How should investors position their portfolios for 2019? In this video from the Lipper Alpha Expert Forum 2018, a panel of high profile economists and investment strategists assessed the key macroeconomic influences of 2018. They then summarised the material issues that investors might consider as we move into 2019. The key points include: The outlook for inflation and global growth The effects of quantitative tightening and interest rate policy Regional opportunities in equities and bonds Potential macroeconomic risks and headwinds Summary of geopolitical risks The panellists are Shamik Dhar, Chief Economist at BNY Mellon Investment Management; Andrew Milligan, Head of Global

After suffering a meltdown between 2007 and 2011, quantitative investment strategies have come back into vogue. In May 2016 Alpha Magazine highlighted that six of the eight highest earning U.S. hedge fund managers are “quant jocks,” relying heavily on computer-driven investment strategies to produce the lion’s share of their investment decisions. Quant strategies use proprietary models to tease out market inefficiencies as they try to outperform the market. They generally follow a disciplined research-driven process that uses mathematical underpinnings, along with raw computing power, to identify pure alpha (or excess return) opportunities. Using strict rules-based strategies that rely on mathematical

In the current low-interest-rate environment investors seek returns adequate to meet their needs. This chase for yield leads more and more investors to invest in so-called multi-asset strategies, since these products promise to deliver returns from different asset classes in highly diversified portfolios. What is the rationale behind these products, and how can multi-asset strategies achieve their performance targets? To learn more about the management of multi-asset portfolios Detlef Glow has spoken with Andreas J. Köster, Managing Director and Head of Asset Allocation & Currency at UBS Global Asset Management in Zurich. Mister Köster, multi-asset strategies and in particular funds