RSS Feed
Fund Selector Profiles
13:11 | 12 Dec 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Active managers must prove their value in the current conditions says Nils Holstein, Deutsche Bank’s head of global manager research for Europe.
06:31 | 27 Nov 2008
| By
Danielle Levy
Following a challenging few months for natural resources managers, Citywire has unearthed the only two managers in the sector who have achieved positive three-year returns.
14:22 | 10 Nov 2008
| By
Angus Foote
LGT’s origins and long-term owners give Michael Simmeth the backing he needs to support his managers through times of trouble. And amid the current turmoil, he explains, being based in peaceful Pfäffikon is a definite advantage.
18:10 | 13 Oct 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Alessandro Costa developed a market-leading multimanager business at Sanpaolo IMI. Now, working with new boss Massimo Mazzini following the merger with Banca Intesa, Costa and his team are adapting to a changing environment for Italy’s asset managers.
13:37 | 08 Sep 2008
| By
Angus Foote
A-rated fund of funds manager Peter Lindahl says countries in the Nordic region are noted for their international outlook. Evli Bank’s selector of third party funds explains how that attitude brings clear advantages.
17:33 | 14 Jul 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Having worked alongside Cyrille Urfer at LODH in Geneva for eight years, Laurent Auchlin was ready to step up when his colleague left for Abu Dhabi. As he explains, he is very clear about what is most important in the set-up he has inherited.
12:15 | 12 Jun 2008
| By
Angus Foote
A year of change among the close-knit community of German fund of funds managers has created a new multi-management team at SEB Invest in Frankfurt.
12:09 | 20 May 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Already one of Europe’s biggest fund selection businesses, FundQuest now has global ambitions.
14:04 | 23 Apr 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Carsten Jorgensen is looking for conviction and concentration as he aims to identify new fund managers to fuel the 'alpha engine' at Ikano in Luxembourg.
00:00 | 01 Mar 2008
| By
Philip Haddon
Music lover Werner Wiedenbrig of Erste Bank chooses only the best performers and has helped to pioneer open architecture in Austria. He explains his selection process to Philip Haddon – and reveals his secret code.
11:44 | 20 Feb 2008
| By
Danielle Levy
Tibor Luka, head of fund selection and asset allocation at Geneva private wealth manager Bluecap, is using ETFs to buy into precious metals.
00:00 | 01 Feb 2008
| By
Angus Foote
Ruthlessness is allied with patience in Georges Wolff’s approach to fund selection. ING Private Capital Management’s head of fund manager selection talks to Angus Foote about the importance of identifying specialist managers.
00:00 | 02 Jan 2008
| By
Philip Haddon
Thomas Rennemann leaves little to chance in his fund selection role at UBS Wealth Management. As he tells Philip Haddon, assessing manager talent is a vital part of his process in a world where hedge and long-only funds are converging.
00:00 | 01 Dec 2007
| By
Philip Haddon
In July 2007 Swedbank launched an online platform offering its nine million clients in Sweden access to third-party funds for the first time.
11:29 | 14 Nov 2007
| By
Philip Haddon
Austrian fund of funds manager Silvia Cova from Bawag PSK has revealed she is reducing her stake in the Fidelity European Growth fund because its level of transparency is not sufficient to satisfy her clients.
00:00 | 01 Nov 2007
| By
Philip Haddon
Currently much of the office block in central Madrid which houses Ahorro Corporación resembles a building site.
00:00 | 01 Oct 2007
| By
Angus Foote
Fund selectors have even more scope to add value under Europe’s latest funds regime, according to Skandia Fonder chief executive Nils Bolmstrand.
10:51 | 11 Sep 2007
| By
Martin Railton
London-based but Italian in origin, Kairos Partners is a long-only investment boutique, a hedge fund manager and a selector of third-party funds all rolled into one.
00:00 | 01 Sep 2007
| By
Philip Haddon
Ferdinand Verweyen, Nordea’s head of fund of funds and fund of hedge funds, is a firm believer in a qualitative approach to selection.
00:00 | 01 Aug 2007
| By
David Hamilton
Devising a strategy for the Natixis Multimanager unit, created by the imminent Natexis-Ixis merger, has been a demanding process but for Marc Albertelli, head of long-only multi-management at Natexis Asset Square, the goal is now in sight.
1 | 2 | next page Total pages: 2