Rules of thumb are attractive, but that doesn’t mean they always work. For example, rising bond yields don’t automatically mean bad news for low volatility strategies; understanding why requires a closer look at the driving forces to each cycle of...

Nils Bosse Parra, ODDO BHF Asset Management. Rising interest rates - opportunities for insurance companies Since the beginning of the year, the increasingly pronounced turnaround in interest rates in the USA has triggered heavy losses on ...

Columbia Threadneedle Investments, a leading global asset management group, has appointed Emmanuel Archampong as Head of Insurance, EMEA. Emmanuel will oversee the management of Columbia Threadneedle’s insurance clients in the EMEA region and lead...

What is your management / work philosophy? My philosophy is based on a simple principle: buy quality companies that have control over their destiny. Companies for which the market underestimates in my opinion the ability to maintain their c...

Because the countries that constitute the emerging market debt universe are so very different from one another, investors should consider an absolute return approach. Ketan Gada, Senior Investment Manager and Gareth Payne, Head of Alternativ...

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. No more Tina Consumer prices (CPI) in the US rose by the highest rate in four decades, at 7.5% year-on-year in January. Crucially, beyond Omicron and supply-chain disru...