News category: Credit And Fixed Income
Principal Asset Management Building More Liquid Alt Strategies
May 10, 2024
Yesim Tokat-Acikel, managing director and portfolio manager at USD709 billion Principal Asset Management, said the firm is exploring opportunities in both public and private alternatives, including the development of more dynamic liquid alternative strategies.
Continue readingIncome Generating Strategies Are Making Investors Rethink Portfolio Construction
May 7, 2024
More investors are choosing option-based strategies to add a combination of income, volatility dampening and beta to their portfolios.
Continue readingAxonic Systematic Arbitrage Fund Eyes Short Gamma Strategies This Year
Apr 29, 2024
Deniz Cicek, principal and portfolio manager at USD4.7 billion Axonic Capital in New York, said short gamma is an attractive strategy for the year ahead.
Continue readingGeorgia In Paris - Sunday Roundup, April 28, 2024
Apr 28, 2024
I was in sunny Paris this week at TradeTech Europe and it got me thinking about how markets are increasingly interconnected and whether it is a positive development or not. Panelists were talking about how derivatives strategies are becoming less exotic and increasingly mainstream among institutions, with multi-asset investors using more sophisticated derivatives strategies and
Continue readingNeuberger Berman Suggests Investors Underweight Beta, Growth Factors
Apr 24, 2024
Derek Devens, managing director and senior portfolio manager of the option group at Neuberger Berman, said being underweight growth or beta is a pragmatic way of allocating capital right now.
Continue readingBreakin’ My Market - Sunday Roundup, April 21, 2024
Apr 21, 2024
Bad news never has the effect you think it will, especially so in the derivatives space. But for once, options prices this week seemed to be taking into account the unsettling combination of the Fed signaling that rates might in fact stay higher for longer and tension in the Middle East reaching a boiling point.
Continue readingEquities, Credit Boost Man AHL’s TargetRisk
Apr 11, 2024
Man AHL’s TargetRisk fund is up 16.2% over one year to the end of March, and 107.4% since inception in 2014.
Continue readingQ&A: Sage Advisory’s Komson Silapachai Speaks On Fixed Income Opportunities, Credit Risk
Apr 10, 2024
Komson Silapachai, partner and member of the investment committee at USD25 billion Sage Advisory Services, sat down for an interview with EQD.
Continue readingRate Riddles - Sunday Roundup, March 24, 2024
Mar 24, 2024
Rate cuts are on the horizon but the resulting impact on the market may not be the answer that everyone’s portfolio is looking for. The Fed said it would maintain its policy rate range of 5.25% to 5.5% this week, making it the fifth meeting in a row to hold rates steady. If this is
Continue readingU.S. Endowment Adds To Equity, Fixed Income Portable Alpha
Mar 19, 2024
UTIMCO, which manages USD74 billion for the University of Texas and the Texas A&M University Systems, expects to add to its portable alpha exposure in both its equity and fixed income portfolios this year.
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