Not many asset classes show as clear an upward trend as agriculture. With the world’s population steadily increasing, rising demand for food is inevitable, and Pictet’s Agriculture Fund is looking to take advantage of the considerable opportunities in this sector, reports Ceri Jones
Asset Allocation
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Asset Allocation
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April 30, 2009
The long-term challenge of feeding the world
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
February 1, 2009
Is it time for a fresh start?
They may have recieved a bad press recently but some believe that structured products have been unfairly lumped in with other failing investment vehicles and that they can still offer solutions to complex problems, writes Nat Mankelow
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
February 1, 2009
Staying in tune with clients’ requirements
Emmanuel Naïm explains how innovation need not mean complexity, and how a number of simple structured products are designed to cater to clients’ needs, protecting their capital while taking advantage of any recovery in the equity markets
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
February 1, 2009
À la carte fine dining or ‘Big Macs’?
Christopher Taylor explains the need to differentiate between ‘structured products’, which can just be sales and marketing driven, and ‘structured investments’, developed by research-backed investment thinking
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
December 1, 2008
Providing safety and simplicity
Investors burned by the collapse of Lehman Brothers are shying away from exotic structures and looking for less complicated products and greater transparency. But they also know that the highly volatile markets mean that there are big opportunities to be found, writes Nat Mankelow
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
December 1, 2008
Demystifying structured products
In these turbulent markets, investors and financial advisers are demanding more information on their investments. With the spotlight turned on structured market-linked investment products that are sold to retail investors, Lauren Ash, Global Head of Structured Products Marketing at Citi, addresses some key questions about how these investments work
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Asset Allocation
/ Alternatives
August 31, 2008
An alternative route to absolute returns
Recent market turbulence has seen clients increasing their allocation to alternative investments, particularly in sophisticated markets. But some investors still perceive them as a risky allocation, writes Elisa Trovato
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Asset Allocation
/ Alternatives
August 31, 2008
Seeking additional returns in a difficult environment
Multi-asset structured products are a one-stop shop for investors to capture their investment views and diversification needs, making them an appealing investment proposition. These products can be structured to give either direct exposure to the underlying assets or indirect exposure through actively managed underlyings such as funds, write Julie Wan and Federico De Palma
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Asset Allocation
/ Alternatives
August 31, 2008
Private Equity: Alive and Kicking!
Despite the collapse of mega deals and slowing activity, private equity fund raising is in a healthy state and the asset class can provide premium returns over the longer term, writes Marwan Naja
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Asset Allocation
/ Structured products
May 31, 2008
Taking advantage of difficult markets
Mass affluent and retail investors tend to take a wait and see approach to market turbulence, but there are opportunities for the more sophisticated private clients. Nat Mankelow reports on the structured products that aim to take advantage of turbulent conditions to increase market share
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