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Interview
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...
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 (...)
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…
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.
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 (...)
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Opinion
Opinion,
November 2016
Trump victory: a non-event for markets?
The Fed should maintain its data-dependent normalization course with a rate hike likely mid-December 2016. Fed fund futures signal the market has not changed its mind on the Fed staying dovish in 2017. Janet Yellen’s four-year mandate as chair of the Board of Governors will (...)
Opinion,
November 2016
President-elect Trump. 5 predictions on what happens next in the global economy and markets.
The votes are in and it is clear. For the second time in 2016 we have had a major rejection of the political status quo. Following on from the shock UK referendum result, a Trump victory is further evidence that many believe that we have reached peak globalisation and income (...)
Opinion,
November 2016
What does Brexit mean to Property Investors & Developers?
Initial shock at the prospect of leaving the EU sent the markets into decline, but have they not reacted pretty much as anticipated? Never letting a crisis go without opportunity, selling high to force a low, and then buy back? An analysis from Rick Nicholls, Managing (...)
Opinion,
November 2016
A Clinton victory reduces political uncertainty
According to Martin Arnold, Director – FX & Macro Strategist, ETF Securities, a Clinton victory reduces political uncertainty, and takes another excuse away from the Federal Reserve to not raise rates at December FOMC meeting. USD is likely to continue to strengthen, (...)
Opinion,
November 2016
International Equity : Why a Trump victory would not be the worst result
The biggest concern would be if the winning candidate manages to get control of both houses. According to Nick Clay, manager at Newton Investment Management, a subsidiary of BNY Mellon IM group, if that were to happen, then radical policy changes could be set in (...)
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