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Podcast: Resolve Riffs Investment Podcast
Episode: ReSolve's Riffs on Leverage over Beverages: The Risk/Reward of Vol Targeting (EP.21)
Description: This is βReSolveβs Riffsβ β live on Youtube every Friday afternoon to debate the most relevant investment topics of the day. Most pension plans and other institutional investors with long-term liabilities are faced with an enormous mismatch between the return assumptions in their actuarial models and the combination of sky-high equity valuations and rock-bottom bond yields. Some have chosen to address their funding gaps by adding leverage to their portfolios. Topics of this include: Different types of leverage β Implicit vs explicit, recourse vs non-recourse Hidden leverage in private investments Volatility targeting β pro-cyclical vs counter-cyclical Leverages towards concentrated...