Sentences with phrase «event driven investments»

I'm not a big believer in cash, as I think «there is always a bull market somewhere» (haha, sorry to quote Cramer)-- generally, I think ratcheting up and down my risk arb / event driven investment allocation is a perfectly acceptable alternative to cash, and much more rewarding.

For such an event driven investment, this type of hedge is next to useless, an unnecessary cost, and may in fact lose money (with no corresponding offset).

Not exact matches

In any event, our investment position is driven not by expectations of future Fed actions, but by the prevailing condition of valuations and market action.

Here, the team takes a look at the events driving global equity market action so far this year, and shares their value - oriented investment strategy in light of the conditions they currently see.

The Health Wellness & Better Eating Conference is an invitation only event for the institutional investment community sponsored by Maxim Group that will bring together industry professionals and members of academia to discuss the health and wellness trends driving changes in the food industry.

The report finds makes a list of recommendations for business, industry, professional bodies and government, namely: Construction businesses · Focus on better human resource management · Introduce and / or expand mentoring schemes · Boost investment in training · Develop talent from the trades as potential managers and professionals · Engage with the community and local education establishments Industry · Rally around social mobility as a collective theme · Promote better human resource management and support the effort of businesses · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Support diversity and schemes that widen access to management and the professions · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility Professional bodies and institutions · Drive the aspirations of Professions for Good for promoting social mobility and diversity · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Promote and develop the UK as an international hub of construction excellence · Emphasise and spread understanding of the built environment's impact on social mobility · Provide greater routes for degree - level learning among those working within construction Government · Produce with urgency a plan to boost the UK as an international hub of construction excellence, as a core part of the Industrial Strategy · Provide greater funding to support the travel costs of apprentices · Support wider access to the professions and support those from less - privileged backgrounds · Place greater weight in project appraisal on the impact the built environment has on social mobility The report is being formally launched at an event in the House of Commons later today.

Here, the team takes a look at the events driving global equity market action so far this year, and shares their value - oriented investment strategy in light of the conditions they currently see.

Salient's blog posts take an in - depth, data - driven approach to investment and market analysis, using the latest trends and current events as a jumping - off point.

Until the developed stock markets retreat from record levels of valuation, we expect to have less portfolio exposure to equities going forward and more exposure to event driven situations such as liquidations and reorganizations that are not so dependent on the vicissitudes of the stock market for their investment return.

Third Point employs an event - driven, value - oriented investment style.

Common investment strategies include Long / Short Equity, Long / Short Credit, Market Neutral, Managed Futures, Event - Driven, and Short - Selling.

This global phenomenon is one of many Arvind Navaratnam, portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, tries to take advantage of in the Fidelity Event Driven Opportunities Fund.

All of our vehicles have a similar core investment strategy which attempts to profit from discrete events, including mergers, acquisitions, asset sales or divestitures, restructurings, refinancings, recapitalizations, reorganizations, or other special situations («event - driven opportunities»).

«Investing in the absence of an investment policy statement reduces decision making to an individual event - driven process of chasing short - term results, eliminating the expectation of achieving the long - term returns of... Read More

Dr. Eric Jackson's Ironfire Capital LLC, an «equity long biased and event - driven activist investment firm», has sniffed the value and launched a ««friendly» activist campaign targeting the company to unlock shareholder value».

But arguably, my dependence on event - driven / deep value investments is (much) less risky than a portfolio reliant on over - priced / potential high - growth stories which may never materialise.

Oozing Alpha is a place to share event driven and special situations with the institutional investment community.

I didn't check that, but sounds abt right — the balance is a mix of some cash, (interesting) fixed income, event - driven investments & some other undisclosed holdings.

agri - business, alternative assets, asset allocation, bubbles, cash, diversification, emerging markets, Europe, Event Driven, frontier markets, Ireland, luxury goods, macro investment thesis, mobile, natural resources, Nifty Fifty, portfolio allocation, property, smartphone revolution, UK, US, volatility

activist investors, Alternative Asset Opportunities, alternative assets, Argo Group, asset managers, catalyst, CLOs, correlation, distressed investing, Event Driven, hedge fund seeding, hedge funds, hedge funds of funds, Livermore Investments Group, mortgage hedge funds, portfolio allocation, proprietary trading, Raven Russia, Tetragon Financial Group, thematic investing, volatility

This was somewhat accidental, and a function of limited volume / liquidity more than anything else... In the earlier / less certain stages of an event - driven investment, I might well limit my stake to 1.5 % -3 % of my portfolio.

Once again, let me make a suggestion — take your current portfolio, and just label each stock as growth or value (an event - driven investment's simply value with a catalyst).

