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"More investors, though, are beginning to invest in factor-based fixed-income strategies, especially in Europe, David Stevenson reports for the Financial Times. According to an Edhec-Risk Institute survey, Europe institutional investor exposure to government bonds rose from 13% to 66% between 2006 and 2019, while corporate bonds increased from 6% to 68% in the same period. Furthermore, about three-fifths of the institutions surveyed focused on three factors integral to the credit risk market, including carry-to-level of the yield curve, credit, and slope of the yield curve.As more consider a factor-based fixed-income approach, most studies suggest that institutions could utilize these types of bond ETFs as tactical trading tools.
"Riccardo Rebonato, Professor of Finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute, EDHEC Business School is specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing. He gives you his insights on the inverted yield curve and unveil the latest estimates of the EDHEC Bond Risk Premium Monitor with a comparison of the 10-year term premium estimated by the Cochrane-Piazzesi, the Cieslak-Povala, the Slope &Cycle, and the EDHEC Stochastics Market price of Risk models. The inversion of the US Treasury yield curve is creating headaches in many quarters, not least in the estimate of risk premia.
"Riccardo Rebonato, Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School, has stressed timing factor exposures in fixed income is far more promising than in equities. Speaking to ETF Stream, PIMCO’s former global head of rates analytics said, although very little academic work had been done around factor investing in fixed income, it was relatively easier to predict corrections of the entire bond market compared to the equity market. "
Copyright ETF Stream
"In a bid to capitalise on potential opportunities, Amundi has teamed up with EDHEC-Risk Institute to conduct two new studies investigating the theoretical and practical challenges involved in harvesting risk premia in fixed income markets. Similarly, investors’ expectations that ESG fixed income strategies are poised to thrive are starting to be borne out in the numbers."
Copyright ETF Strateggy
"Lionel Martellini, a professor at France’s Edhec Business School, said: “Smart beta is not a free lunch.“A well-diversified exposure to rewarded factors will not always outperform. The promise is instead merely that it will provide superior risk-adjusted performance on average across market conditions in exchange for suffering pain in some market conditions.“
Copyright Financial Times
"In Bond Pricing and Yield Curve Modeling: A Structural Approach, Riccardo Rebonato, professor of finance at the EDHEC Business School and the EDHEC-Risk Institute, combines theory with current empirical evidence to build a robust understanding of what drives the government bond market.
"(...) "In similar fashion to the dwindling faith in active management within the equity space, managers are now coming to questions whether the same erosion of trust is taking place in the ability of fixed income managers to control interest and credit-risk exposures. Professors Lionel Martellini, Riccardo Rebonato and Jean Michel Maes from the EDHEC business school suggest the steady decrease in interest rates in recent years has led institutional investors to question whether the active skills in this asset class can still work.
"(...) "If it's less than 30 years, I wouldn't look at it for factors," said Riccardo Rebonato, professor of finance at EDHEC Business School, EDHEC-Risk Institute, and a former global head of rates and FX analytics at Pimco. "Identifying a factor is like detecting the direction of a gentle breeze in the middle of a hurricane. You need a lot of observation to tell. (...)"
Copyright The Business Times
"(...) EDHEC-Risk Institute has conducted two new studies, commissioned by ETF issuer Amundi, that investigate the theoretical and practical challenges involved in harvesting risk premia in fixed income markets. The studies focus on two factors that explain a large fraction of differences in the cross-section of bond returns, namely “value” and “momentum”, using economically justified proxies for these attributes."(...)
Copyright ETF Strategy
"(...) C’est la performance affichée, sur un an glissant, par l’indice EDHEC IEIF Immobilier d’Entreprise France « brut », qui retrace la progression de la valeur des parts et des dividendes distribués par les SCPI les plus actives du marché. Lancé par l’Institut de l’Epargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF) et l’EDHEC-Risk Institute, cet indice recouvre de fait environ 90 % de la capitalisation totale des SCPI investies en immobilier d’entreprise, et plus de 95 % des transactions secondaires constatées. Pondéré par les capitalisations des SCPI, il recense à la fois les véhicules à capital fixe et à capital variable, à condition que ces derniers aient enregistré un volume de transactions sur le marché secondaire supérieur à 2 millions d’euros au cours de l’année précédente.
