"global asset allocation" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to the process of distributing investments across different types of assets in different geographical regions. Example: Our company's investment strategy involves careful consideration of global asset allocation to minimize risk and maximize returns.
He is now director of large-capitalization domestic stock research and head of the firm's global asset allocation committee.
Leila Heckman, managing director of global asset allocation for Salomon Smith Barney, said that eight or nine months ago, Canada "was one of our dream markets".
"Liquidity in the money markets in maturities over a week is desperately scarce," Tim Bond, head of global asset allocation at Barclays Capital in London, told Bloomberg News.
At the end of 2010, the average global asset allocation of the seven largest markets was 47% equities, 33% bonds, 1% cash and 19% other assets.
"Right now, you have a market that is more of an emotional market than a rational market," said Wayne Lin, an investment strategy analyst at Legg Mason's global asset allocation division.
This shift in language — and policy — puts the Fed "in a funny corner," said Jeffrey L. Knight, chief investment officer of the global asset allocation team at Putnam Investments in Boston.
The global asset-allocation model and systematic rebalancing I have been writing about for years was designed to take advantage of periodic disruptions around the world.
It was a bit sad — years of painstaking global asset-allocation thwarted because the globe refused to cooperate!
Our global strategic asset allocations are highly diversified and robust optimized portfolios, designed as core investments for efficient exposure to global capital markets.
Fredrik Nerbrand, global head of asset allocation at HSBC Private Bank, has a more daring way of urging clients to return to diversification: adopt a hit-and-run strategy.
"You send the money, you call it a 'loan' — you get it back and call it an 'interest rate,' " said Stephane Deo, global head of asset allocation in London for UBS.
