India elections notes

Please read this concise research note on the 2024 Indian general elections and impact on performance of the LBRTY strategy The 2024 Indian general elections, held in early June, brought unexpected political shifts as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Narendra Modi, failed to secure an outright majority, defying predictions. This political uncertainty triggered a…

Mexican elections notes

Please read this concise research note on the 2024 Mexican general elections and impact on performance of the LBRTY strategy The 2024 Mexican general elections, held on June 2, saw Claudia Sheinbaum elected as the country’s first female president, continuing the Morena party’s dominance under outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Prior to this, López Obrador…

TOBAM Dashboard: LBRTY EM Empirical facts

We are delighted to share with you our most recent research piece entitled: “TOBAM LBRTY® EM strategy: empirical facts”. TOBAM recently implemented LBRTY®, a strategy aiming to reduce direct and indirect exposure to the autocracy risk factor, understood as the risk associated with investing in autocratic regimes. This note discusses TOBAM LBRTY® Emerging Markets strategy, through…

TOBAM Dashboard: The sensitivity to policy risk of Chinese A-shares

We are delighted to share with you our most recent research piece: “The sensitivity to policy risk of Chinese A-shares”. An investor desiring to access Chinese equities has two options: H-shares listed on the Hong-Kong exchange, and A-shares listed in the mainland, with restricted access and lower liquidity. Recently, stock market indices started increasing their…

TOBAM’s Summer Reading Series

Since 2009, TOBAM has chosen Democracy enhancement as its field of philanthropy. We believe Democracy enhancement is fully aligned with the mid and long term financial interest of our clients. Over the summer, we’ll explore thought-provoking research papers that resonate with our beliefs.

First recommendation: “Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development” by Mancur Olson (1993):
http://fbemoodle.emu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/40452/mod_resource/content/1/Olson.pdf

Can High Yield be the credit markets sweet spot?

Despite the looming economic slowdown, the severity of which is yet unknown, the High Yield (HY) market presents an attractive investment opportunity. Most investors are underweight High Yield, we thus want to make an argument for the contrarian view that, beyond supportive short term technicals, the asset class deserves a new assessment. • Fundamentals are…

TOBAM Dashboard: Authoritarian Regimes and Investment Risk – Part 1

We are delighted to share with you our most recent research piece: “Authoritarian Regimes and Investment Risk”. This is the first part of a series of research pieces that we are planning to publish on the topic. Wars / conflicts (i.e. – Russia/Ukraine) coupled with rising geopolitical tensions due to autocratic regimes have introduced a…