Liquid Alternatives
Liquid Alternative investments have emerged over the past decade as one of the fastest-growing areas within asset management. As pensions, endowments, foundations and other institutional investors have long benefited from Alternative Investments within their portfolios, Liquid Alternatives enable investors to have access to alternative investment strategies in fund structures that provide daily liquidity, full transparency, low investment minimums and other key attributes for investors. DailyAlts is your source for the most up-to-the-minute news, commentary and analysis on the global market for Liquid Alternatives.
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Man Group (LON: EMG), one of the largest publicly traded hedge funds, has reported higher pre-tax profit in 2022, up from 2021, and raised its core net revenue by 14%. The UK-based asset manager has said that it expects more demand for liquid alternative strategies this year after delivering positive returns for investors from the strategy in 2022.
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Liquid Alternatives/ESG: JP Morgan Launches ESG Liquid Alt Fund In Thailand
JP Morgan Asset Management (JPNAM) and Thailand’s Kasikorn Asset Management have jointly created a sustainable liquid alternative fund called K-SUSTAIN-UI. To be distributed by Kasikorn Private Banking, the new product will invest in the JP Morgan Multi-Manager Sustainable Long/Short Fund. It gives investors a liquid alternative product with an ESG focus.
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 1.54% In April
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 1.54% In April. That figure underperformed the 1.63% monthly return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of April.
Liquid Alternatives: Formidable Asset Management Launches Liquid Alternatives ETF
Formidable Asset Management, LLC announced the launch of the Formidable ETF (NYSE:ARCA: FORH), the firm’s first ETF product. The ETF is an actively managed, liquid alternatives portfolio diversified among multiple distinct strategies, including tail hedging, inside a single ETF.
Liquid Alternatives: Before The Bubble Bursts, Take Shelter In Value And Liquid Alts (GMO’s Inker)
A retail investor called up Inker in the middle of the night to berate him for his view that retail investors would be hit hardest when the market collapses. Writing on the incident in his Q1 2021 letter, Inker said investors, particularly newbies, should shift away from speculative growth stocks to value or liquid alternatives.
Liquid Alternatives: Advisors Need Creative (Liquid) Alternatives – Aspiriant
The traditional [60:40] portfolio may no longer work over the long term. Sandi Bragar, managing director at Aspiriant, a wealth management firm based in Los Angeles with $14 billion in assets under management recommends advisors look for alternatives to the [60:40] portfolio. Reason: Expensive stocks and low returns on bonds. (Financial Advisor) The [60:40] is…
Liquid Alternatives: Ninepoint Launches A Liquid Alternative Bond Fund
Canadian alternative asset manager Ninepoint Partners LP announced Thursday the launch of the Ninepoint Alternative Credit Opportunities Fund, a new liquid alternative mutual fund that will invest in Canadian, U.S., and international fixed income securities for short-term and long-term gains.
Liquid Alternatives: WisdomTree Launches Income Fund Focused On Alternative Credit
Asset manager WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (NASDAQ: WETF) has launched a new ETF designed to navigate the current yield-challenged environment. The WisdomTree Alternative Income Fund (HYIN) will invest in alternate credit sectors and trade on the CBOE.
Liquid Alternatives: “Alternatives Should Be A Core Holding For Investors” (Mackenzie)
Liquid alternatives, also known as liquid alts, are mutual funds and ETFs that aim to provide investors with diversification and portfolio stability through alternative investment strategies. Alternatives include assets such as infrastructure, real estate, and commodities; alternative strategies, which use tools like short-selling or leverage to amplify returns and manage volatility; and private markets, which include equity, credit, infrastructure, or other categories. According to Mackenzie Investments, traditional portfolios should include a component of alternatives for diversification, protection, and steadier returns in today’s volatile markets.
Liquid Alternatives: Optimizing the 60/40 Portfolio Through Varying Market Conditions with Liquid Alts
Salvatore Bruno, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director, IndexIQ; Kelly Ye, Director of Research, IndexIQ; and Dan Petersen, Director, Product Management, IndexIQ, delved at length on an environment characterized by volatile equity markets and low but rising interest rates. In a webcast titled “Optimizing the 60/40 Portfolio Through Varying Market Conditions with Liquid Alts,” they suggested liquid alternative ETFs as a fast-growing asset class offering the highest degree of liquidity among alternatives.
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 0.97% In March
The Wilshire index provides a representative baseline for the performance of the broader liquid alternatives space. According to Wilshire Associates, the index aims “to deliver precise market measures for the performance of diversified liquid alternative investment strategies implemented through mutual fund structures, backed by a proprietary classification methodology.”
