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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
Opinion, September 2015
Fed Update: Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged
According to John L. Bellows, PhD, Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst with Western Asset, Janet Yellen’s decision has not changed his view of the Fed going forward. He continues to think the Fed will be responsive to changes in the outlook, and at the same time he thinks (...)
IMG
Strategy, September 2015
Frontier markets: what’s in a name?
When considered on their own merits, and approached with the same care and due-diligence as any other emerging market investment, frontier markets can provide valuable diversification potential, says Franklin Adatsi, member of the Global Emerging Markets team at Jupiter (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2015
Suddenly last summer
There were bouts of volatility in financial markets this summer: collapse in Chinese equities, depreciation of the yuan dragging down emerging currencies, drastic fluctuations in equity markets in developed countries, collapse in commodity prices, etc. How can we interpret (...)
IMG
Opinion, September 2015
European equities could provide haven amid global uncertainty
Given recent equity market volatility, now is an opportune moment to re-assess our view of European equities for the remainder of this year and into 2016. We continue to believe European equities offer almost ‘safe haven’ status in a world of increasing economic (...)
IMG
Strategy, August 2015
Global market volatility: more to come, but opportunities too
According to Deutsche AWM, markets appear to have overreacted in some instances and Deutsche AWM current view is to tactically underweight 10-year Bunds. On Eurozone periphery, Deutsche AWM stay neutral. With regards EM sovereigns, Deutsche AWM would stay on the sidelines (...)
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