Q&A

In a world where investors are constantly looking for more income opportunities and stability, subordinated bonds issued by banks and insurance companies constitute an interesting alternative.

Money market strategies aim to offer a low-risk and liquid way for investors to generate higher returns than traditional savings accounts. Pierre Boyer, Elodie Brun, and Benjamin Schoofs, portfolio managers, share their insights on the asset class.

In a constantly-evolving global environment, emerging markets present distinctive opportunities for investors looking to diversify and enhance their returns. Emerging market corporate bonds represent a $1trln+ asset class, combining robust fundamentals with strong return potential. Nikolay Menteshashvili and Christopher Mey, portfolio managers, explain in detail why this investment strategy deserves investors attention, how it may offer attractive risk-adjusted returns, and the key requirements for successfully navigating this complex yet promising universe.

Kroum Sourov and Christopher Mey, portfolio managers of the sustainable emerging market debt strategy, describe the significance this type of analysis can have for a bond portfolio. They explain Candriam’s investment process, with our emphasis on relative value and risk management. This approach is intended to allow the strategy to adapt the ever-changing markets over the course of an economic cycle.

Bastien Dublanc, Tanguy Cornet and Anaelle Stamatiou, managers of Candriam’s water investment strategy, explain why they invest in this theme, how they select their stocks, and what differentiates Candriam from other investment managers in this area.

Discover how Candriam, with its low-correlation alternative strategy, is navigating the credit markets in these paradigmshifting times. Nicolas Jullien and Thomas Joret provide you with the essential information you need to understand this strategy.

Christopher Mey, CFA, Head of Emerging Markets Debt at Candriam, elaborates on the signifi cance of this asset class within a bond portfolio. He discusses the importance of Candriam’s investment process, with its emphasis on relative value and risk management. This approach is intended to allow the strategy to adapt the everchanging markets over the course of an economic cycle.

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.

Philippe Dehoux, Sylvain de Bus and Pierre Boyer explain how shortterm bonds are making the most of what the euro fi xed income market has to offer in the volatile environment ahead.

Paulo Salazar, Philip Scrève and Lamine Saidi give insights on sentiment towards emerging markets and describe how they search for pockets of growth.

Célia Fseil, Head of Equity Market Neutral and the lead manager of long/short equity strategies[1], explains to what extent these strategies can offer consistent performance and decorrelation to your equity investments within a diversified portfolio.

Célia Fseil, Head of Equity Market Neutral, explains to us how the explosion of the index management market can create investment opportunities for managers who can take advantage of temporary market inefficiencies.

We continue to discover interesting opportunities in the corporate bond universe. Philippe Noyard, Global Head of Fixed Income at Candriam, Patrick Zeenni and Nicolas Jullien explain how their approach aims to optimise the credit market’s potential with the objective of generating returns.

Thomas Madesclaire, Senior Fund Manager, and Dany Da Fonseca, CFA, Senior Fund Manager, present their Euro Corporate Sustainable strategy and explain why they believe it is essential to combine credit and ESG analysis.

Philippe Dehoux, Head of Global Bonds at Candriam and lead manager of our Sustainable Euro Short Term Fixed Income strategy, Sylvain de Bus, Deputy Head of Global Bonds and co-manager, and Pierre Boyer, Head of Money Markets & Short Term and co-manager, discuss how short-term bonds combined with ESG selection criteria can help make the most of the opportunities offered by the European bond market in today’s volatile environment.

Geoffroy Goenen, Head of Fundamental European Equity, explains how their team takes a very different approach, investing in a portfolio of high quality stocks based on rigorous fundamental analysis and then applying two different techniques to minimise its volatility – and maximise its risk adjusted return.

Patrick Zeenni, CFA, Head of Investment Grade & Credit Arbitrage and Guillaume Benoit, Senior Fund Manager / Credit Analyst explain why a Credit Long Short strategy could be a "must have" in a diversified portfolio.

The Global High Yield strategy management team, consisting of Thomas Joret, Jean-Claude Tamvakis and Nicolas Jullien, combine their 20 years of high-yield bond investment expertise with ESG analysis (Environmental, Social & Governance), represented by Vincent Compiègne, can provide real added value in identifying the extra-financial opportunities and risks of the companies in the universe.

The High Yield corporate bond segment is an asset class in its own right that offers many opportunities. Thomas Joret, Jean-Claude Tamvakis and Nicolas Jullien explain how their approach seeks to optimise the potential of credit markets to generate performance.

We need innovative methodologies to apply the ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) approach to emerging markets, as Paulo Salazar, Galina Besedina and Vivek Dawan, explain.

Frederic Le Meaux, Head of Europe Equity, explains how a sustainable strategy invested in European equities meets investor needs whilst also seeking to offer both f nancial and non-f nancial value.

Steeve Brument, Head of Quantitative Multi-Asset Strategies, Deputy Global Head of Multi-Asset, explains how a strategy invested in futures can deliver performance by harnessing the various market trends.

Tom Van Ginneken, Tanguy Cornet and Alix Chosson explain how an ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance) strategy investing in climate change can help combat global warming while incorporating a long-term performance target.

Philippe Dehoux, Head of Global Bonds, Lead Portfolio Manager, and Lucia Meloni, Lead ESG Analyst, describe a fresh perspective on bond impact.

Geoffroy Goenen, Head of Fundamental European Equity and Christian Solé, Head of Small & Midcaps at Candriam explain why it is useful to invest part of an equity portfolio into European small & midcaps.