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Chart of the Month – The case for good active management in China!
The case for good active management in China! One of the big winners of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to be China, which has seen its economy grow by almost +3% in 2020 and is expected to grow between +8% and +9% in 2021. The continued appreciation of the RMB versus…
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Chart of the Month – High market dispersion creates alpha opportunities!
High market dispersion creates alpha opportunities! Due to the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, 2020 is un-comparable to any other year in financial markets. Authorities in major countries in the World have taken drastic measures to save lives, which have a large negative impact on economic activity. As a response, central…
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Chart of the Month – Active Management is back!
Active Management is back! During March, the Covid-19 pandemic has forced authorities of a vast majority of countries to implement lockdowns and impose physical distancing measures to contain the spread of the virus. Almost all economic sectors have been literally shut down overnight. This unprecedented situation resulted in some of…
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Chart of the Month – Active Management: being at the right place at the right time
2018 - Active Management: being at the right place at the right time French coach Didier Deschamps had to be very selective with his players and implement the right strategy to win the World Cup 2018.Active management is like soccer, you have to be a the right place at the…
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Chart of the Month – Alpha generation is back!
Alpha generation is back! Equity markets have entered into a new volatility regime since February 2018. This could have been expected with the beginning of the end of QE decided by all major central banks since almost 10 years following the global financial crisis. During this period of massive liquidity…
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Chart of the Month – The rise of passives
The rise of passives How the role of ETFs has evolved in an increasingly efficient market Not a month goes by without an article in the press criticizing the high fee structures of both hedge funds and traditional long only funds and their underperformance in comparison to their benchmark indices. …
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Chart of the Month – Active management is back but beware of the next equity sector rotation!
Active Management is back but beware of the next equity sector rotation! After a tough 2016, active managers (long-only stock pickers and hedge funds) are back in business and outperform their benchmark since November of last year. This is due to two main reasons: Number 1: Sector and stock correlation…
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Chart of the month: May Edition
WHY IS ACTIVE MANAGEMENT UNDERPERFORMING THIS YEAR? 2016 has so far been a difficult year for active managers (long only stock-pickers and hedge fund long/short equity managers). If we take the US equity markets as the main proxy we see that the MSCI USA Index is up just +1.3% for…
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