Real estate
UK annuity providers review credit risk strategies
Balancing act
Alternative Fund Administration Survey
Single-manager hedge fund admin assets prosper while FoHFs suffer
US insurers target European commercial real estate debt
Attractive yields and supply demand mismatch spur interest
Cheyne Capital continues to find opportunities and performance in five asset classes
Opportunistic collaborators
Index roundup: Esma and EBA move to strengthen Euribor
Index roundup
Trade of the month: Dual directional products
Trade of the month: Dual directional products
Regulatory change will enable China insurers to reduce their asset-liability mismatch
China insurers now allowed to invest in hybrid, convertible bonds and infrastructure asset and real estate
Cheyne Real Estate Debt Fund: Cheyne Capital Management
12th European Single Manager Awards 2012
Credit Risk USA: Real estate, rates and bank competition a concern, says OCC
Deputy comptroller gives sneak-preview of possible systemic threats that will be highlighted in a forthcoming OCC report
Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2012
External factors in an exceptional year
Real estate returns to ETF radar
Real estate exchange-traded funds have been attracting big inflows as property market returns beat equity benchmarks
China-focused hedge fund gains on domestic bets
Hedge fund CSV Capital Partners sees Chinese domestic sectors rising even as economic growth slows. The fund backs companies with exposure to the Chinese consumer as retail sales continue to grow
Structured products linked to real assets and credit back on the menu in Italy
The Italian structured products market is seeing a pick-up as institutional investors demand exposure to physical assets and credit
Negative long-term US inflation outlook means hedging currently underpriced for insurers and pension funds
Current US economic data is masking the cheapness of inflation hedging
Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2011
Alternative Fund Administration Survey 2011
Product performance
Product performance
Real estate provides inflation hedging – but only over the long-term
Correlation between inflation and real estate investment can be negative in the short term but almost perfect on a long-term time horizon
Real estate emerges as a theme for US structured products
Real estate is gaining popularity as an underlying, with a handful of products tracking iShares Dow Jones Real Estate Index fund in recent issuances.
ETF Roundup: More for Amundi in Germany
ETF Roundup: More for Amundi in Germany
US wrap: Struggling real estate sector provides unusual choice of underlying
As volumes see a slow recovery after the summer, issuers are diversifying the underlyings and Barclays focuses on real estate.
Property derivatives fail to offer hedge options against price collapse
The development of a property derivatives market in Asia stalled during the financial crisis of 2007-2008 and has failed to regain any real momentum, presenting a gloomy outlook for the business. But some parties believe the introduction of retail…
Building resumes on property products
Less volatile than equities and on offer in a variety of forms and available in either growth or income style, commercial property has made a low-key return to the investment world. As property values recover, access comes in the form of exchange-traded…
Vanguard expands ETF offering with products on equities, fixed income and property
US ETF company Vanguard has increased its business with products on US equity benchmarks, real estate and bonds