"(...) Riccardo Rebonato, Professor of Finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute, EDHEC Business School is specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing. He comments on yesterday FOMC & FED’s meeting minutes. The equity markets heaved a sigh of relief after Chairman Powell’s words at the post-FOMC meeting conference, interpreting his remarks as an implicit assurance that (if needed) the policy of the Greenspan / Bernanke / Yellen ‘put’ will be continued under his stewardship. Matters are not quite as straightforward, however, for two important reasons."(...)
Copyright Value Walk
"(...) It is within this context that EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched a dedicated research programme that aims to broaden the concepts of factor-investing in bond markets by i) analysing the risk factors that drive these universes, ii) finding whether they attract compensation or not, and iii) more generally, examining bond return predictability. A new study produced as part of the Amundi research chair on “ETF, Indexing and Smart Beta Investment Strategies” focuses on the two factors that explain a large fraction of differences over time in bond returns, namely the “level” or “slope” of the yield curve."(...)
Copyright Traders Magazine
"(...) Other innovations being considered include retirement-targeted bonds. These instruments – suggested by professors of finance Lionel Martellini, Robert Merton and Arun Muralidhar of the EDHEC Business School in Lille, France – would differ from conventional bonds in that they would not pay coupons and a lump sum at maturity. Instead, they offer a secure income for an agreed term. Investors could acquire bonds to cover their income needs in retirement, probably in the later stages of accumulation, before switching to an annuity for later life."(...)
Copyright Cuffe links
"(...) EDHEC-Risk Institute has launched a research programme that aims to broaden the concepts of factor investing in bond markets. This is in response to the substantial research available on factor investing in equity products and the scarcity of research on the existence of risk premia in fixed income. EDHEC analyses the risk factors that drive universes, determine whether they attract compensation and more generally examine bond return predictability."(...)
Copyright ETF Stream
"(...) He says Amundi, which manages €1.5tn, including €112bn in index funds, is considering its options, such as producing benchmarks of its own. Mr Perrier says this includes a collaboration with Edhec, the French business school, to work on fixed-income exchange traded funds that use factor investing.
(...) Other fund managers are looking to non-commercial index providers, such as academic institutions.
"(...) EDHEC-Risk Institute aims to widen the concepts of factor-investing in bond markets by encouraging investors to focus on the two factors that help explain fraction of differences over time in bond returns, the ‘level’ or ‘slope’ of the yield curve. According to the institute’s paper, produced as part of the Amundi research chair on “ETF, Indexing and smart beta investment strategies”, it would be possible to build duration-timing strategies that were economically superior to bearing unconditional duration risk."(...)
"(...) In response to these concerns, a number of so-called retirement products have been proposed by insurance companies and asset management firms. Asset management products offer a wide range of investment options, but none of these options really address retirement needs because they neither allow investors to secure a given level of replacement income, nor explicitly intend to do so. This is also true for target date funds, even though they are often used as default options by individuals saving for retirement. In contrast, insurance products, such as annuities and variable annuities, can secure a fixed level of replacement income throughout retirement.
"(...) IEconomists from EDHEC Risk Institute have come up with a new idea about financing the years in which we won't or simply can’t work anymore: retirement bonds. But is it a viable solution or just an academic fad? Fears that the world is facing a pensions crisis – with large numbers of people unable to afford to retire or having to rely on the state – have become more widespread in recent years and led to a search for solutions to improve what pure defined contribution can offer"(...)
Copyright MallowStreet
"(...) One recent summit, held under the auspices of the EDHEC Risk Institute, a leading French academic powerhouse, showcased this battle for the soul of the wealth management industry. Academics, private bankers, thought leaders, regulators and innovators gathered to discuss the key question yet to be resolved: what should be the role of technology in client acquisition and servicing, data analysis and portfolio management?"(...)
Copyright Professional Wealth Management
"(...) EDHEC-Risk Institute’s professor of finance, Riccardo Rebonato, says there are a few reasons why the latest March projections for the Fed Funds in the year to come, made by the Fed Monetary Committee, were lower than the expectations from December. Rebonato, who is a specialist in interest rate risk modelling with applications to bond portfolio management and fixed-income derivatives pricing, said that market yields reflected expectations but also incorporated a risk premium, which was a compensation for bearing risk."(...)
