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Journal Article

An Alternative Option to Portfolio Rebalancing

We explore how investors can use an implementable option selling overlay to improve portfolio rebalancing.

Journal Article

Asset Allocation in a Low Yield Environment

In 2016, bond yields dropped to unprecedented low levels in major developed markets. Even in a low rate environment, we think it’s important to diversify across many return sources.

Alternative Thinking

2017 Capital Market Assumptions For Major Asset Classes

We update our multi-year expected return assumptions for major stock and bond markets. Compared with historical averages of value metrics, we believe we are in a low expected return environment.

Interview

Words From the Wise: Charley Ellis on Challenges Facing Investors

Charles D. Ellis, founder of Greenwich Associates and author of Winning the Loser’s Game and other books on investing, participates in a Q&A with Antti Ilmanen and Rodney N. Sullivan of AQR, discussing a range of contemporary investment challenges.

Interview

Words From the Wise: Martin Leibowitz Interview

A question-and-answer session with the first bond quant on Wall Street, Martin (Marty) Leibowitz of Morgan Stanley.

White Paper

A Better Approach to Alternative Investing

The goal of a portfolio is to maximise risk-adjusted return. Adding alternative investments to a traditional portfolio is a way to potentially do this, reducing downside risk while maintaining or even increasing the portfolio's expected return.

Alternative Thinking

Strategic Risk Allocation

We believe investors should broadly diversify and risk balance as a starting point to asset allocation, but perhaps then mildly overweight assets with high Sharpe ratios or good diversification benefits if they can identify these.

White Paper

Changing Spaces Emerging Markets Investing

Over the past decade, emerging-market equities have become a meaningful portion of global equity markets. We provide some key insights to help investors evaluate their exposure.

White Paper

Inflation in 2010 and Beyond — Part II

"In this paper, our analysis reveals that traditional institutional portfolios with risk characteristics similar to a 60/40 stocks/bonds allocation may not be well-positioned for unexpected inflation. "

White Paper

Diversification Revisited

Many investors argue that diversification failed them during the market turmoil of 2007 and 2008. We challenge that line of thinking by examining the performance of different asset allocations through that market downturn.