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Portfolio
Our view of non-traditional asset classes
Alternatives portfolios
Due to their distinct characteristics, we take a
differentiated look at selected liquid and illiquid
alternative investments.
Liquid alternatives
Event-driven
Equity special-situation-orientated managers and those running
moderate net exposures (i.e. with long and short exposures to
the market that are roughly in balance) continue generally to fare
better than their credit and more directional peers. Within the
merger-arbitrage sector, we prefer nimble and smaller managers
which can operate within the small- to mid-cap segments of
the equity market. Headline deals' spreads remain tight and a
significant amount of capital is being put to work there. On the
positive side, the mergers-and-acquisitions ltiA&A, spine is now
expanding at full speed to Europe. Strategies based around
this approach weathered last month's more volatile conditions
reasonably well.
• Equity long/short
With the MSCI Wodd price-to-earnings muhip€e at around
18 and with such strategies historically relatively insensitive
to overall market movements, any benefits from overall
market gains are likely to be somewhat muted. As the start
of the Fed hiking cycle is in sight, we would suggest that
managers focussing instead on value sectors of the market
should be favored. The equity trading environment continues
to be favorable for arbitrage-orientated managers based on
fundamental factors. The current earnings season and the
possible start of the U.S. rate-hiking cycle are also contributing
to increasing differentiation in single stocks' and sectors'
performance.
liquid alternatives
Event-driven/
relative
value
Equity
long/short
Credit
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Illiquid alternatives
Illiquid
hedge
funds
Infra-
structure__
30.0%
Private
equity
Real estate
Illiquid alternatives
Infrastructure
Record investments in hotel assets worldwide have been
taking place this year. Jones Lang LaSalle (..ILL) has reported
that global hotel transactions reached $42 billion in the first
half of 2015. The Americas accounted for the largest share of
deal volumes, with a total of S2_4 billion, up 73%year-on-year.
This was followed by Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
up 55% to $15 billion, while the Asia Pacific region saw a slight
decline in investment volumes, down 6% to $4 billion. Although
still a relatively small part of the market, hotels are gaining
increasing investor attention. The sector is benefiting from rising
growth in global travel (both business and tourism) and positive
revenue growth. However, over the medium term some parts
of the industry are likely to be disrupted by the emergence of
alternative accommodation options such as Airbnb.
Sources; Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Investment
GmbH, Deutsche Bank AG Filiale London, as of 8/17/15.
This allocation may not be suitable for all investors. In our
balanced model portfolio, we currently allocate 10% to alternative
investments (see -Portfolio-).
Commodity Trading Advisor
Please refer to the following interview for the regulatory
requirements for the offer or sale of alternative investments.
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