by Steven | Jun 23, 2021 | Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha, Risk Management
Know Your Factor Risk Bets Summary: Residual factor risk is a critical consideration in the portfolio construction process. The reversal of long-standing factor trends in 2020 and 2021 have underlined the importance of Knowing Your Factor Bets. Factor shocks can...
by Steven | Apr 9, 2021 | Equities, Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha
Delivering The Long/Short Equity Portfolio Your Investors Want Summary: The equity long/short space is a very large but extremely competitive portion of the hedge fund universe. Different long/short equity portfolio strategies such as long-bias or pure market-neutral...
by Steven | Mar 25, 2021 | Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha
The Impact of Portfolio Constraints Summary: Very few fund managers really understand the impact of portfolio constraints on their ultimate results. While they spend a great deal of time and analytical effort on understanding their alpha ideas, comparatively little is...
by Steven | Mar 8, 2021 | Asset Management, Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha
The 3 Cs for Setting Portfolio Constraints Summary: Many fund managers have bad experiences using systematic portfolio construction tools because they ask the wrong question. Without a well-defined portfolio construction problem definition they end up with a...
by Steven | Jan 19, 2021 | Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha
SFT’s Candidate Portfolio Analysis Summary: Fund managers often have an incomplete view of the key drivers of P&L in their portfolio. As a result it is difficult to pinpoint what they’re good at and where they can improve. Sherpa Funds Tech created the...
by Steven | Feb 21, 2020 | Portfolio Construction, Process Alpha, Risk Management
A Better Way to Look at Portfolios Summary: Fund managers lack quality tools to visualize their portfolio and understand its key drivers. Sherpa Funds Tech created the Risk Quality Graph as a tool to help managers understand simplify complex portfolio construction by...
