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IMG
Interview , March 2015
Nadia Grant: "US stocks are attractively valued in relation to other markets"
As the Nasdaq broke the 5,000 mark for the first time since 2000, Nadia Grant, US equities fund manager at Threadneedle Investments, explains in the Q&A why she believes that US stocks are attractively valued in relation to other markets and why they will gain support (...)
IMG
Interview , December 2014
Yves Choueifaty : "Our Smart Beta strategy is designed to maximize diversification of any given investment universe"
According to Yves Choueifaty, Founder and President of TOBAM, The main advantage of the TOBAM’s Anti-US Credit Benchmark® is to build a portfolio without "bias" towards highly indebted issuers or those belonging to a particular (...)
IMG
Interview , February 2014
Jad Comair : « We have much more interesting entry points to our dividend Futures strategies than those of our competitors in other asset classes »
Spin-off of the trading department of Société Générale, Jad Comair and his team have created Melanion Capital in order to provide investors with a new source of return on an innovative asset class , dividend Futures.
IMG
Interview , April 2013
Philippe Goubeault : « We could replace a benchmarked fund by a ’Smart Beta’ index »
According to Philippe Goubeault, CFO of Agirc Arrco, ’Smart Beta’ strategies can already be part of the asset allocation program of Agirc and Arrco even if their current weight in existing portfolios is not significant (...)
IMG
Interview , April 2013
Philip Tindall : « We see further development of non-market cap approaches in bonds »
According to Philip Tindall, senior investment consultant at Towers Watson, there has been a lot of interest in smart betas area, and investors are beginning to allocate assets - Towers Watson’s clients have invested more than (...)

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, June 2018
Back to inflation: The inflation theme enjoys a more favourable momentum in the euro zone
The first estimates of May’s figures show very clearly that overall inflation has accelerated after several months of stability, proof that the ECB’s accommodating policy is being efficient. The analysis of Thomas Page-Lecuyer, Senior investment specialist at CPR (...)
IMG
Opinion, June 2018
Political uncertainty weighs on Italy
Italy’s struggle to form a government and the threat of a new election have caused bond spreads to widen, signaling market concerns. Despite Italian bonds recovering, volatility is running high and investors need to ask whether there will be a contagion impact across Europe (...)
IMG
Opinion, May 2018
Anatomy of a dollar rally
In the era of Central Bank policy influence, we have become used to large shifts in the performance and trends of different currencies across time. For the better part of the past two years, the currency headlines have been dominated by a weakening US (...)
IMG
Opinion, May 2018
Italian populist parties close to a deal
Last week, equity markets kept moving higher, while the US yield curve continued to flatten. The 2-10 and 10-30 differentials reached the lowest level since August 2007. President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Iran’s nuclear deal pushed oil prices at the highest level (...)
IMG
Opinion, May 2018
Pakistan: Balancing risks and rewards
For most investors, Pakistan is largely defined as being highly volatile, be it in terms of security, politics or the economy. And in many ways, it is. However, Charles Sunnucks, Assistant Fund Manager, Emerging Markets, argues there is increasing evidence of positive (...)
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