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 1.18% In February
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 1.18% In February. That figure underperformed the 1.52% monthly return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of February.
Liquid Alternatives: “Replace The Flawed 60/40 Approach With A Multi-Asset Portfolio” – 7IM
According to Matthew Yeates, Head of Alternatives and Quantitative Strategy, 7IM, current record low yields on bonds have made the 60:40 investing mantra an “anachronism.” Bonds provide neither the returns nor the benefit of diversification as a foil to the riskier and higher growth equity component in the portfolio. The solution is to incorporate alternatives into the investing mix.
Liquid Alternatives: “Create Interesting Revenue Streams Without Locking Up Money For Ten Years”
Though many liquid alternative strategies have disappointed in recent times, investors can nevertheless create “interesting revenue streams” by combining various strategies. This they can achieve without locking their money up for up to 10 years, says Patrick Ghali, co-founder at hedge fund advisory Sussex Partners.
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 0.01% in January
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Returns 0.01% in January. This figure outperformed the -0.16% return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of January. The Wilshire index provides a representative baseline for the performance of the broader liquid alternatives space.
Liquid Alternatives: Hercules Investments Launches A Liquid Alternatives Mutual Fund
Hercules Investments, a Registered Investment Adviser and asset manager, is harnessing the potential of a liquid alternative strategy to shield investors from the vagaries of a highly volatile stock market triggered by the pandemic. Furthermore, down the line, massive stimulus measures and deficit financing bring up the specter of rising inflation.
Liquid Alternatives/Private Equity: A Mackenzie Mutual Fund Offers Private Equity Exposure To Retail Investors
The Mackenzie Private Equity Replication Fund is a new mutual fund from Mackenzie Investments launched earlier this month. Mackenzie is active in liquid alternatives, and this is its sixth fund in that space. The fund manager expects liquid alternatives to grow to $100 billion in assets under management in Canada within the next few years.
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Gains 1.68% in December
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index was up 1.68% in December. The Wilshire index provides a representative baseline for the performance of the broader liquid alts space. This figure underperformed the 2.45% return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of December.
Liquid Alternatives/Hedge Funds: New OYSTER Stable Return SICAV Fund Replicates Hedge Fund Returns
The OYSTER Stable Return SICAV fund will provide investors with an all-weather strategy focused on delivering stable hedge fund returns to institutional and retail investors with competitive fees, daily liquidity, and transparency.
The fund aims to use liquid exchange trade products to replicate the portfolios of leading hedge funds. At an annual management fee of only 0.8%, the fund will use a proprietary replication process.
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Gains 3.19% in November
The index provides a representative baseline for the performance of the broader liquid alternatives space. This figure outperformed the 2.82% return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of November.
Liquid Alternatives: Franklin Templeton Launches Long/Short Emerging Markets Debt Fund
The Franklin K2 Emso Emerging Markets Ucits fund is launched as a part of FT subsidiary K2’s Luxembourg-based alternative funds’ range. The fund will seek long and short exposures, including through the use of derivatives, to debt securities of sovereign and corporate obligors and currencies in emerging markets.
Liquid Alternatives: Cerulli Research Expects Higher Demand For Liquid Alternatives In Europe
The need for diversification and the promise of uncorrelated returns will boost demand in Europe for liquid alternatives over the medium term, says new research presented in the latest issue of The Cerulli Edge – Global Edition.
Liquid Alternatives: Changebridge Capital Launches Long/Short Equity ETF
The Changebridge Capital Long/Short Equity ETF seeks long-term capital appreciation while minimizing volatility. The fund also aims to generate positive alpha via both the long and short portfolios throughout an entire investment cycle. The ETF has the potential to enhance an investor’s return profile while reducing risk.
Liquid Alternatives: Leatherback Asset Management Launches Its First ETF
Leatherback Asset Management is led by Michael Winter (pictured above), founder and 20 year veteran of the mutual fund an alternative asset management industry. The firm announced Tuesday the launch of its first exchange-traded fund: The Leatherback Long/Short Alternative Yield ETF (NYSEARCA: LBAY).
Liquid Alternatives: The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index Declines 0.51% in October
The Wilshire Liquid Alternative Index was down 0.51% in October. The index provides a representative baseline for the performance of the broader liquid alts space. This figure fell short of the -0.22% return from the HFRX Global Hedge Fund Index in the month of October.