Following is a list of Products articles published on PortfolioConstruction Forum throughout 2008...
This presentation and underlying research paper bring together 70 years of equity market and commodity price data to help quantify the relationship, measure the extent of the risk and, in doing so, draw some inferences about how to structure a resources portfolio to take account of the market's cyclical position... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper examine whether there is a significant relationship between inflation and the return characteristics of an investment in commercial real estate, with an objective of clarifying whether real estate acts as an inflation hedge... Full Story >
The presentation and underlying research paper answer the questions facing advisers now: What are the risks of cash and fixed income investing? Where are the opportunities in the new world of fixed income investing? How do I explain these to my clients? Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper examine how the rapid industrialisation of China and India, combined with a number of other factors, have created an unparalleled demand led environment for soft commodities on the back of the need to reverse declining crop yields and lift production rates from a diminishing arable land base... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper address which real estate asset classes will perform best over the next five to seven years and why... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper presents analysis suggesting we have entered a fourth wave of inflation and strong commodity price growth that may continue for the next 10 to 12 years and therefore investments in agriculture are becoming increasingly attractive... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper examine the current macroeconomic drivers affecting the domestic property sector, while also reflecting on its broader performance over the past 20 years, at an asset class level, before focusing on the key attributes to consider when combining unlisted property with other asset classes... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper ask whether we should have seen the 2007/2008 credit crisis coming, and recommends a return to the evaluation of fixed interest investments on their own individual merits rather than purely as a mathematical optimisation exercise... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper examine whether we can continue to blindly rely on central banks to win the fight against inflation for us, or is it time that we looked at defensive asset allocation as a way to inflation proof our portfolios? Full Story >
As investors, we can manage and limit expected losses, but it takes expertise to limit the impact of an extreme event. In credit portfolios, this extreme event is called tail risk. This session and underlying research paper examine the risks within credit portfolios and how to manage them... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research paper discuss how advisers can improve portfolio efficiency through the use of long/short funds... Full Story >
This presentation and underlying research examine an alternative approach using a combination of fundamental stock level research and quantitative methods to estimate ex-ante portfolio risk based on exposure to three primary characteristics... Full Story >
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PortfolioPicks provides a comprehensive introduction to a 'pick-of-the-bunch' investment, as identified by a leading research house, for you to consider for your approved products list. This PortfolioPick features the Select Gottex Market Neutral Fund, a robust alternatives exposure for more volatile times, and is rated Recommended by Lonsec... Full Story >
If your role includes designing, building and managing investment portfolios, you're a member of an investment committee, or you have a professional responsibility to understand how leading portfolio construction practitioners do this, PortfolioConstruction Conference is for you... Full Story >
The past six months have been some of the most dramatic for the Australian property investment industry in a long time. A number of prominent property managers and their products appear to be hitting the wall – something we’ve not seen for many a year... Full Story >
In volatile investment markets, and even more when you take into global exchange rates, a flight to safety often becomes the catch cry. There's an argument that global infrastructure gives you the best of both worlds, equity-like returns in the good times and bond-like returns in down markets... Full Story >
In volatile investment markets, and even more when you take into global exchange rates, a flight to safety often becomes the catch cry. There's an argument that global infrastructure gives you the best of both worlds, equity-like returns in the good times and bond-like returns in down markets... Full Story >
