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Jacques Raemy: “Asymmetrical vehicles such as hedge funds, convertibles or structured products have enabled us to optimize our portfolio” |
Why performance matters | Rothschild: Risk and reward | Dresdner: Bias and balance
Although based in Switzerland, LODH has clients with a US dollar currency base from regions where the local currency is dollar-related or experiences low volatility with the US dollar, such as Latin American or Asia.
Achieving solid returns with a low-risk mandate is not an easy task given the higher allocation to fixed income and cash required, but LODH successfully outperformed its peers and the FTSE Private Banking Index Americas (USD) Low-Risk index in 2006 by having a solid bedrock of short duration securities and cash, diversifying its portfolio internationally and allocating to alternative assets such as hedge funds, commodities and structured products.
About 20% of the portfolio is invested in equities, 20% in alternatives, and 10%...
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