Philippe Desfossés : « Our SRI approach has two advantages, the absence of sectorial bias and investment in all sectors »
Philip Desfossés, Director of ERAFP (Establishment of additional retirement of civil servants), the first French public pension funds, introduces their 100% SRI management and their Best In Class approach ...
Arnaud Chrétien and Serge Darolles : «The objective of QuantValley is to become the calling card for French Quantitive management»
Challenges, positioning and quantative management outlook in France. Arnaud Chrétien and Serge Darolles, respectively Chairman and deputy chairman of QuantValley, answer our questions and introduce us to their project aimed at promoting Paris’ image as a city of (...)
Bruno Le Chevallier : « We have got rid of all banking stocks and have expanded sales to insurers »
According to CCR Opportunity Fund manager, Bruno Le Chevallier, an optimistic scenario can lead markets to bounce back by about 10% to 15% by the end of the year.
Christophe Dehondt : « Current levels of inflation break-even are buying opportunities »
According to Christophe Dehondt, fund manager of CPR Focus Inflation, it is possible to benefit from the rise in inflation while being hedged against rising interest rates by buying inflation-linked bonds and selling traditional sovereign bonds with similar (...)
Jürgen Maier: «Emerging Markets will continue to become more and more important for the global economy and capital markets »
According to Jürgen Maier, fund manager in the team «Emerging Markets Equities» at Raiffeisen Capital Management, Emerging Markets have weathered the economic crisis and will remain competitive thanks to massive investments in infrastructure in the years to come and enormous (...)
Sharply rising energy prices are pressuring politicians to react. Last week the European Commission called for an overhaul of the electricity market following price increases in excess of 20% in a single day in France. The European Commission is talking tough but is offering (...)
Pension funds/institutional investors plan to reduce exposure to fixed income assets - pessimistic about future performance
Global bond markets have suffered significant losses in recent months, and with rising inflation and interest rates expected to increase, 43% of pension funds and other institutional investors expect performance to deteriorate further over the next 12 months – some 13% expect (...)
Mark Nash and Huw Davies assess the prospects for global growth in an environment of heightened geopolitical tensions, rising inflation and interest rates and China’s zero-Covid policy.