Portfolio Risk Management

Melissa Brown spoke to Tim Smart of U.S. News & World Report about current market conditions noting, “sentiment has been quite positive over the last two months.

Bank of England raises rates…and Gilt yields plummet; Strong jobs report boosts the dollar; Stronger stock-bond correlation raises portfolio risk

Historical precedent suggests there’s an 80 percent chance that markets will continue to go up, according to Qontigo.

US small cap 12-month returns turn positive after a strong week, but small caps remain risky; Short-term asset correlations have fallen substantially, driving overall volatility down; Factor returns reflect shift in sentiment to increased risk tolerance

Investor sentiment ended last week either strongly positive or bullish in all markets we track except Japan and the UK, where investors have remained neutral.

Stocks immediately fell Wednesday afternoon following the Fed’s announcement before quickly rebounding.”No big surprise in today’s announcement, either in the level of rate increase or in the accompanying language,” Melissa Brown, Global Head of Applied Research at financial analytics and index provider Qontigo, said in an emailed statement.

Melissa Brown, Managing Director of Applied Research at Qontigo, said the 25 basis point increase is baked in already, but what the policy makers say about what they will do for the rest of the year is what’s going to be important.

Earnings reports lift US sectors; Liquid stocks extend gains worldwide; Developed Markets ex-USA fare better year to date

In the last ten days, investor sentiment has decided to focus on the only positive from this data, that inflation may have peaked and is decidedly on the retreat.

Olivier D’Assier, APAC Applied Research Head at Qontigo, discusses the latest on the markets. He spoke with hosts Doug Krizner and Vonnie Quinn on “Bloomberg Daybreak Asia.”

Paul Allen in Sydney and Kathleen Hays in New York drive to the Asia, Australia and New Zealand market opens while wrapping the biggest stories of the previous day on Wall Street. One of today’s guests: Olivier d’Assier, Qontigo Head of Applied Research, APAC (Source: Bloomberg)

Vidrio Financial and Qontigo announced the expansion of their existing partnership to work more closely together and provide enhanced risk solutions to the multi-asset class institutional allocator market.