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Will “Fallen Angels” Reveal Fixed Income’s Saints and Sinners?
With large volumes of BBB credits either undergoing or set to undergo downgrades which knock them off the investment grade plinth, many investment grade bond managers are expecting “fallen
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How Are Asset Managers Performing? Q1 Review – Key Takeaways
On April 22nd, more than 300 investors around the globe joined the bfinance research team (virtually) for a session dissecting manager performance through the crisis so far.
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Dislocation and Distress: Navigating New Opportunities
New research on 130+ opportunistic investment strategies targeting distress and dislocation amid the pandemic.
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Rethinking Fixed Income’s ‘Hunt for Yield’
The long-running hunt for yield rolls on into an increasingly volatile 2020, with yields on safer fixed income now at or close to five-year lows.
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Small Insurer Boosts Sophistication, Adds Alternatives
Foresters Friendly has been drawing the attention of the insurance investment industry in 2019, with accolades for its new approach featuring a high-quality multi-asset solution complemented by
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Investment Management Fees: Is Competition Working?
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the
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What Does “Paying for Alpha” Really Mean?
“Paying alpha fees for beta performance” has become an investor bugbear. This has created a need to differentiate more carefully between outperformance derived from established risk factors and
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Five Levers for Reducing Equity Risk
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the
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Green Bonds - Sector in Brief
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the
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How Alberta Teachers’ is Investing ‘Between the Seams’
The quest for diversification plus returns is not an easy one in today’s investment climate: many strategies that provide low correlation with equities are falling short on performance. The
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How QSuper Halved Risk Without Losing Return
Inspired by risk parity strategies and illiquid-focused endowments, Australia’s second largest superannuation fund is pioneering a radically different approach.
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Top Reads of 2019
Which bfinance papers and articles received the highest number of views and downloads in 2019?
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CAT Bonds and ILS: Three Manager Selection Pitfalls
As we pass one of two major annual windows for contract renewals in Insurance-Linked Securities, asset owners are watching closely to see whether the recent rise in premiums will be sustained or
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MBS and Securitised Credit
Asset managers are encouraging investors to look at securitised credit (MBS / ABS) in the current climate. While the pitch is compelling, there are notable headwinds to consider and there have
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Emerging Market Debt: to Blend or Not to Blend?
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the
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Investment Management Fees: New Savings, New Challenges
The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the
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Taxable Municipal Bonds: Sector in Brief
The persistence of a record low-yield climate has increased the appetite of international investors for this high-quality asset class.
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Absolute Return Fixed Income: Sector in Brief
The increasingly popular Absolute Return fixed income space includes a diverse group of strategies and labels: Unconstrained Bonds, Multi-Asset Credit (a.k.a MAC), Strategic Bond and Fixed Income
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