Asset Allocation
Troubles Ahead? Allocators Say They Are Ready
In a Mercer survey, asset owners say they feel ‘resilient’ about market risk and inflation.
Tag: Liquidity
Opinion
The End of Easy Money: Institutional Investors and the Private Markets
It will take time for the system to work through what is effectively a liquidity queue.
Cash Gets a Bigger Role for Institutions, NextGen Honorees Say
They describe how higher rates have elevated the once-ignored asset class into a vital position.
Research
Survey: Allocators See 2023 Opportunity in Bonds
Fixed income should benefit from rate increases, Natixis poll finds.
Risk
Why Bond Liquidity May Be Headed for Trouble
As Yellen warns of problem selling the obligations, fixed-income volatility resembles that of stocks. Other hazards lurk.
Risk
5 Ways to Supercharge a Portfolio Against a Blah Tomorrow, per CAIA
The group assembles an allocation strategy designed to overcome the meager results expected ahead.
News
Private Credit: Too Risky? Not for Asset Allocators
Moody’s takes a dim view of direct lending, but the asset’s safety record is pretty good.
Risk
Bubble, Bubble: How Bad Will the Bull Market’s Demise Be?
With the market at a record, thoughts of the abyss are rife. Richard Bernstein lays out this dreary view.
Asset Allocation
Institutional Investors Double Down on Private Assets
Schroders says the pandemic exacerbated the need to diversify away from equity/bond market volatility.
Market Moves
Archegos Fiasco Was One of 3 ‘Near-Misses’ This Year, Says El-Erian
Celebrated Allianz economist points to GameStop and hedge fund debacles as potential market torpedoes.
Everybody Says Higher Interest Rates Are Coming … But When and By How Much?
There are three reasons why, after long dwelling at subterranean levels, the cost of money will eventually poke its head up.
Market Moves
Why the GameStop Explosion Won’t Destroy the Stock Rally
Veteran stock seer Jack Ablin sketches out how come last week’s disruption lacks the oomph to derail the market.
Alternatives
Private Equity Fundraising Down But Not Out, Despite Pandemic
Deal-making is bouncing back after being shut down earlier in the year due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Market Moves
Pension Investing Strategies for a W-Shaped Recovery
If this is the calm between the storms, plan sponsors should consider adjusting their tactics.
Risk
Liquidity Woes Have Abated, But Don’t Get Too Comfy, JPM Says
After the March freak-out, when even selling a Treasury was tough, a shaky equilibrium prevails.