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IMG
Interview , April 2013
François Millet: « In some Dutch pension funds, ’Smart Beta’ indices exceed 40% of their core portfolio »
According to François Millet, Product Line Manager ETF & Indexing at Lyxor Asset Management, "Smart Beta" is intended to be located in the core portfolio of institutional investors, weighing generally between 10% and 40% of their passive (...)
IMG
Interview , December 2012
Nicolas Duban & Jérôme Coirier : « This year, among the 70 reviewed projects, a significant number is related to quantitative asset management companies »
According to Nicolas Duban and Jérôme Coirier, Chairman and CEO of NEXT-AM, subsidiary of La Française AM, managing minority interests of the Group, associated with investment partners, some projects could be in the pipeline, in the near (...)
IMG
Interview , December 2012
Alain Albizzati: "It is necessary to bring more transparency to the process of quantitative fund management"
According to Alain Albizzati, Head of Alternative Investments and Structured Products at Lazard Frères Gestion, private investors and institutional investors do not have the means to perform very advanced "due diligence,", and focus on local and recognized management (...)
IMG
Interview , November 2012
Kevin Loo : «The FF Global Strategic Bond Fund has received a growing interest from investors wanting to overcome the benchmark related risks.»
Flexible asset allocation process, strategic and tactical allocation...Kevin Loo, Global Fixed Income Product Manager at Fidelity tells us about the operation and objectives of the FF Global Strategic Bond Fund...
IMG
Interview , August 2012
Florence Marty and Olivier Hakim : « Our strategy is based on the dynamism of emerging countries without local currency volatility »
Management philosophy, sectoral and geographical distribution, growth in emerging countries ... Florence Marty and Olivier Hakim, portfolio managers at LBPAM Actions Euro Focus Emergent reveals the strategy of the fund performing 13.80% at end June (...)

Opinion

IMG
Opinion, September 2014
ECB adds stimulus, but markets want more
According to Schroders Azad Zangana, European Economist and Chris Ames, Senior Fixed Income Portfolio Manager, the cut in interest rates is totally irrelevant. Due to the glut of liquidity in money markets, short-term interest rates have been below the ECB’s main financing (...)
IMG
Opinion, August 2014
Downside risks in Europe remain high
Over 2014 there has been a steady decline in the yield on German government bonds. As a result bunds have outperformed other developed markets. This outperformance could have been driven by two factors...
IMG
Opinion, August 2014
Bumpy ride for emerging currencies over summer
Emerging currencies were under pressure this summer. Save for the Indonesian rupiah, Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit and Chinese yuan, emerging currencies has corrected against the US dollar since 30 June. It is mainly the CEEMEA currencies and, to a lesser extent, Latin (...)
IMG
Strategy, July 2014
Preparing for higher yields: Downgrading equities and credit
According to Goldman Sachs, the likelihood of a rise in government bond yields has increased and Goldman Sachs see this as a key aspect of the near-term macro outlook...
IMG
Strategy, June 2014
Interpreting the economy: which market is wrong ?
US equity and bond markets have performed in-line over the past few weeks. As a result, the correlation between 10-year rates and the S&P 500, which had turned positive since the announcement of Fed tapering (steepening rates and stronger equity markets), is now (...)
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