Copyright Money Management
"(...) Face à une certaine méconnaissance des produits d’épargne et à la complexité du système de retraite français, un effort de pédagogie doit être fait. A ce titre, certaines idées fleurissent à l’image du professeur de finance à l’Edhec, Lionel Martellini, qui invite à la création d’une agence publique. Son but : accompagner les Français dans leurs arbitrages."(...)
Copyright Banquesenligne.fr
"(...) LE CERCLE/POINT DE VUE - Les Français préparant leur retraite possèdent beaucoup d'épargne, mais celle-ci est mal orientée. Pour les accompagner dans leurs arbitrages, le professeur à l'Edhec Lionel Martellini préconise la création d'une agence publique."(...)
Copyright Les Echos
"(...) As the goalposts continue to move for savers, says EDHEC-Risk Institute director Professor Lionel Martellini, the necessity for future retirees to start planning now only increases. One of the key issues is that public and private pension schemes almost always deliver replacement income that is lower than labour income, he says, adding: "The gap is sometimes severe."(...)
Copyright Professional Adviser
"(...) As the goalposts continue to move for savers, Professor Lionel Martellini, Director of the EDHEC-Risk Institute, urged future retirees to start planning now for their golden years. Professor Martellini spoke to Express.co.uk about how to avoid a pensions crisis in an economy where individual investors are becoming increasingly responsible for their own saving. One of the key issues, according to Professor Martellini, is that public and private pension schemes almost always deliver replacement income which is lower than labour income. He added: “The gap is sometimes severe. “According to the OECD, an individual with average earnings in the United States can expect to receive merely 49.1 percent of labour income from mandatory pension arrangements when retiring.
"(...) La parole à ... RICCARDO REBONATO, professeur de finance à l’Edhec-Risk Institute. (...) Sur les obligations d’Etat, comment déterminer un facteur « value » ? La probabilité de défaut est faible pour les pays développés, à moins d’entrer dans des considérations géopolitiques non quantitatives. Globalement, les « vieilles » explications sur les actions ne fonctionnent pas, et il y a encore trop peu d’études académiques concernant l’efficience des facteurs sur les obligations. (...)
Copyright L'Agefi
"(...) "When it comes to smart beta funds, asset managers and index providers are straying far from the well-recognized factors that have decades of academic research supporting them, according to new research from Scientific Beta, a smart beta index provider that’s funded by EDHEC-Risk Institute. Felix Goltz, research director at Scientific Beta and head of applied research at EDHEC-Risk Institute — an investment-focused, academic think tank — said the problem with managers and index providers finding factors that supposedly lead to an investment reward is that third parties have not replicated the results. This can lead to unintended exposures and a misunderstanding around the associated investment risks of those factors." (...)
Copyright Institutional Investo
"(...) Smart beta products aim to outperform traditional market cap-weighted indices by capturing sources of excess returns offered by proven, well-researched factors that stem from behavioral or structural anomalies. A recent survey conducted by EDHEC-Risk Institute among 163 European professional investors shows that the majority agrees that smart beta and factor investing offers significant potential for outperformance. The EDHEC European ETF and Smart Beta and Factor Investing Survey 2018 offers insights into investors’ perceptions on exchange-traded funds (ETFs), smart beta and factor investing products.
"(...) In addition to the $2,500 Best Article award, three other articles were recognized as Outstanding Articles: "Proverbial Baskets Are Uncorrelated Risk Factors! A Factor-Based Framework for Measuring and Managing Diversification in Multi-Asset Investment Solutions" by Lionel Martellini and Vincent Milhau (...)”
Copyright Pensions&Investments
"(...) IPR Journals has also recognized three Outstanding Articles from the 2018 collection. Proverbial Baskets Are Uncorrelated Risk Factors! A Factor-Based Framework for Measuring and Managing Diversification in Multi-Asset Investment Solutions by Lionel Martellini and Vincent Milhau appeared in the special Multi-Asset Strategies issue. The authors suggest using a factor-based framework to more effectively measure and manage (...)”