There will be tremendous opportunities in discounted asset / special situation investments — best accessed through private equity (PE), event driven & distressed debt strategies.

Which means cash / bonds are very rare for me — either proceeds to be soon reinvested (average in), or if I really do feel nervous I'll focus instead on more event - driven / alternative investments.

That's the problem with these small / micro-cap deep - value positions — very lumpy, they may as well be event - driven investments!?

Now, I could offer a prior argument — as I usually don't consider cash a necessary component of a portfolio, with (low risk) event - driven investments generally serving as an acceptable & more attractive substitute.

You may also need to re-examine your attitude to risk / reward as an investor — most people love the idea of an oil stock hedging an airline stock, then get frustrated when one stock always seems to be a loser, while an event - driven investment's fairly predictable risk / reward may suddenly appear rather meagre when the overall market's charging ahead!?

Further, if you're not as sanguine about the markets and the economy as our dear leaders seem to be, special situations like liquidations and event - driven investments like activist campaigns offer a place to hide if (and when) the market resumes the long bear.

I hold accordingly... but for other individual shareholders, it will depend on their portfolio & perspective: On average, event - driven investments do offer attractive risk / reward, but if you're itching to buy a high potential growth stock right now (for example), you may prefer to raise some necessary cash.

Managers include P. Schoenfeld Asset Management in event - driven and Chilton Investment Company and Jennison Associates in long / short equity, among others.

Most of my event - driven investments are smaller & undisclosed — but my largest holding actually was / is Argo Group (ARGO: LN).

Event - Driven: This is a part of my portfolio I don't write about so much — it can be difficult to keep posts timely & relevant when it comes to such investments, and returns may rely on technical analysis & good trade execution just as much as the quality of your fundamental analysis.

With event - driven investments playing the risk - adjustment role in my portfolio, I'm only interested in bonds as an investment if they present equity - like risk: reward.

I'm not a big fan of surplus cash in my portfolio, but there's an obvious alternative — lower - risk event - driven / catalyst investments are an immensely useful allocation within your portfolio.

However, since my original pie - chart last year, I've actually re-allocated a significant portion of my event - driven portfolio into my largest holding (& largest fixed income investment ever):

This is an important point - I believe some event - driven categories substantially reduce market risk (in most instances), but don't necessarily reduce investment risk.

If I want to lower risk in my portfolio, and / or have quasi-cash on hand, I usually prefer event - driven investments — they're lower - risk, have a limited time horizon & still offer equity - like returns.

Likewise, with the vast majority of agricultural commodities also enduring a pretty severe bear market, this portfolio allocation's also on hold — Donegal Investment Group is my primary & only disclosed holding here, and it's really another event - driven investment with two major disposals & a return of capital on thInvestment Group is my primary & only disclosed holding here, and it's really another event - driven investment with two major disposals & a return of capital on thinvestment with two major disposals & a return of capital on the horizon.

For instance, Aurora Russia may soon be better classified as an interesting event driven opportunity rather than as a Russian fund investment.

The problem with most value stocks is they're essentially slow - motion event - driven investments — management and / or the business clearly aren't creating / compounding value, so what you're really betting on is the potential closing * of a value gap... and your IRR gets worse & worse with every passing year.

Usually dn't add shrs whn a single co holding exceeds 7.5 %, bt I nw consider NTR an event - driven / activist investment w / imminent asset sales

[Yes, that's an attractive return in a historical equity context — but anything less & I'd probably plough my cash into an event - driven, or (even better) an equity investment, which I believe has higher potential returns.

The event brings together the who's who of the hotel investment community that drive investment into tourism projects, infrastructure and hotel development across Africa.

«Our investor mix is a blend of GCC clients who recognise the long - term ROI potential of high - end luxury residential investment, and we conducted a GCC road show last year to meet with prospective investors face - to - face; but we also have an international client base and our participation in consumer events like the Moscow International Property Show has been instrumental in driving demand,» he added.

At the event, Governor Terry McAuliffe, Virginia, said: «Virginia is driving clean energy investment and carbon reduction despite the President's decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.

With Africa Carbon Forum a cornerstone event, focus has been placed on market - based approaches, economic instruments and climate - aligned finance to drive investment in climate action.

On the first day of the event, the hosting company of the 2nd Blockchain Summit Wanxiang revealed a 200 billion RMB investment in an innovative smart city, which will demonstrate various use cases of emerging technologies like self - driving vehicles, the blockchain technology and AI.

Interested in individual company stocks, investment funds, risk arbitrage, event driven / special situations, fixed income and even some natural resource stocks.

Focused on event driven and activist investing, and Listed Investment Companies (LICs) on the ASX.

My investment experience is across the capital structure: long / short credit, leveraged loans, convert arb / outright, and event driven.