BO10: Systematic Global Macro…an Experts view

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Niels Kaastrup-Larsen

Business, Business News, Investing, News

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🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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A while back I had a very memorable time talking with Anders Lindell, discussing many trading related topics. There was one part in particular that I want to share where Anders shared his understanding on US institutions and how they deal with asset allocation and position sizing. If you would like to find out then read on!

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0:00.0	A while back I had a very memorable time talking to Anders Lindell discussing many fascinating
0:09.0	aspects of global macro trading.
0:12.2	There was one part in particular that I wanted to share where Anas talks about and discusses
0:17.3	his understanding on US institutions and how they deal with their asset allocation
0:22.2	and in particular the sizing of their alternative investments. So get ready to listen to some
0:28.8	truly great insights from Anders Lindell and if you would like to listen to the full conversation
0:34.0	just go to top traders on blog.com forward slash 23 and also forward slash 24.
0:45.1	Now, before we jump into the first sort of topic more specifically to IPM, I want to ask you, you mentioned the traditional 6040 bond stock or stock bond depending on
1:00.9	whether you were European or US institution.
1:03.3	They seem to have a little bit of a different asset allocation as far as I remember.
1:09.1	But the world has changed in the last 10, 20, 30 years, of course.
1:15.4	And I just wonder from a really big picture point of view,
1:19.0	how do you see them dealing with this asset allocation,
1:23.8	not from what you do, but from what they do
1:27.2	and how they may interact with firms
1:29.5	like you. I mean, are they becoming more open? So it's not just 48, you know, 52 that they change
1:37.1	to or whatever it might be. I mean, are they starting to take bolder decisions in their
1:41.4	own asset allocation?
1:50.9	There's a whole range of answers to that. I think generally the answer would be yes on sort of a global basis. I think if you look at U.S. institutional investors, they probably come further than
2:00.2	their European counterparts in allocating
2:05.6	very significant parts of the risk budget to, you know, folks like ourselves and generally
2:14.8	hedge funds.
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