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Interview
Interview ,
October 2016
Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr : « We look at all the existing strategies that are based on risk metrics, factor-based or fundamental values approaches. »
According to Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr, CFO of FRR (« Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites ») the French reserve fund, developments are necessary for more transparency for the turnover costs generated by the implementation of Smart Beta (...)
Interview ,
October 2016
Michel Manteau : « We have mainly chosen minimum variance strategies because we seek to reduce the volatility of our equity portfolio »
Michel Manteau, head of portfolio management at CARMF (« Caisse Autonome de Retraite des Médecins de France »), the retirement institution for french doctors tells us more about Smart Beta strategies.
Interview ,
October 2016
George Szemere : "Our investment process leads us to include 25-40 different risk premia in the portfolio"
According to George Szemere, Head of Global Strategic Relations & Liquid Alternatives, Columbia Threadneedle, there is a growing understanding that extracting returns from a traditional asset-allocation mix is going to be (...)
Interview ,
September 2016
Antoine Prudent : « InPact Advisory is currently conducting a mission for 5 large Swiss institutional investors willing to invest in an Alternative Risk Premia strategy »
According to Antoine Prudent, founding partner of InPact Advisory, the advantage of Risk Premia products is also to reduce costs compared to the usual pricing for alternative products…
Interview ,
July 2016
Philippe Desfosses : "Since inception, the board of ERAFP has decided to put in place a 100% ISR investment policy"
"This is why we are also very committed against global warming" said Philippe Desfossés, director at ERAFP.
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Opinion
Opinion,
March 2017
Show Me The Money
The U.S. and indeed the global economy is walking a fine line due to increasing leverage and the potential for too high (or too low) interest rates to wreak havoc on an increasingly stressed financial system. Be more concerned about the return of your money than the return (...)
Strategy,
March 2017
How can investors navigate European politics and US monetary policy?
Strong US economic data and a more hawkish Fed saw the US Treasury index yield climb 20 bps, pushing performance down last week and putting pressure on fixed income exposures. Corporate bonds performed better — as expected — but the best position was in high yield with a short (...)
News,
March 2017
Reaching for yield continues in fixed income world
According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, lower front-end rates have been pivotal to support flows into credit to the detriment of flows into equities. Investors continue to favour short-duration IG paper, while outflows continue from high duration (...)
Opinion,
March 2017
Happiness Runs
A client asked me recently when the Fed or other central banks would ever be able to sell their assets back into the market. My answer was "NEVER". A $12 trillion global central bank balance sheet is PERMANENT - and growing at over $1 trillion a year, thanks to the ECB and (...)
Opinion,
February 2017
Will 2017 herald a commodity bull market?
According to David Donora, Head of Commodities, Columbia Threadneedle, after commodity prices bottomed in early 2016, demand is outstripping supply once again, suggesting the next bull market may be approaching...
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