Pictet’s Maria Vassalou examines how currency hedging should vary across asset classes, reference currencies and market conditions rather than follow fixed rules.
- Dynamic minimum-variance hedging outperformed static approaches in many cases, particularly across multi-currency and multi-asset portfolios.
- Optimal hedge ratios can vary widely over time and may even exceed 100%, depending on correlations, volatility, monetary policy and safe-haven effects.
- Traditional rules such as “0% for equities, 100% for bonds” can be too simplistic, as currency exposure affects both risk and expected returns.
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