Point of View - April 2007 Issue - Global Investment Solutions from Northern Trust

A review of current activity in global financial markets, with an emphasis on U.S. markets.


		Emerging Managers Gain Ground Smaller, newer and minority-owned asset management firms are garnering attention with institutional investors.

		Portable Alpha: A Risk-Efficient Approach to LDI Portable alpha provides the building blocks to engineer more risk-efficient LDI strategies than traditional investment approaches.

		Currency as an Asset Class As investors look beyond traditional hedging opportunities, currency trading grows into a stand-alone asset class.

		Exploring the Hedge Fund Universe With an increasingly crowded marketplace, the challenge in hedge fund investing will be identifying new market inefficiencies.


		Voices Kunihiko Nakao: Japan’s economy is back on track after several years of stagnation.

		Global Megatrends Plan sponsors are increasingly turning to outsourcing to gain simplicity in plan management.

		Ahead of the Curve A starting point for a discussion of the issues that affect the institutional investment community.


		Can Elephants Dance? Potential Benefits of Investing With Emerging Managers

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