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BCE: continua la lotta alla pandemia

BCE: continua la lotta alla pandemia Questa settimana la tanto attesa conferenza stampa della Banca Centrale Europea (BCE) ha portato ad una novità che sicuramente è di vista di buon occhio dagli investitori, in quanto a più riprese abbiamo affermato come l’impegno delle Autorità, Banche centrali su tutte, sia fondamentale…

Chart of the Month – Survival of the Fittest: a Darwinian Approach to Hedge Funds

Survival of the Fittest: a Darwinian Approach to Hedge Funds If there ever was to be a defining moment for hedge funds in recent history, this was it! The month of March witnessed mass destruction across global markets as almost all hedge fund strategies, with the exception of tail risk…

A tu per tu con il gestore

A tu per tu con il gestore Intervista a Caron Bastianpillai, Senior Portfolio Manager La volatilità sui mercati si è attenuata, ma rimane ancora a livelli storicamente elevati. Inoltre, il recente rimbalzo potrebbe non avere seguito nei prossimi mesi, in quanto gli effetti devastanti della crisi probabilmente si rifletteranno a…

Tra rallentamento e banche centrali: dove preferiamo investire

Tra rallentamento e banche centrali: dove preferiamo investire I dati economici rischiano di peggiorare e il rallentamento globale prosegue, con lo spettro delle diatribe commerciali e delle questioni europee ancora irrisolte, tra Brexit e situazione politico-economica italiana. Per fronteggiare tale situazione le banche centrali, prime su tutte la FED e…

Chart of the Month – Is the lifecycle of the hedge fund industry over?

Is the lifecycle of the hedge fund industry over? Numerous academic studies have shown that small funds outperform in their first few years of existence before they become victims of their success and subsequently attract too much money to perform in the investment strategy initially intended. Recent history shows that…

Swiss investors turn to alternatives to find the right balance between passive and active investing – Opalesque Geneva Roundtable

Given the less attractive outlook on most traditional "pure beta" asset classes and investment styles, hedge funds and alternative investments are regaining interest from Swiss investors: pensions, banks, independent asset managers and private clients. Risk premia become increasingly tight, and with that the risk of a correction increases. The need…

Hilmi Ünver @Goldman Sachs Cap Intro conference in Rome

I was invited to moderate a panel at the Goldman Sachs Cap Intro conference in Rome. The Fast and the Furious panel – Lessons learned from Q1 2016. The panel was comprised of prestigious and longtime well established hedge fund managers; Andrew Billett from Arrowgrass Capital, Colin Lancaster from Balyasny…

A (deep) contrarian view: Buy the basket of top holdings in US Hedge Funds

BUY THE BASKET OF TOP HOLDINGS IN US HEDGE FUNDS CURRENT SITUATION 2016 has been a very tough year for active managers, especially in the equity US market (both hedge funds and long only funds). From 31-Dec-15 to 30-April-16, the SP500 NTR has gained 1.73% whereas the Tremont Long-Short Index…

Perception vs. Reality: Hedge Funds – Bad results, but neutral on a risk-adjusted basis.

Daniel Kahneman, the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002, wrote a best-selling book entitled “Thinking, Fast and Slow”. The central thesis of the book is that human beings have two modes of thought: System 1: Fast, instinctive and emotional; System 2: Slow, deliberative and logical. We can say that…

How hedge funds can help: 10 years of H-Worldwide Multi Strategy

The news that Calpers in the States and PFZW in Europe were pulling out of hedge funds did not come too much as a surprise considering how their portfolios fared. There were clearly specific issues regarding these two investors but as large allocators and opinion leaders in the market, there…

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