Avoid excessive hedging: EQTBY ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2006 1:16PMWhile debates continue about what level of hedging is best, the point is that as investors push more money overseas due to local capacity constraints hedging strategies will become central, particularly as we increasingly distinguish between what drives alpha and where we buy cost-effective beta. |
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