Profiting
from Illiquidity To profit or protect our assets from the vagaries of the costs to trade, we need to understand what changes in liquidity — and consequently in equity returns — might be in store for us.
Investing in private equity to benefit
from the illiquidity premium and / or small cap premium is also a possibility as a means to diversify and benefit from the above stated premiums, even though this asset class has become very crowded as yields have declined significantly.
Key findings here included the fact that SWFs often chose to enter private markets as they believed that their long - dated liabilities mean they can benefit
from the illiquidity premium that these assets offer.
Not exact matches
Recall that the»98 cuts were largely due to
illiquidity problems
from the LTCM crisis, not because of more general economic risks.
The dollar was boosted by weakness in the pound ($ 1.3770 - $ 1.3656, 4 - month low, miss on UK Manufacturing PMI) and in anticipation of a hawkish FOMC meeting statement tomorrow, and was exacerbated by the
illiquidity from today's May Day Holiday.
First, in light of the illiquid state of the market in November 2008 (an
illiquidity that likely would have been exacerbated by AIG's failure), it is far
from certain that the underlying CDOs could have easily been liquidated, even at the discounted price of $ 4.3 billion.
In making tradeoffs among competing alternatives, we have distinguished ourselves
from other professional investors in several ways: our willingness to hold cash balances, sometimes substantial, awaiting opportunities; our preference for investments with a catalyst for the realization of underlying value; our willingness to accept varying degrees of
illiquidity in exchange for incremental return; and our flexibility in pursuing opportunities in new areas.
The risks of investing in emerging markets include the risks of
illiquidity, increased price volatility, smaller market capitalizations, less government regulation, less extensive and less frequent accounting, financial and other reporting requirements, risk of loss resulting
from problems in share registration and custody, substantial economic and political disruptions and the nationalization of foreign deposits or assets.
The fair value team takes into account the relevant factors and surrounding circumstances, which may include: (i) the nature and pricing history (if any) of the security; (ii) whether any dealer quotations for the security are available; (iii) possible valuation methodologies that could be used to determine the fair value of the security; (iv) the recommendation of a portfolio manager of the fund with respect to the valuation of the security; (v) whether the same or similar securities are held by other funds managed by the Adviser or other funds and the method used to price the security in those funds; (vi) the extent to which the fair value to be determined for the security will result
from the use of data or formulae produced by independent third parties and (vii) the liquidity or
illiquidity of the market for the security.
In the case of the legal industry, the
illiquidity stems
from excessively high prices, market fragmentation, and a general lack of transparency.
Since we are transferring the PO
from [TM Germany] to [TM Canada,] we would need a letter
from [TM Germany] that, in case of
illiquidity of [TM Canada], [TM Germany] would assume the project completion and any outstanding payments to [RCI].