Copyright Pageant Media
"(...) The inverse yield curve for US Treasuries is historically a sign of impending recession and Professor Riccardo Rebonato of the EDHEC Risk Institute argues that, if anything, the market appears to have been a bit too complacent about the risk of recession. The Professor’s Bond Risk Monitor showed very similar risk compensations for two- and five-year yields, which would indicate that US Treasury investors weren’t pricing in rate cuts as quickly as the Federal Reserve expects to have to make them. (...)”
Copyright Global Investor Group
"(...) Perrier said: “In addition to standard or ready-to use strategies, the Smart Beta and Factor Investing platform leverages the group’s extensive research capabilities to develop fully customised solutions matching specific clients’ needs.” He continued: “Over the past two years, we invested extensively with senior hires in the portfolio management and research teams, as well as in product development and innovation in order to accompany our clients growing interest. In parallel we extended our academic partnership with the EDHEC-Risk Institute, to cover factor investing in bond markets. Amundi manages today €23bn of assets under management (at end September 2018) and our ambition is to become the reference partner of investors in this field.” (...)”
Copyright Global Investor Group
"(...)When it comes to smart beta and factor investing, the ratio is the other way around: equity ETFs predominate. However, the recent EDHEC report found “significant interest” in fixed income smart beta solutions. Lionel Martellini, director at the EDHEC-Risk Institute, believes the fixed income sector is the new frontier in the development of meaningful smart factor investment solutions in the fixed income space, but that more research is needed. One reason is that the first generation of smart beta in fixed income markets was based on a direct transfer of fundamental indexing methodologies originally developed for equities.
"(...) Academic institution the EDHEC-Risk Institute announced the results of the 11th EDHEC European ETF and Smart Beta and Factor Investing Survey, recently as well. This study is conducted as part of the Amundi research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute on ‘ETF, Indexing and Smart Beta Investment Strategies’. This survey, conducted since 2006, is designed to provide insights into European investors’ perceptions, practices and future plans in the domain of ETFs and Smart Beta. EDHEC-Risk writes that this year, the survey also included a special focus on Smart Beta product development, considering specific client demand in the fixed income field. (...)”
Copyright ETF Express
"(...) “There are two groups emerging,” says Lionel Martinelli, professor at Edhec, the French business school, and a close watcher of the smart beta industry. “[Investor assets] are going to the biggest players."(...)”
Copyright Financial Times
"(…) Lionel Martellini, a professor at France’s Edhec Business School, says smart beta is “no longer an exotic, niche strategy” and is now mainstream. According to a recent Edhec survey, nearly half of European institutional investors use factor investing and 28 per cent are considering doing so. Investors are “slowly but surely tapping the waters and getting used to the benefits and potential pitfalls of smart beta”, he says. Factor strategies have built up long track records across a range of market conditions, helping to ease previous investor concerns about the limited backtesting of portfolios.(...)”
Copyright Financial Times
"(…) Though growing in size, the adoption of fixed income smart beta strategies by investors remains at an early stage of development. A survey of 163 European institutional investors published in September by the Edhec-Risk Institute showed that just 17 per cent of the respondents used smart beta for fixed-income investing. About four-fifths of current users commit less than 20 per cent of their total smart beta exposure to fixed-income. Felix Goltz, research director at Edhec-Risk, says investors are concerned that methods developed for the application of smart beta in equity markets may not translate well into fixed income. (...)”
Copyright Financial Times
"(…) The survey, conducted as part of the Amundi research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute, looked at the investing habits of 163 European professional and institutional ETF and smart beta investors. According to the results, more than a third (34%) of respondents indicated that they would like to see new developments in ETFs linked to ethical or socially responsible investing (SRI) (also known as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)) strategies. (...)”
“(…) « Sous la pression des classements internationaux et d’un modèle imposé par les universités américaines, l’enseignant est devenu chercheur de haut niveau et les écoles de commerce ont essayé de suivre le mouvement », raconte Lionel Martellini, professeur de finance et directeur de l’Edhec Risk Institute, qui s’assigne pour objectif de produire des recherches « utiles socialement ». (...)”
