When it became clear that Donald Trump would win the US presidential election, markets initially turned very red, ironically the color of the Republican Party. The day after the election in the US, futures were down about 4%, the dollar lost about 2% and the oil price lost about 4%. Gold, in our opinion, was the only winner… Markets don’t like uncertainty and while there will certainly be winners and losers over the short term, it is too soon to determine any long-term effect. The price of risk is certainly going up, which we believe explained the majority of the fall.
Leonteq is one of the leading platforms for investment products in Switzerland, with currently more than 2’000 listed products. The company continuously improves its infrastructure in order to increase the variety and transparency in the structured products market for all investors. To come closer to reaching this goal and to meet client demand for ever more individual solutions Leonteq Securities started offering the first versions of Constructor since the spring of 2008. The Constructor is primarily designed for institutional clients, such as full service banks and private banks, asset managers, insurance companies and pension funds.
The macroeconomic headwinds and elevated volatility currently serving as a cornerstone for much of the prevailing investor uncertainty show little sign of receding. The Brexit vote and the ensuing political and economic uncertainty only amplify the uncertainty.
With traditional assets failing in their capital preservation and portfolio stability purposes, investors need to look for something else to help offset the risk generated by equities. Demand to generate returns which are not beholden to the direction of asset markets has become more pronounced.
Do not be afraid.This is not a piece on philosophy.
It is a very short essay on one of the market themes I am more emotionally attached: active investing.
The reason is straightforward: I am an active investor. In an era of ever-rising prominence of passive investing, I want to spend few words defending the social usefulness of my work and the one of my fellow colleagues that put all their brains in the tough but fascinating world of active investing.
At this stage, you probably wonder what would be the link with Immanuel Kant in the title. It is stronger than you think.
Nowadays, most investors acknowledge that listed real estate has deserved its status as a separate asset class or at least that it has a right of existence in a diversified portfolio. Index providers as well, recognize the specific nature of this asset class. Only recently, the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) introduced real estate as a separate sector based on its growing importance in the world’s equity market and its role as a foundational building block of a modern portfolio, rather than an alternative.
In line with the Irish QIAIF and the RAIF within the Lux Rule books, Malta has now the Notified AIF (“NAIF”) regime in terms of the Investment Services Act (List of Notified AIFs) Regulations 2016. Such structure will make it easier for fund promoters to launch their investment vehicle as the timing to market is limited to 10 working days, i.e. the period required by the MFSA to include the AIF in the List of Notified AIFs. Needless to say, such period is subject to the completeness of the notification pack as required by the Authority.
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