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Interview

IMG
Interview , May 2016
Caroline Le Meaux Lambert : « We are looking for strategies able to benefit from upward equity trends while limiting volatility »
Caroline Le Meaux Lambert, head of delegated asset management at Caisse des Dépôts for the French public pension fund Ircantec, tells us a little more about the Smart Beta concept.
IMG
Interview , April 2016
Pierre Richert : « It is important to enhance transparency, performance attribution and especially regulation for quant funds »
Pierre Richert, Agrica CFO – mutual company dedicated to the agriculture sector – still does not invest in quant funds. He considers necessary to enhance transparency, performance attribution and especially regulation for this kind of (...)
IMG
Interview , April 2016
Donald A. Steinbrugge : « A new CTA fund must have a strong differential advantage to have any chance of competing in the institutional market place. »
Donald A. Steinbrugge, managing partner at Agecroft Partners – US third party marketing firm specialized in hedge funds - gave us information regarding demand from institutional investors for CTAs
IMG
Interview , July 2015
Olivier Pleasant : "With Ecofi Enjeux Futurs, we want to invest in growth over the next decades"
According to Ecofi Investments "Meeting the actual needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" is the challenge of sustainable development, and the philosophy that we wanted to use when we set up this (...)
IMG
Interview , March 2015
Malik Haddouk : « In fixed income we are focusing in the short term on exposure to long maturities »
In fixed income, Malik Haddouk, Head of Balanced Management at CPR Asset Management and his team are focusing in the short term on exposure to long maturities (> 10 years), which are likely to get a boost from quantitative easing and weak (...)

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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