William Blair Absolute Return Currency Strategy
Potential Alpha and Diversification
Active currency management is one of the most misunderstood and unrecognized components of investment management, offering significant potential alpha and diversification benefits.
Diversify Portfolios
Complements traditional portfolio allocations through an absolute return approach without exposure to traditional asset classes.
Manage Risks
Active currency capabilities added to a portfolio can improve efficiency through return enhancement and risk mitigation.
Seek Opportunities
Portfolio seeks to capitalize on fundamental value/price dislocation in global currencies through dynamic risk-capital allocation.
REVERSION TO FUNDAMENTAL VALUE
Half-Life of Price Reversion to Value (in Years)

Source: William Blair. Half-life reversion to value is shown based on a 40-year observation period ended April 2014.

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