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Much of the confusion about what an absolute-return portfolio is arises from the rather cavalier way that some of these funds are labeled. Many funds are advertised as absolute-return plays simply ...

Excess return refers to the return on an investment that surpasses the return of a benchmark or a risk-free rate. It measures the performance of an investment in relation to its expected or required ...

Absolute Return Income Opportunities Fund returned 1.62% and the FTSE 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index returned 1.09%. Income from short-duration corporate credits and a narrowing of spreads between ...

The London Borough of Haringey Pension Fund has agreed to convert nearly half of its equity allocation from a passive fund into a multi-factor global strategy. It has also recently trimmed an ...

Leaders often view strategy and risk as separate entities—strategy is celebrated in boardrooms, while risk is delegated to compliance teams. This artificial separation undermines both disciplines.

LONDON (Reuters) - United States-based asset manager T Rowe Price is planning to launch its first global fixed income absolute return strategy later this year. The firm will try to sell the strategy ...