Managers Leverage QIS Toolkit Amid High Inflation, Rates: Asia EQD

Portfolio managers at Asia EQD in Singapore discussed the use case for quantitative investment strategies in an environment plagued by high rates and sticky inflation. On the panel was Thomas Ciszewski, lead portfolio manager for alternative duration strategies at Trovio Capital Management, Manvinder Singh, chief investment officer at Olam Group, and Tom Boyle, fund manager at Atlantic House Investments. The conversation was led by Arnaud Jobert, managing director, co-head of global strategic indices at JPMorgan.

Georgia Reynolds, editor

OCT 09, 2023

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JPMorgan Sees Clients Mix Carry And Defensive Strategies

Institutional investors are interested in strategies that can generate positive carry in normal market conditions while maintaining some defensive allocations. This is achieved through a balanced portfolio of hedging strategies and equity volatility trades, such as short gamma and dispersion, said Arnaud Jobert, managing director, co-head global strategic indices at JPMorgan in London.

OCT 04, 2023

Lombard Odier Readies Multi-Asset Portfolio For Late Cycle: Asia EQD

Portfolio managers for Lombard Odier’s systematic All Roads multi-asset strategies are preparing for a late market cycle by being underweight bonds and overweight cash, attendees at Asia EQD in Singapore heard.

OCT 03, 2023

APG Readies Launch Of ESG Compliant Commodity Index: Asia EQD

APG, a EUR538 billion asset manager in Amsterdam, is developing an ESG friendly commodity index. Gillis Björk Danielsen, senior portfolio manager and research lead of commodities at APG, presented research underpinning the new Accelerated Commodity Transition Index to attendees at Asia EQD in Singapore on September 13.

SEP 14, 2023

Amundi Japan Preps Upside Overlay, Sees Positive Outlook For Asia Vol

Amundi has started developing an overlay strategy that seeks to offer institutional investors leverage on the upside with limited downside risk on Japanese equity markets using Nikkei 225 options. This comes as the market rally in Japan this year has created more appetite for leverage, particularly for low volatility strategies that are lagging the current rally, said Philippe Imhoff, portfolio manager at Amundi Japan.

SEP 29, 2023

UOB Asset Management Blends Systematic, Multi-Asset Solutions

Singapore’s USD24 billion UOB Asset Management is adding systematic tools, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, to its multi-asset offering. This comes as institutional investors in the Asia Pacific are increasingly looking to systematic, multi-asset strategies as part of their hedging and risk management toolkit.

SEP 25, 2023

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