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The Law of the Strongest

Asset Allocation, Nadège Dufossé, Macro
As we write these lines, the US market is approaching its historical peak, last reached in February 2025, and most asset classes have posted positive returns in local currency since the start of the year.
  • Research Paper, Fixed Income, Bob Maes, Philippe Dehoux

    Euro Swap Spreads : Unpacking Asset Classes

    You want to talk about euro swap spreads versus US swap spreads? We watch that, too. But to be honest, that graph is one of the last things we look at when managing euro fixed income aggregate portfolios. So if you want to see it, you’ll have to read all the rest of this page first.
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Johan Van der Biest, Vincent Compiègne, Alfred Sandeman, Outlook 2025

Hello ChatGPT: Will AI continue to surprise the world?

If investors are expected to be early in detecting future trends, then our community certainly thinks AI is the future. Will the surprises continue? To help train ChatGPT’s response, we analyse the tangible revenue that has emerged so far, and consider the ‘sweet spot’, the ‘runners-up’ and the ‘too early’.
Q&A, Equities, Future Mobility, Johan Van der Biest, Allan Foll

Cleaner, safer, smarter

More and more investors are turning to thematic strategies to increase their overall diversification. Johan Van Der Biest, Co-Head of Thematic Global Equity, and Allan Foll, Fund Manager, explain that thematic investment skills combined with solid financial analysis is a prerequisite for identifying high-tech companies with strong growth potential at reasonable prices.
Q&A, Equities, Johan Van der Biest

Sci-fi becomes a reality

Johan Van Der Biest, Felix Demaeght and Nathaniel Wejchert explain the metaverse and how they identify companies associated with it.
Johan Van der Biest, Equities, Research Paper

Planet Metaverse: Searching for a place to land?

The Metaverse. The substitution of reality with the imagined – transporting the participant literally into a whole new world – will become possible for all kinds of products and services.
Outlook 2023, Johan Van der Biest

Building a New World: Thematic Investments

In the United States Antonín Dvořák composed the New World Symphony in 1893 and Neil Armstrong took it on a cassette to the moon. Rudi Van den Eynde takes it global, presenting us a New World of long-term trends.
Q&A, Money Market, Johan Van der Biest, Allan Foll, Jonas Brisard

Not your average thematic strategy

Thematic strategies are rapidly growing in popularity, but sometimes they can expose investors to some highly unwelcome swings in return. Johan Van Der Biest, Allan Foll and Jonas Brisard explain how Candriam’s demography strategy capitalises on some of the major trends shaping the world while at the time limiting volatility.
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