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White Paper
Alpha Beyond Expected Returns
March 1, 2012
Many institutional investors focus primarily on one source of alpha: expected returns. We argue that “alpha” may also becaptured in virtually every other stage of the investment process and discuss seven sources of opportunities.
White Paper
Risk Parity, Risk Management and the Real World
April 1, 2011
At its core, risk parity is an argument about the importance of diversification. Long term, we think the best risk parity portfolios will be those that both adopt a dynamic approach to risk management and have a plan to preserve capital in a crisis.
DC Solutions
DC Solutions Series: Defensive Equity, Part 1
June 1, 2016
In part one of this two-part series, we focus on the intuition behind defensive equity and present evidence for its efficacy as part of an effective defined contribution retirement plan.
White Paper
Building a Better Equity Market Neutral Strategy
April 10, 2015
Equity Market Neutral (EMN) is a well-established strategy designed to seek positive performance without exposing investors to the risk of the overall equity market. We explain how systematic EMN works to potentially improve diversification and returns.
White Paper
Building a Better Core Equity Portfolio
May 1, 2013
We believe that style-based investing represents a better approach to traditional active equity portfolio management, by focusing on sources of excess returns that may be more pervasive and persistent. These factors include value, momentum and profitability.
White Paper
Building a Better Long/Short Equity Portfolio
July 1, 2013
Conventional approaches to long/short equity (LSE) can introduce unintended risks. We propose an alternative approach that may more efficiently harvest the returns underlying LSE investing, while providing greater transparency and better risk control.
DC Solutions
DC Solutions Series: Defensive Equity, Part 2
February 15, 2017
In part two of this two-part series, we focus on the implementation of a defensive equity strategy within the context of a DC retirement plan.
Trade Publication
Style Investing: The Long and the Long/Short of It
January 2, 2014
Many investors agree that applying systematic tilts away from a passive, capitalization-weighted portfolio is a good idea; fewer agree on how best to capture these style-based returns.
Journal Article
Embracing Downside Risk
January 15, 2017
This paper shows that downside risk tends to be the main source of long-run returns in equities and other asset classes, and argues that long-term investors may be better off embracing downside risk in certain cases.
Journal Article
Working Your Tail Off: Active Strategies vs. Direct Hedging
June 1, 2015
Economic theory and empirical evidence support the idea that investors should, over the long term, be compensated for bearing risk.