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Steve Brument
Global Head of Alternative Investments
Guiding you through market ups and downs
Financial markets are highly complex. From economic shifts to geopolitical tensions, a wide range of factors can trigger sharp market movements - and understanding how different asset classes will respond is not always straightforward.
This is where alternative investments can play a powerful role. Adding them may enhance your portfolio’s stability, reduce its overall risk, and improve its risk-return profile. Our in-depth research shows how alternatives can add resilience – especially when markets get rough.
As one of the few multi-specialists in Europe, with over 25 years of experience in alternative assets, we, at Candriam, offer a wide array of alternative investment solutions tailored to your unique needs, goals, and risk appetite. Our experts actively monitor all major global asset classes, aiming to uncover opportunities that can strengthen your portfolio—today and for the long term.
Because we understand how our strategies perform in different market environments, we are ready to support you through every phase of the cycle, with confidence and clarity.
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”We are proud to offer a broad range of strategies that are regularly recognised by the industry. All of them were designed with the same objective: bring resilience and diversification to our clients’ portfolios.
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Figures are worth a thousand words.
- € 2.9 bn Assets under Management
- 11 Alternative strategies
- +25 Years of experience
- 31 Investment professionals
Market neutral strategies
Exploiting market opportunities in a broad investment universe in the aim to deliver steady returns regardless of the market direction
Long/short directional strategies
Taking directional positions in the market in the aim to turn both upward and downward market trends into positive returns
Upside alpha strategies
Aiming to capture excess returns in stable or rising markets, while attempting to limit downside risk
Multi-strategy alpha
Built to offer diversification and resilience by allocating assets across multiple alternative investment strategies
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Research Paper, Alternative Investments, Bertrand DardenneUnlock the Potential of Merger Arbitrage
Merger Arbitrage is a sophisticated investment strategy that capitalizes on the price difference between a target company's stock price in the market and the acquisition price during mergers and acquisitions. -
Monthly Coffee Break, Alternative InvestmentsDancing on the ceiling*
As Lionel Richie put it in his 1980’s hit, “What is happening here? Something’s going on that’s not quite clear.” -
Alternative InvestmentsAlternative strategies manoeuvre well from dislocation to opportunity
Markets have benefited from the de-escalation of the tariffs narrative but uncertainty levels remain very high. -
Research Paper, Alternative Investments, Pieter-Jan Inghelbrecht, Johann Mauchand, Steeve BrumentRestoring Diversification
We have previously examined the equity/bond allocation and asked, ‘Is 40/30/30 the new 60/40?’ Well, yes, we think it is. Our work shows a long-term correlation between equities and fixed income that is frighteningly close to 1.0. This increased correlation fundamentally alters the effectiveness of traditional portfolio construction. -
Alternative InvestmentsIt is a Vix world!
Liberation Day was a shock for investors, causing a tremendous impact on financial markets. Hard-data economic indicators continue to hold up but are pointing to a deceleration. -
Alternative InvestmentsTariffying Markets
Markets remained volatile during the month of March. The primary concern isn’t the weakening economic fundamentals, but rather investors’ doubts about the credibility and stability of the U.S. -
Alternative InvestmentsThe wind of change
The global economy experienced a mild slowdown due to a lower contribution of services to the World PMI and lower consumer participation. -
Alternative InvestmentsEquity Market Neutral Update
A relatively buoyant environment for Equity Market Neutral strategies.
