Investment management processes are constantly increasing in sophistication in line with improvements in technology and the professionalisation of the industry. Few remaining managers concentrate on pure return targeting with significant attention now paid to the risk...
The changing dialogue in inflation expectations from “transitory” to “sticky” was the first of many signals that the Federal Reserve believes greater inflation is here to stay. In this short piece we document some of the forces that are currently exerting upwards...
Interest rates have been historically low for some time before the recent moves of the Federal Reserve. The dialogue over how transitory inflation is has changed and now the expectation is of further rate rises in the US. However, with inflationary pressures growing,...
In recent years the focus of investment management has shifted away from pure return targeting to constructing a diversified, well-balanced portfolio. As a result, risk management techniques have become increasingly important to the sophisticated investor. There are a...
On first reflection, the US economy appears to be in relatively healthy shape. Unemployment levels are back near long-run averages, business confidence appears buoyant and GDP has grown significantly during 2021 to recoup many of the losses following the global shock...
