Defensive Strategies, Trend Following in Demand, Barclays’ QIS Heads Say

Investors are looking to defensive strategies as market pain is expected to continue, according to Ben Redmond, managing director and head of quantitative investment strategies structuring and Farouk Jivraj, head of QIS insights at Barclays in London. In a Q&A the pair told EQDerivatives they have seen increased client demand for long volatility strategies and intraday trend as well as CTA strategies and portfolios of defensive risk premia.

Georgia Reynolds, editor

MAR 31, 2020

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