L/S Equity Strategies can provide some downside protection-L/S Equity Strategies experienced less than half the declines of the long-only
equity markets between November 2007 and February 2009.
Section II points to the importance of
equity market interdependence and summarizes some previous studies.
The
equity market recovery in 1999 enabled the government to kill two birds with one stone.
The emergence of the limited partnership as the dominant form of intermediary is a result of the extreme information asymmetries and potential incentive problems that arise in the private
equity market.
The main factors impacting the funding ratio of a typical US defined benefit plan are
equity market returns, which grow (or shrink) the asset pool from which plan participant's benefits are paid; and liability returns, which move inversely to interest rates.
As funds flow from longer duration assets into shorter duration assets and are consumed, it seems logical that there would be an impact on the
equity market - specifically, upward pressure on equity risk premium.
In reality, one can think of two types of traders in today's
equity markets.
Zell founded and is Chairman of four public real estate-related companies, with an aggregate
equity market capitalization in excess of $30 billion.
Best remains concerned on the excessive dependence of the company's investment portfolio on the
equity market due to its volatile nature and also to the credit risk concentration in India.
Best believes that New India's strong risk-based capital position will remain under pressure due to the significant exposure of its investments in the domestic
equity market (54% in March 2006).
In the view of UBS analysts, the broad
equity market should be able to withstand next year's tougher investment environment.
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