Portfolio management
Quantum two-sample test for investment strategies
Quantum algorithms display high discriminatory power in the classification of probability distributions
The evolution of portfolio strategies: Special report 2024
This report explores the dynamic evolution of portfolio management and investment strategies, addressing challenges, technological advancements and ongoing innovations
In pursuit of portfolio performance: buy-side firms adopt new technologies and strategies
Industry experts discuss the challenges in adapting to data-driven strategies, and the need for transparency and new technologies to navigate uncertainties and optimise performance
Vida’s ongoing journey: innovating portfolio solutions
J.P. Morgan’s Gurps Kharaud and Francesco Chioccola discuss Vida Portfolio Solution's ongoing innovation
FX alternative risk premia as a key diversifier for equity bond portfolios
Siddharth Grover, head of QIS structuring at BBVA, discusses how the BBVA FX Risk Premia Indices can aid investors seeking diversification, and provides insight into potential trends moving forward
The impact of greenhouse gas aversion on optimal portfolios
The author applies greenhouse gas aversion to the mean-variance portfolio framework and proposes a new portfolio performance measure for greenhouse-gas-averse investors.
Infrequent MtM reduces neither value-at-risk nor backtesting exceptions
Frequency of repricing impacts volatility and correlation measures
The cost of mis-specifying price impact
Expected returns can be significantly affected by the wrong use of impact models
Diversifying buy-side risk frameworks
How asset managers can integrate emerging risk factors amid a turbulent market landscape
Optimal allocation to cryptocurrencies in diversified portfolios
Asset allocation methods assign positive weights to cryptos in diversified portfolios
The impact of emerging risk on credit portfolio management
Bank credit portfolio managers are increasingly finding that non-financial risks, such as cyber risk and climate risk, are falling under the remit of credit portfolio management. This will also be impacted by the upcoming Basel III Final Reforms, which…
We’ll help banks reach ‘other side’ of deposit squeeze – Ares CEO
Private credit firm talking with banks about liquidity and capital ‘solutions’
UBS found no advantage in quantum computing – ex data chief
Swiss bank tested various use cases in the trading business before giving up on the technology
Momentum transformer: an interpretable deep learning trading model
An attention-based deep learning model for trading is presented
‘Globalisation rewired’: what does it mean for investors?
After half a century of outsourcing production to developing nations, companies are changing tack – with long-term implications for investors
Dynamic rebalancing of a risk parity investment portfolio
The authors examine the All-Weather portfolio in relation to other popular portfolios and investigate the impact of various static and dynamic portfolio-rebalancing strategies on the All-Weather portfolio.
Quants search for way to size crypto bets
Standard models say as much as 4% of a diversified portfolio could go into digital assets
Linking performance of vanilla options to the volatility premium
A framework to account for vanilla options' performance in trading strategies is presented
Fog of war: the struggle to manage geopolitical risk
Financial firms ponder how to factor the Ukraine conflict and wider global unrest into stress-testing
Does reinvesting payouts in plain vanilla exchange-traded funds enhance household portfolio performance?
This study analyzes whether reinvesting payouts in exchange-traded funds that replicate broad and internationally diversified market indexes enhances households’ portfolio performance after transaction costs.
The risk-reversal premium
We show that including risk reversals in an equity portfolio creates a better portfolio compared with a pure index position.