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Central banks moved away from easy money policies and changed course. Not only the interest rate hikes but also the liquidity withdrawals have affected the markets and will continue to do so. After years of quantitative easing with ballooning balance sheets, the regime shift means that central banks will no longer backstop markets – unless […]
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Experten bieten Einblicke in den Hedge Fonds Selektionsprozess. Das Alternative Anlageuniversum umfasst abertausende Manager, neue Produkte und Anbieter kommen ständig dazu. Entsprechend schwierig ist es, die Spreu vom Weizen zu trennen. Die Hedge Fonds Experten von Alpinum Investment Management bieten mit Ihrem Artikel im private banking magazin Einblick in den Selektionsprozess. Vollständiger Artikel: Hedge Fonds
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Central banks moved away from easy money policies and changed course. Not only the interest rate hikes but also the liquidity withdrawals have affected the markets and will continue to do so. After years of quantitative easing with ballooning balance sheets, the regime shift means that central banks will no longer backstop markets – unless
Central banks’ balance sheets changed course Read More »
The economic cycle has turned negative, driven by increased inflationary forces and geopolitical issues. The US economy could experience a period of stagflation, the eurozone most likely a mild recession, and China will be held back by its inadequately implemented Covid policies and regulatory measures. In the US, macro data continued to point to a
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Slowing global economy, combined with tightening financing conditions and input costs inflation will lead to higher expected credit default rates in 2023 and beyond. In our observations, market participants expect that defaults would peak at around 6 to 6.5% in 2023 for high yield bonds and just below 5% for leveraged loans. As the chart
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Slowing global economy, combined with tightening financing conditions and input costs inflation will lead to higher expected credit default rates in 2023 and beyond. In our observations, market participants expect that defaults would peak at around 6 to 6.5% in 2023 for high yield bonds and just below 5% for leveraged loans. As the chart
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Getreu dem Motto: “Sleep well at night” erläutert Reto Ineichen, CEO & CIO von Alpinum IM, im Interview mit Fundbridges Geschäftsführer, Claude Hellers, welche Strategien Investoren auch in schwierigen Zeiten ruhig schlafen lassen. Mit einem disziplinierten ‘Absolute Return’ Ansatz gelingt es den Alternative Investments & Kredit Spezialisten von Alpinum IM seit zwei Jahrzehnten, grosse Kursschwankungen
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Since the start of the year, credit spreads of European loans have increased from around 400 bps to above 700 bps. At the same time, short-term interest rates have just been lifted to around 2% by the ECB on October 27th. As a consequence, European loans earn now on average an attractive yield of 9%
EU loan spreads increased in 2022 from 400 to 700 bps Read More »
Investors continue to face an adverse environment across major asset classes. The sustained headwinds and uncertainties require active management, diversification and downside management capabilities, all attributes of an absolute return mindset. Alpinum feels comfortable in this environment due to its agile and versatile approach in managing portfolios, thorough assessment of downside risks and beneficial diversification,
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September was characterized by key interest rate hikes by several European central banks. The ECB increased deposit rates for the second time this year at the beginning of September as inflation rates had risen to over 8% – far from the ECB’s medium-term target of 2%. Further European central banks followed ECB’s move with rate
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