Copyright Le Monde
“(…) French business school, EDHEC undergo an annual study, asking ETF and smart beta investors about the European ETF market, smart beta strategies and factor investing. ETF Stream spoke with Felix Goltz, head of applied research at EDHEC, discussing the school’s latest study and what results they concluded. (...)”
Copyright ETF Stream
“(…) European ETF investors are "significantly" interested in investing in smart-beta fixed income products but expressed concern about the lack of research in the area, according to a survey conducted by the EDHEC-Risk Institute. The annual report, entitled the EDHEC European ETF and Smart Beta and Factor Investing Survey, found just 17% of the 163 respondents already use smart-beta and factor investing for fixed income. (...)”
Copyright Investment Week
“(…) Dirigée par le Professeur Lionel Martellini, Directeur d'EDHEC-Risk Institute et par le Professeur Nikos Tessaromatis, Professeur de finance à l'EDHEC Business School, l'équipe de recherche analysera le rôle de l'investissement immobilier dans les solutions d'investissement. L'objectif est de fournir une analyse exhaustive du rôle des investissements immobiliers cotés et non cotés dans les portefeuilles institutionnels, en mettant l'accent sur leurs contributions non seulement en termes de performance mais aussi de couverture des risques. (...)”
Copyright Boursier.com
“(…) A team of researchers from Princeton University in the US and EDHEC, the French business school, have published a study warning that the bond portfolios that target-date funds use are riskier than widely thought. These portfolios are typically composed of short-term bonds that are exposed to market risks (eg, changes in interest rates) and do not offer the long-term certainty about income that many retirees expect. (...)”
Copyright Money Week
“(…) "Since 2006, the increase of the percentage of respondents using ETFs in traditional asset classes has been spectacular, says the ‘11th EDHEC European ETF and Smart Beta and Factor Investing Survey,’ conducted as part of the Amundi research chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute. (...)”
Copyright Financial Times
“(…) "Since 2006, the increase of the percentage of respondents using ETFs in traditional asset classes has been spectacular, says the ‘11th EDHEC European ETF and Smart Beta and Factor Investing Survey,’ conducted as part of the Amundi research chair at EDHEC-Risk. (...)”
Copyright Benefits and Pensions Monitor
“(…) "In the world of asset management, the rise of ETFs has passed by few. A survey by the Edhec Risk Institute shows that only 8% of European institutional investors now have no ETFs.. (...)”
Copyright IEX Profs
“(…) "EDHEC-Risk writes that this year, the survey also includes a special focus on Smart Beta product development, considering specific client demand in the fixed income field. The survey reveals that since 2006, the increase of the percentage of respondents using ETFs in traditional asset classes has been spectacular: in 2006, 45 per cent of respondents used ETFs to invest in equities, compared with 92 per cent in 2018. (...)”
Copyright ETFEXPRESS
“(…) "Martellini and his colleagues coined the phrase “flexicurity” to define the ideal investment solution for retirees. At heart, most retirement investors want security and a guaranteed stream of income, but they also want the flexibility to adjust their investments and their potential income stream over time. For the retirement-focused portfolio, goals like outperforming other investments or reaching a target asset level are more aspirational than essential.(...)”
Copyright Financial Advisor
“(…) "ETFs represent the next stage of the indexing revolution globally, and they are increasingly becoming the vehicle of choice for investors’ index exposure. The EDHEC European ETF Survey 2017 suggests that 71 per cent of European investors use them frequently for achieving broad market exposure.(...)”
Copyright FT Adviser
“(…) "Das Haus brennt!" Mit dieser aufrüttelnden These eröffnete Lionel Martellini, Finanzprofessor an der Edhec Business School und Direktor des Edhec Risk Institute, sein Referat über notwendige Reformen in Bezug auf die Rentensysteme weltweit. Aufgrund wachsender demografischer Ungleichgewichte sowie einem geringeren Produktivitätswachstum drohe eine regelrechte "Rentenkrise", der es zu begegnen gelte.(...)”
Copyright Fonds Professionell
“(…) "The result further confirms EDHEC’s international high-impact strategy on the global finance industry and its status as the go-to academic institution in the field. Scientific Beta, EDHEC-Risk Institute and EDHEC’s cutting-edge finance programmes are perfect illustrations of this strategy in practice.(...)”
Copyright Fenews.co.uk
