Global EQD: GAM’s Solutions For Diversification

Alternative risk premia remains a valuable diversifier but the lackluster performance of 2018 reminded investors and managers that it is “only a diversifier” and is not a hedge to equity market reversals, said GAM Systematic’s co-head Anthony Lawler, at a private session on the sidelines of Global EQD in Las Vegas at the Wynn Hotel on May 22. Instead, he highlighted a solution that can provide clients with smoother total returns through low correlations to a portfolio’s traditional long-only assets and can help diversify the underlying drivers of portfolio returns to improve investment outcomes.