Not exact matches
«If you were a
hedge fund or private
equity fund and you said, «Well, all I want my AI to do is maximize the
value of my portfolio,»» Musk said in the documentary, «then the AI could decide, the best way to do that is to short consumer stocks, go long defense stocks, and start a war.»
Hedge funds and private
equity funds saw the potential to corner this market and began offering much higher loan to
value ratios, meaning they would lend as much as 80 percent of the
value of the property.
Legendary Wall Street
value investor Howard Marks says the big money has already been made in
hedge funds, and maybe in private
equity and junk bonds too.
These assets can be shares of stock in other corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, private
equity funds,
hedge funds, publicly traded stocks, bonds, real estate, song rights, brand names, patents, trademarks, copyrights, or virtually anything else that has
value.
For example, during 2008 and 2009, many third - party investors that invest in alternative assets and have historically invested in our investment funds experienced significant volatility in valuations of their investment portfolios, including a significant decline in the
value of their overall private
equity, real assets, venture capital and
hedge fund portfolios, which affected our ability to raise capital from them.
Moderate Growth and Income Four Asset Group model portfolio without private capital: 3 % Bloomberg Barclays 1 — 3 Month Treasury Bill Index, 11 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (5 — 7Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (10 + Y), 6 % Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Bond Index, 3 % JPM GBI Global ex. - U.S. Index, 5 % JPM EMBI Global Index, 20 % S&P 500 Index, 8 % Russell Midcap ® Index, 6 % Russell 2000 ® Index, 5 % MSCI EAFE Index (USD), 5 % MSCI EM Index (USD), 5 % FTSE EPRA / NAREIT Developed Index, 2 % Bloomberg Commodity Index, 3 % HFRI Relative
Value Index, 6 % HFRI Macro Index, 4 % HFRI Event - Driven Index, 2 % HFRI
Equity Hedge Index.
iShares S&P ® / TSX ® 60 Index Fund («XIU»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Composite Index Fund («XIC»), iShares S&P / TSX Completion Index Fund («XMD»), iShares S&P / TSX SmallCap Index Fund («XCS»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Energy Index Fund («XEG»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Financials Index Fund («XFN»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Gold Index Fund («XGD»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Information Technology Index Fund («XIT»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped REIT Index Fund («XRE»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Materials Index Fund («XMA»), iShares Diversified Monthly Income Fund («XTR»), iShares S&P 500 Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XSP»), iShares Jantzi Social Index Fund («XEN»), iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund («XDV»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select Growth Index Fund («XCG»), iShares Dow Jones Canada Select
Value Index Fund («XCV»), iShares DEX Universe Bond Index Fund («XBB»), iShares DEX Short Term Bond Index Fund («XSB»), iShares DEX Real Return Bond Index Fund («XRB»), iShares DEX Long Term Bond Index Fund («XLB»), iShares DEX All Government Bond Index Fund («XGB»), and iShares DEX All Corporate Bond Index Fund («XCB»), iShares MSCI EAFE ® Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XIN»), iShares Russell 2000 ® Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XSU»), iShares Conservative Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XCR»), iShares Growth Core Portfolio Builder Fund («XGR»), iShares Global Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XGC»), iShares Alternatives Completion Portfolio Builder Fund («XAL»), iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund («XEM») and iShares MSCI World Index Fund («XWD»), iShares MSCI Brazil Index Fund («XBZ»), iShares China Index Fund («XCH»), iShares S&P CNX Nifty India Index Fund («XID»), iShares S&P Latin America 40 Index Fund («XLA»), iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XHY»), iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XIG»), iShares DEX HYBrid Bond Index Fund («XHB»), iShares S&P / TSX North American Preferred Stock Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XPF»), iShares S&P / TSX
Equity Income Index Fund («XEI»), iShares S&P / TSX Capped Consumer Staples Index Fund («XST»), iShares Capped Utilities Index Fund («XUT»), iShares S&P / TSX Global Base Metals Index Fund («XBM»), iShares S&P Global Healthcare Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XHC»), iShares NASDAQ 100 Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XQQ») and iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index Fund (CAD -
Hedged)(«XEB»)(collectively, the «Funds») may or may not be suitable for all investors.
Asset managers and
hedge funds typically determine their research budgets through a process called broker votes in which portfolio managers rate the
value of
equity research analysts.
Four common strategies used by
hedge fund managers include: long - short
equity, relative
value, event driven and global macro.
«This significant investment and allocation to high - fee
hedge funds and private
equity added no
value.
Our portfolio
values both balance and flexibility and includes a global mix of large -, mid -, and small - cap
equities,
hedge funds, venture capital and alternative investments.
K2 Advisors, Franklin Templeton Solutions, seeks to add
value through active portfolio management, tactical allocation and diversification across four main
hedge strategies: long short
equity, relative
value, global macro and event driven.
The main purpose behind holding these options is
hedging a portfolio against significant negative movement in the
value of US
equities, commonly referred to as tail risk.
Before joining Alston & Bird, Blake was general counsel for a manager and distributor of alternative investment products, including an externally managed, public, non-traded business development company, and a senior lawyer for a manager of
hedge funds and separately managed accounts employing relative
value and macro fixed income and
equity strategies.
