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IMG
Interview , December 2016
Michèle Lacroix : “SCOR has strengthened its teams to invest more heavily in bank loans”
According to Michèle Lacroix, Head of Group Investment Office at SCOR, for several years, equity exposure has been strongly reduced in the group investment portfolio in contrast to its bank loan exposure...
IMG
Interview , December 2016
Marie Lemarie : “We have halved our equity exposures between 2011 and 2016”
According to Marie Lemarie, director of investments at Groupama SA, the conjunction of solvency and low-rate environment has militated for a reduction of the equity risk. Groupama has halved its equity exposures between 2011 and (...)
IMG
Interview , December 2016
Jean-Philippe Médecin : “Solvency II did not lead to a significant decline in our equity exposures”
Jean-Philippe Médecin, funding and asset-liability management director within the CNP Assurances investment department and its team are increasingly integrating hedges to limit the effects of market drawdowns…
IMG
Interview , December 2016
Agnès Lossi : "We expect a lot of progress in terms of dynamic balance sheet management and capital steering including their volatility, which is probably the major challenge for institutions."
According to Agnès Lossi, Partner and Director at Indefi, market risk contribution to capital requirements is high. It represents almost 50 % of the capital needs.
IMG
Interview , November 2016
Patrick Delestra : "Investing in thematic equities makes sense only if we use a specialist fund manager"
According to Patrick Delestra, Head of Equity at Apicil group, a balanced portfolio must used several kinds of strategies namely Small caps which outperform over the long term, Value equities that are undervalued and Growth stocks which are expensive but offer (...)

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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