Over time, this suggests rising bid - ask spreads relative to past levels for
more illiquid assets, such as corporate bonds, to help market - makers cover their operating costs.
Unlike stocks, mutual funds, and bonds, private equity funds usually invest in
more illiquid assets, i.e. companies.
Not exact matches
The asymmetry of prospective rate moves in different parts of the curve with short rates at the zero lower bound, explicit forward guidance about future policy decisions and massive
asset purchase programs may result in a higher likelihood of one - sided markets, which may in turn impair liquidity, or at least lead one to conclude from liquidity indicators that markets have become
more illiquid.
Over time, there may be a benefit in exploring other arrangements that are
more conducive to investments in
illiquid assets.
We trade all fixed income
assets, with a focus on
more illiquid situations, from high yield, distressed and investment grade bonds and convertible bonds to public and private corporate securities and leveraged loans.
Offering periodic redemptions rather than daily redemptions gives the fund the opportunity to invest in
assets that may be considered
more illiquid in nature and higher risk, and therefore
more suitable to long - term investors.
The proposal could also lead to early director departures, as directors seek to convert
illiquid shares and options into
more liquid
assets (after the one - to two - year waiting period).
Remember, management teams usually know
more than the average analyst when it comes to knowing the true value of cash that can be generated from
illiquid assets.
The impact I am
more concerned with is in the concentration of
assets into less and less differentiated products and the fact that ETFs have become a liquidity provider (when flows are positive) in areas of the market that are
illiquid.
Because of potential buyers» inability to obtain financing due to the credit crunch, FRT may see its
assets become
more and
more illiquid - a lack of lending creates a lack of able buyers, which makes it
more difficult for FRT to sell its properties.
LTCM bought the higher - yielding
illiquid assets, and hedged them with
more - liquid liabilities.
Illiquid assets that are similar to a liquid
asset usually yield
more, because the cost of trading is much higher, and the possibility of being trapped is higher also.
Or else why the hell would anybody change their fungible safe dollars for a
more illiquid and risky
asset?
More often than not, financial firms with a bunch of
illiquid level 3
assets act as if they eating elephants.
Dr. Wade Pfau's new book, Reverse Mortgages: How to use Reverse Mortgages to Secure Your Retirement explains how, when used correctly, reverse mortgages can provide an added layer of security for retirees and allow them to enjoy retirement
more by gaining liquidity from an
illiquid asset.
However, if
more than 15 % of Fund
assets (defined as net
assets plus the amount of any borrowing for investment purposes) are
illiquid, the Fund's investment adviser will reduce
illiquid assets such that they do not represent
more than 15 % of Fund
assets, subject to timing and other considerations which are in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders; or
I've been specializing in a secondary market for collateralized
illiquid assets (life insurance policies) for
more than 20 years.
The ability to create a
more diversified portfolio that includes
illiquid assets from inefficient private markets is an opportunity that is only now available to millions of investors thanks to the combination of regulatory advances and the Internet.