structured to generate returns uncorrelated [...]
Is the opportunity in the EM Corporate Debt over ?
The JPMorgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index performed by 7.96% in USD last year. Although the rally has been impressive, we think that the fundamentals and the valuations will remain supportive. Improving fundamentals: Companies [...]