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IMG
Interview , December 2019
Jean-Philippe Médecin : « The CNP’s subordinated green bond issue was a great success »
CNP Assurances has successfully launched its first subordinated green bond issuance. Jean-Philippe Médecin, the director of the prop trading and financing department at CNP Assurances, gave us more details.
IMG
Interview , May 2019
Simon Bond : “Our European Social Bond Fund is carefully managed with a mix of maturities to offer daily liquidity”
According to Simon Bond, Threadneedle (Lux) European Social Bond Fund manager, the fund aims to balance three key elements: clear social impact, daily liquidity and financial return with a similar risk/return profile as a regular investment grade (...)
IMG
Interview , April 2019
Pascal Koenig : « We believe that these concentration movements should continue, including among the leading players »
According to Pascal Koenig, Partner at Deloitte, Head of asset management, the operations of M&A, search for new shareholders, team transfers have multiplied in France in recent months. He believes that these concentration movements should continue, including among the (...)
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Pierre Valentin ; “We have placed SRI at the heart of our investment philosophy”
According to Pierre Valentin, chairman of Ecofi Investissements, except for wealth management Ecofi’s entire range of open funds is 100 % SRI this year, whether it for equity, bond, money market or multi-asset funds.
IMG
Interview , March 2019
Climate change: from fantasy to reality
Global warming has been an issue for many years now. It is often regarded as a long-term challenge. That is certainly true, except that the “long term” is now close at hand, and climate change’s economic impact can already be measured in several major (...)

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, May 2017
France election: Macron wins big
The French election result confirms our view that markets until recently had overstated European political risks. Italian political risk and the country’s fragile banking system could move back into focus soon, however, particularly if the likelihood of early elections in (...)
IMG
Opinion, May 2017
French election 2017: Markets march on
The centrist candidate’s victory is seen as a positive for European stability, something which supports the global reflation trend that has been building up since last summer. Economic data in Europe, Asia and the US has been improving, underpinning traditional risk assets, (...)
IMG
Opinion, May 2017
Government bonds: caution ahead
Geopolitical forces suppressing global government bond yields have somewhat dissipated after the French first-round vote. We see Fed rate rise expectations returning as a bond market driver, justifying a cautious stance on sovereign (...)
IMG
Strategy, April 2017
Low volatility, the hidden factor
Robert Haugen, who discovered the low-volatility anomaly in 1972, wrote numerous articles and books to try to popularise what he called the ‘hidden factor’. To some extent, it was only the advent of smart beta investment strategies that turned his dream into reality, as low (...)
IMG
Opinion, April 2017
French elections : Europe lives on !
“The results from the first round of vote counting strengthen our confidence that, from this summer, France will have a president in favor of reforms for the first time.” Comments from Stefan Kreuzkamp, Chief investment Officer Deutsche Asset (...)
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