Puffer: USD, yen, and Swiss franc act as crisis tail-risk hedges
Marlene Puffer · Marlene Puffer – Canadian Pension Model at AIMCo (EP.337) · Sep 11, 2023 · at 56:38
Marlene Puffer, CIO of AIMCo, discusses the diversification benefits of foreign currency exposures in global pension portfolios.
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“When we think about crisis periods, the US dollar, the yen, Swiss franc, really play a role of tail risk Hedges and natural diversifiers.”
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