by Nicolas Rabener | Jan 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Alternative Credit Funds: Credible Alternatives? No AAA ratings in this space. January 2023 Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Alternative credit funds aim to provide returns uncorrelated to traditional fixed income markets However, most of the...
by Nicolas Rabener | Jan 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Factor Olympics 2022 And the winner is… January 2023. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY 2022 is the best year for factor investing over the last decade Value generated the best and size the worst return in 2022 Despite the strong...
by Nicolas Rabener | Dec 12, 2022 | Uncategorized
Myth Busting: Alts’ Uncorrelated Returns Diversify Portfolios Being alternative is not good enough December 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARYAlternatives with lower correlations to equities & bonds did not lead to greater...
by Nicolas Rabener | Dec 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Are Alternative ETFs Good Diversifiers? Uncorrelated returns are not a panacea December 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Alternative products with uncorrelated returns do not necessarily provide diversification benefits Out of 10...
by Nicolas Rabener | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Replicating a CTA via Factor Exposures Possible? November 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY Strategies can be copied by recreating them from scratch or using factor exposures CTAs can be replicated via factor exposure analysis by...
by Nicolas Rabener | Nov 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Creating a CTA from Scratch- II What is driving CTA performance? November 2022. Reading Time: 10 Minutes. Author: Nicolas Rabener. SUMMARY CTAs pursue trends across asset classes, regardless if long or short 2022 is exceptional as CTAs have more short positions than...
