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January 28, 2012 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Whilst seeking for high yield amongst low returns, analysts claim as much as $2,000bn is likely to pour into emerging market currencies and debt resulting in volatility as the markets [...]
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January 24, 2012 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
By Marina Mello, The Royal Gazette Online Bermuda is gaining from heightened regulation of hedge fund managers in Europe in the wake of the Madoff fraud case and global financial [...]
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January 24, 2012 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Investors are uncertain on high yield bonds given the current forecasts By Jenny Lowe, FT Adviser The IMA Sterling High Yield sector consists of funds that invest more than 50 [...]
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January 18, 2012 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Source: Financial Times Is there any justification for an investment fund to be based “offshore”? Funds are set up in places such as the Channel Islands, Cayman Islands, Luxembourg and [...]
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January 12, 2012 in Insurance, Investment Strategy by Clear Path
With $3.4bn worth of bonds maturing this year, according to leading global reinsurers, the market for cat bonds is expected to grow for the first time since 2007 to about [...]
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January 3, 2012 in Investment Strategy, Pensions Administration & Operations by Clear Path
Active membership of private DB pension schemes has dropped by over 5m to 2.6m in 30 years. These figures are continuing to drop significantly, and Shell is the last of [...]
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December 8, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Past sovereign restructurings including the likes of Argentina and Peru, and the resulting role of distressed debt funds in funding fundamentally sound companies through the economic turmoil, is a lesson [...]
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November 29, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
High Yields High Risk Currency Diversification Vs. Dealing with unknown governments & central banks Portfolio Diversification High Volatility Clear Path Analysis’ upcoming report ‘Investing in Emerging Currencies and Debt’ seeks [...]
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November 24, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
The uncertainties facing the future of the European economy is encouraging increasing numbers of US hedge funds and private equity firms to offer distressed debt funds as they look to [...]
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November 9, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
Due to their inflation-hedging characteristics and global listed returns equivalent to CPI plus 6.3% over 20 years, the popularity of Infrastructure assets is on the up. Regulation, concession agreements and [...]
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June 2, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
A survey conducted for a forthcoming report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, has found 82% of pension fund managers believe ESG issues are an important consideration when choosing [...]
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March 30, 2011 in Investment Strategy by Clear Path
With providers of annuities moving to the CPI basis, many pension schemes holding annuities as an asset of the scheme could see a mismatch between the benefits due under the [...]