Investment Approach
- Objective: absolute return
- Investment in multi-classes of Asia Pacific assets:
- Equity and equity related derivatives (OTC and listed)
- Hybrid instruments (CBs)
- Fixed income and credit derivative instruments across the capital structure
- FX exposure through options
- Strategy allocation based on fundamental in-house research, which will be the corner stone of the bottom-up approach, in addition to a multi-sourced information flow (direct corporate access and broker analysis)
- Strategy allocation driven by name and thematic specific opportunities through a fundamental approach to the investment process, which accounts for external macro considerations
- Volatility will be used to mitigate an uncertain market environment, as it will be a key investment criteria through the use of options as a means of enhancing alpha extraction and provisions of investment insurance
- Investment team interacts on a daily basis exploring and debating both investment opportunities, and related strategies so as to maximise the return versus risk profile
of the portfolio
- Active use of risk management to analyse the risk versus return profile of the trades along with a general assessment of the major risks embedded in the portfolio
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