Bruno Crastes : « Our models are still based on an enhanced version of the Black-Litterman model »
Former star managers of Amundi, Bruno Castres and Vincent Chailley have created H2O Asset Management, a London-based alternative management company. In an interview with Next-Finance, Bruno Castres unveils the firm’s objectives and (...)
Thaddée Tyl : « I would invest in an entrepreneurial management company rather than a fund owned by a large group!»
Thaddée Tyl, president of Rivoli Fund Management, is strongly advocating entrepreneurial management firms as they show more management team stability...
Mark Mobius « numerous emerging markets companies are still undervalued »
According to Mark Mobius, one of the most recognized expert in emerging markets, many emerging economies are forecast to grow by considerably more than developed markets, even taking the current economic climate into (...)
Jérôme Teiletche: «Replicators are complementary to hedge funds. They are also more liquid and transparent than investable indices »
Lombard Odier has been among the first asset management firms to launch investment vehicles which replicate hedge funds. We carry out an assessment with Jérôme Teiletche, the head of systematic investment strategies…
Nicolas Gaussel : « An asset management style which does not include any Quant element does not exist!»
Quantitative strategies, asset allocation, absolute performance…. Nicolas Gaussel, head of quantitative and structured management of Lyxor, answers our questions.
The fastest growing of these mega caps were Amazon and Facebook
Technology stocks have continued to outpace broader equity markets in 2018. Together Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook and Microsoft have a market cap value of $3.6 trillion and a net cash balance of just over $365bn. These quarterly earnings reports epitomise a virtuous (...)
Do investors realize how good they’ve had it over the last 8+ years ? On the obvious side, the length and strength of the equity bull market has been well publicized. Since the March ’09 bottom, US equities are up over 300% (S&P 500®) while global equities are up over 200% (...)
The outlooks for 2018 are relatively optimistic, nonetheless, in the interest of a balanced view, Esty Dwek Roditi, Invesment Specialist at Natixis Investment Managers presents the 10 biggest risks for 2018.
And yet again, the global economy delivers another good quarter in terms of growth. It even seems that capital investments are finally contributing to growth. This has been the main disappointing economic variable to date in this business (...)
Although the year was positive for natural resources overall, their performance lagged the global markets. 2018 could offer better prospects, an uptick in inflation being perhaps the best scenario for the theme.