Australasia Newsletters

Pareto's newsletter informs the reader on in house research in addition to our assessment of the general markets in a particular quarter.

Listed below are featured topics in the most recent news letters. Please contact us for a copy of the full publication.

Market Commentary - Henrik Pedersen, Chief Investment Officer

China and the Future

Pareto’s Scott Grimberg, Senior Vice President and portfolio manager for the BNY Mellon Evolution Long Short Emerging Currency Fund, examines the Chinese currency and the growing importance of its status in the world.

It’s A Wired World

Richard Purssell, Head of Trading discusses trading innovations in the currency markets highlighting Pareto's adoption of some of the new technology which are currently aiding best execution for Pareto's clients.

Banking Regulation – Pull Up a Chair

Ben Gilmour, Risk Manager looks at the regulatory changes that have been largely prompted by the credit crisis.

Remembrance of Crisis Past, a Taste of Present Pain

Constantine Ponticos, Head of Currency Research discusses the future of the banking sector given the current state of affairs.

Hedging Emerging Market Currency Risk

Gavin Francis, Head of Client Portfolio Management explains the intricacies of hedging emerging currency exposures. 

Market Commentary - Constantine Ponticos, Head of Currency Research

Outlook for Market Volatility

Pareto’s Mauricio Bouabci, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research and portfolio manager for the BNY Mellon Evolution Currency Option Fund   examines the progression of the recent contraction in volatility levels and presents an outlook for implied volatility going forward.

Currency Exposure and Future contracts

Gavin Francis, Head of Client Portfolio Management looks at the currency exposure of a portfolio using asset related future contracts, decomposing exposure into first order, second order and third order effects.

Yields affect FX

Jakob Bak, PhD, CFA, from our Research team in his article explores interest rate differentials between major currency pairs and concludes that correlations between yields and exchange rates in major currency pairs have increased. He extends his article to explain the implication of such market behaviour for investors.

Market Commentary - Carl Mastroianni, CFA, Senior Vice President, Client Portfolio Management and Vincent Fontana, CFA, Client Portfolio Manager.

No Regrets

Gavin Francis, Head of Client Portfolio Management looks at the connection between the regret theory and dynamic risk management.

Emerging Market Currency Returns

Scott Grimberg, Senior Vice President, Research and Ron Lagnado, Managing Director, Research, also co managers of the BNY Mellon Evolution Long Short Emerging Currency Fund , continue their examination of Emerging Market Currency and provide some suggestions as to how to improve on a simple long-only emerging market currency strategy.

In the Long Term….

In this article, Pareto’s Mauricio Bouabci, PhD, Senior Vice President, Research looks to the long term to examining recent alpha opportunities in the options markets.

Alpha Opportunities in Currency

Constantine Ponticos, Head of Currency Research shares his insight on the philosophy behind Pareto’s Currency Multi Strategy Programme

Market Commentary - Constantine Ponticos, Head of Currency Research

Currency Risk

Jim Coleman, Senior Vice President, Research reminds our audience of the key issues surrounding currency exposures and subsequently its management.

Counterparty Risk

Carolyn Christie, Chief Operating Officer examines counterparty risk and describes the measures taken by Pareto to address the issue.

Settlement Risk

Andrew Thomas, Vice President, Client Administration explains settlement risk, discussing how Pareto limits exposure to settlement risk.

Legal Risk

Carolyn Christie, Chief Operating Officer expands on measures taken by Pareto to manage legal risk

Liquidity Risk

Gavin Francis, Head of Client Portfolio Management looks at the management of cash flows in a currency overlay strategy.

Risk Based Portfolio Rebalancing

Laurie O’Donoghue, President, Pareto New York LLC shares her views on rebalancing portfolios from a risk perspective using Pareto’s Risk Based Rebalancing framework.