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Interview

IMG
Interview , March 2011
Bruno Crastes : « Our models are still based on an enhanced version of the Black-Litterman model »
Former star managers of Amundi, Bruno Castres and Vincent Chailley have created H2O Asset Management, a London-based alternative management company. In an interview with Next-Finance, Bruno Castres unveils the firm’s objectives and (...)
IMG
Interview , November 2010
Thaddée Tyl : « I would invest in an entrepreneurial management company rather than a fund owned by a large group!»
Thaddée Tyl, president of Rivoli Fund Management, is strongly advocating entrepreneurial management firms as they show more management team stability...
IMG
Interview , September 2010
Mark Mobius « numerous emerging markets companies are still undervalued »
According to Mark Mobius, one of the most recognized expert in emerging markets, many emerging economies are forecast to grow by considerably more than developed markets, even taking the current economic climate into (...)
IMG
Interview , June 2010
Jérôme Teiletche: «Replicators are complementary to hedge funds. They are also more liquid and transparent than investable indices »
Lombard Odier has been among the first asset management firms to launch investment vehicles which replicate hedge funds. We carry out an assessment with Jérôme Teiletche, the head of systematic investment strategies…
IMG
Interview , May 2010
Nicolas Gaussel : « An asset management style which does not include any Quant element does not exist!»
Quantitative strategies, asset allocation, absolute performance…. Nicolas Gaussel, head of quantitative and structured management of Lyxor, answers our questions.

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, October 2015
Fed: The Art of Evasion
The US Federal Reserve maintained a status quo on its interest rates at its September meeting, thereby extending a period of zero interest rates that has lasted for virtually seven years already. This decision, which ought to have reassured investors, was on the contrary (...)
IMG
Opinion, October 2015
Outlook Brazil
Brazil is in recession territory. The country’s fiscal consolidation plan had a major set-back in July as the finance minister Joaquim Levy announced a significant downward revision of the government’s primary fiscal surplus targets. In august, S&P placed Brazil’s foreign (...)
IMG
Strategy, October 2015
Is traditional asset allocation no longer an option?
Sometimes, I wonder if asset allocators realise how lucky they used to be. We used to have the luxury of combining bonds with equities to form a diversified portfolio. Sovereign bonds – from many countries – used to be of high quality. But I am afraid that those times are now (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2015
A Dovish Fed is Set to Support CTA and Macro Managers
Markets were on standby mode ahead of the Fed’s meeting last week. Hedge funds were flat and there was little dispersion in returns across the managers (see chart). Event-Driven outperformed as equity volatility edged lower. Meanwhile, Fixed Income strategies underperformed (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2015
The Fed skips its turn... but for how much longer?
We think it is reasonable to bet on an upcoming monetary tightening (next December FOMC): The US economy can fully withstand some interest rate increases; the global economy, probably a bit less; and the financial markets (especially emerging), less still. This means that (...)
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