In this manager conversation, Sightline Wealth Management’s Warren Gerow speaks with Jeannine LiChong, executive vice president and portfolio manager at Waratah Capital Advisors. During their conversation, LiChong offers an inside look at the Waratah Alternative Equity Income Fund, a long-short portfolio of fixed-income securities that utilizes credit spread and opportunistic overlays to seek absolute returns across various market environments.
Some of the specific topics Gerow and LiChong address include:
- LiChong’s professional background, credentials and areas of expertise
- An overview of Waratah Capital Advisors and the Waratah Alternative Equity Income Fund
- The Fund’s hands-on, bottom-up investment approach
- How the macro-environment can impact the Fund’s portfolio allocation strategy
- The factors that may impact how much the Fund invests in a specific sector
- LiChong’s current outlook for the Canadian banking sector and its potential effect on credit investors
- Warning signals and green lights that the Fund examines before investing in a specific company
- The criteria utilized by the Fund to determine when to sell certain assets in its portfolio
- How the Waratah’s options strategy applies to the Fund’s portfolio
- Current weightings in the Fund’s portfolio by specific sectors
- LiChong’s thoughts on whether a recession will occur and how it may impact the Fund
- How the A.I. boom and the concentrated market may impact portfolios industries and active managers
Throughout the conversation, LiChong highlights how, by utilizing a dynamic, fundamentalist approach to the credit markets that aims to preserve capital during downturns and find opportunities during rallies, the Fund is able to simultaneously limit the downside and generate income for its investors over the long term. To learn more about allocating toward the Waratah Alternative Equity Income Fund, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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Warren Gerow is an independent investment wealth consultant at Sightline Wealth Management.
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