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As it purports to associate constantly both sides of the balance sheet in the investment process, it has been called a "holistic" investment methodology. In essence, the liability-driven investment strategy ( LDI ) is an investment strategy of a company or individual based on the cash flows needed to fund future liabilities.
A cash flow hedge [1] is a hedge of the exposure to the variability of cash flow that: is attributable to a particular risk associated with a recognized asset or liability. Such as all or some future interest payments on variable rate debt or a highly probable forecast transaction and; could affect profit or loss (IAS 39, §86b)
Cash flow matching is a process of hedging in which a company or other entity matches its cash outflows (i.e., financial obligations) with its cash inflows over a given time horizon. [1] It is a subset of immunization strategies in finance. [2] Cash flow matching is of particular importance to defined benefit pension plans. [3]
ETFs, Index Funds and Mutual Funds are common types of investment vehicles that pool investor money to buy diversified portfolios of assets. Each differs in structure, management and trading methods.
Inflation for example, although impacting all securities, [113] can be managed [114] [115] at the portfolio level by appropriately [116] increasing exposure to inflation-sensitive stocks (e.g. consumer staples), and / or by investing in tangible assets, commodities and inflation-linked bonds; the latter may also provide a direct hedge.
A hedge fund offers people the chance to invest in a portfolio, with returns based on how well the portfolio’s underlying investments do. The fund itself makes most of its money from the fees ...
Dedicated portfolio theory, in finance, deals with the characteristics and features of a portfolio built to generate a predictable stream of future cash inflows.This is achieved by purchasing bonds and/or other fixed income securities (such as certificates of deposit) that can and usually are held to maturity to generate this predictable stream from the coupon interest and/or the repayment of ...
A structured product, also known as a market-linked investment, is a pre-packaged structured finance investment strategy based on a single security, a basket of securities, options, indices, commodities, debt issuance or foreign currencies, and to a lesser extent, derivatives. Structured products are not homogeneous — there are numerous ...