In short, it is an environment in which investors should consider investment strategies designed to reduce volatility. In this video, William Barbour, head of client portfolio managers for the quantitative solutions group at Eastspring Investments, explores the benefits of low volatility strategies and how the recently-launched Eastspring Investments Asian Low Volatility Equity Fund breaks new ground in the Asia-Pacific ex-Japan equities sector.
Getting a grip on volatility
The past decade was a lesson in how volatile equity markets can inflict drawdowns that badly hurt investors’ capital. This year has been no different, with markets see-sawing under the influence of factors as diverse as the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy, Brexit, instability in the Middle East and the recent US presidential election.
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