This is uncomfortable for
hedged -
equity in the short - run, because the glamour stocks drive gains in the major indices that aren't sufficiently matched by gains in broadly constructed stock portfolios — particularly those following
value - conscious strategies.
The spotlight that private
equity firms and
hedge funds find themselves under in the current regulatory environment, as well as the changes in fair
value rules for financial reporting, increase the scrutiny of alternative asset managers by investors, fund administrators, and auditors.
Hedge fund strategies, such as
Equity Hedge, Event Driven, Macro and Relative
Value, may expose investors to the risks associated with the use of short selling, leverage, derivatives and arbitrage methodologies.
Rebalanced quarterly, the index is comprised of all eligible
hedge fund strategies, including but not limited to
equity hedge, event driven, macro, and relative
value arbitrage, that meet certain criteria include UCITS compliance, net performance reporting, at least biweekly NAV reporting, and at least $ 10 million of assets under management or 6 months of track record.
Oakmark International Fund: The percentages of
hedge exposure for each foreign currency are calculated by dividing the market
value of all same - currency forward contracts by the market
value of the underlying
equity exposure to that currency.
While I don't see much
value in long - dated bonds, in recent weeks they have reasserted their historic role as an
equity hedge.
Oakmark Global Fund: The percentages of
hedge exposure for each foreign currency are calculated by dividing the market
value of all same - currency forward contracts by the market
value of the underlying
equity exposure to that currency.
Prior, Peter worked in real estate acquisitions for Wexford Capital, a $ 4 billion private
equity and
hedge fund, whose portfolio consisted of over $ 1 billion in property
value during Peter's tenure.
The Long Term
Equities group focused on investments, both public and private, with steady cash flow and growth potential that can hold their
value and act as a
hedge against inflation.
In an interview last year for the film Lo and Behold, he discussed one possible doomsday scenario: «If you were a
hedge fund or private
equity fund and you said, «Well, all I want my AI to do is maximize the
value of my portfolio,» then the AI could decide, well, the best way to do that is to short consumer stocks, go long defense stocks, and start a war.»
The sponsors of private plans must therefore contribute much more for every dollar of promised benefits than governments contribute to teacher pension plans that
value liabilities using an 8 percent assumed return on portfolios heavily weighted with stocks,
hedge funds, or private
equity.
I can say this with a fair amount of certainty because, imagine for a moment how wealthy individuals, Wall Street, banks,
hedge funds, investment companies and private
equity groups will make money if the economy and stock markets stand still or decrease in
value?
The whimsical plan is to use a «bottom - up,
value - oriented, long - term approach» to select individual
equities then use a long / short ETF portfolio to manage sector exposures and
hedge its global market exposure with some combination of cash, ETFs and futures.
Value and Momentum combines the two factors and additionally can tactically
hedge the
equity portfolio with strict risk control methods that are completely systematic.
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During any period when the Canadian dollar rises in
value (whether against the U.S. dollar or some other foreign currency), using ETFs with currency
hedging will lead to higher returns in your foreign
equity investments.
With the steep increase in the
value of our dollar compared to other currencies,
hedging against currency fluctuations has become popular and many US and international
equity funds are now available in currency - neutral flavours.
This is uncomfortable for
hedged -
equity in the short - run, because the glamour stocks drive gains in the major indices that aren't sufficiently matched by gains in broadly constructed stock portfolios — particularly those following
value - conscious strategies.
In the short - term, that can be uncomfortable for
hedged -
equity strategies that are long a broad portfolio of
value - oriented stocks and
hedged with an offsetting short position in the major indices.
Thus, in the
Equity Hedge category, we classified Equity Market Neutral and Quantitative Directional as quantitative hedge funds and Fundamental Growth and Fundamental Value as qualitative catego
Hedge category, we classified
Equity Market Neutral and Quantitative Directional as quantitative
hedge funds and Fundamental Growth and Fundamental Value as qualitative catego
hedge funds and Fundamental Growth and Fundamental
Value as qualitative categories.
Changes in the fair
value of derivatives are recorded each period in current earnings within «Net gains (losses) on financial instruments at fair
value and foreign exchange» or in shareholders»
equity within «Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss),» depending on whether the derivative is designated as a
hedge, and if so designated, the type of
hedge.
A variety of levered market - neutral
equity hedge funds were running into trouble in August 2007 as they all pursued similar
Value plus Momentum strategies, and as some fund liquidated, a self reinforcing panic ensued.
The CPP Investment Board sees «no compelling reason to
hedge equity - related currency exposure,» largely because «
hedging would unduly tie Fund returns to the price of oil and other commodities as they drive the foreign exchange
value of the Canadian dollar.»
Accounting rules require the fixed - rate liability used as the
hedging instrument to be adjusted to fair
value, with gains or losses recorded in the «other comprehensive income» account within the
equity section of the balance sheet.
Well, actually,
hedge fund / private
equity fund management companies are generally
valued at even higher multiples these days, ranging from 7.5 % to as high as 20 % of AUM.
Many of our
hedge fund clients also call upon our bankruptcy and restructuring expertise in connection with their investments in distressed companies, particularly where litigation plays an important role in protecting or increasing the
value of their debt or
equity investment.
Murray C. Grenville is CEO of Sterling Valuation Group, Inc., which specializes in
valuing alternative, non-liquid assets for
hedge funds, private
equity firms, banks and other financial institutions.