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Interview

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
Strategy, February 2017
Emerging Markets: Another Year, Another Opportunity
Paul McNamara, investment director responsible for GAM’s emerging market strategies, looks ahead to 2017 and reflects that the likely drivers of EM local currency bond markets are the same ones that led to overall outperformance last (...)
IMG
Opinion, February 2017
Protecting against Protectionism : Why is deglobalisation gaining momentum and what should investors do about it?
The headwinds to globalisation are more structural than cyclical, which means those in favour of open markets have a serious challenge to overcome.
IMG
Opinion, February 2017
Hour of truth comes for the flexible funds industry
According to Tarek Issaoui, Head of Cross Asset Flexible Solutions at THEAM, coming months and years will most probably see more differentiation between the performance of flexible funds. As diversification benefits become less important, drawdown management will develop (...)
IMG
Opinion, January 2017
Caution will be needed in emerging markets in 2017, waiting to find the right entry point
2016 has been a better year for emerging market returns after underperforming for many years. However it has been a volatile year and one has had to be an active manger, being selective, tactical and rotating between asset classes and currencies to maximize (...)
IMG
Opinion, January 2017
Tighter Labor Markets Inspire Further Reflation and Rate Normalization
At the end of 2016, the nonfarm payroll print came in at 156,000 jobs gained for the month of December, which was a bit under the consensus expectation of 180,000 jobs, but it still represents a solid number for a labor market that needs to be regarded as very close to, if (...)
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