UBS Wealth Management is recommending clients allocate up to 20% of their assets to hedge funds as a diversifier, especially in an environment where interest rates and volatility are increasing, according to the firm’s executives.
Category: Asset Class in Focus
How to weather sector rotation
Managing sector rotation is the most challenging aspect of equity investing, and the best solution is to wait it out, argues Michael Buhl-Nielsen, fund management director at Jupiter Asset Management.
Opportunities and risk in disruption
Investing in disruptive companies requires a blend of new entrants with established companies to minimise risks, according to Wesley Lebeau, Paris-based thematic equities portfolio manager at CPR Asset Management, a subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management.
Is short-term high yield debt better?
Short-dated high yield bonds provide protection against rising interest rates, but low liquidity puts brakes on the ability of funds investing in them to grow, according to BNY Mellon’s Ulrich Gerhard.
Investors missing correlation alert, says NB
As correlation between stocks and bonds increases, Neuberger Berman’s multi-asset and quantitative team has made several changes to portfolios, according to Erik Knutzen, the firm’s New York-based chief investment officer for multi-asset class strategies.
Will EMs tumble as rates rise?
Emerging markets are less likely to see a ‘taper tantrum’-like sell off as rates rise, said GSAM’s Shoqat Bunglawala, but not everyone agrees.
Deutsche WM turns more cautious
Deutsche WM has increased the allocation to sovereign bonds in the firm’s model balanced portfolio, which forms the basis of portfolios it manages for clients in Asia-Pacific.
Investec bets on China government bonds
Amid concerns over illiquid credit market in China, bonds issued by the government and the policy banks are an attractive option, argues Wilfred Wee, China fixed income portfolio manager at Investec Asset Management.
J Safra Sarasin in U-turn on Japan equities
Bank J Safra Sarasin has drastically changed its view of Japan equities from being optimistic on the asset class six months ago, according to Philipp Bärtschi, the private bank’s Zurich-based chief investment officer.
Will Stratton Street’s RMB fund draw mainland money?
As China further relaxes capital controls, the demand for renminbi-denominated investments outside the mainland should grow, argues Stratton Street’s Andy Seaman.
