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Fund Selector Profiles
00:01 | 09 Mar 2010
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Angus Foote
Skandia CIO Hans Sterte and head of selection Per Lindgren are putting the emphasis on alternatives as they seek to maximise return- but they don't liek the term alpha and say there's no such thing as hedge funds.
00:01 | 05 Mar 2010
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Angus Foote
Marc Sbeghen from Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild knows what he wants – consistency. But a consistency that will bring regular returns of at least 6% over the benchmark, as he explains to Citywire.
07:30 | 19 Feb 2010
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Angus Foote
Skandia Life CIO Hans Sterte and head of selection Per Lindgren are putting the emphasis on alternatives as they seek to maximise return – but they don’t like the term alpha and reject the idea that hedge funds are in a class of their own.
06:30 | 24 Dec 2009
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Angus Foote
A fund selector with a truly international background, Jaime Arguello has just taken up an influential position in London. Now he has ambitious plans to expand his team and grow third-party fund assets at Barclays Wealth.
00:01 | 26 Nov 2009
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Angus Foote
If it’s true that scale is increasingly important in fund selection, Raphaël Sobotka has reasons to feel confident about the future. The HSBC fund selector tells Citywire how he directs his buying power – and why the human factor is so important.
10:27 | 18 Sep 2009
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Angus Foote
Italian multimanager pioneers Raimondo Marcialis and Gianmarco Stanga earned a Citywire rating across five different funds in 2008 and although they have had a difficult few months, they are confident their tried and tested model will continue to deliver the goods.
06:30 | 18 Aug 2009
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Angus Foote
Strong feelings have been aroused by the debate over how rigidly fund managers should be bound by a house view. Nordea selector Jauri Häkkä is convinced that fund managers need freedom.
16:19 | 24 Jun 2009
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Angus Foote
Having swapped Paris for Geneva, Unigestion’s Pierre Bonart is drawing on a wealth of fund selection experience. But before he can pick the managers who will perform best in current conditions he must understand his clients' risk appetites.
08:01 | 16 Jun 2009
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Jesus Segarra Sobral
Europe's top ranked Asian manager thinks decoupling is happening right now, as shown by the massive difference between Chinese GDP growth and that of the major western economies.
00:01 | 29 May 2009
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Angus Foote
Joaquín Casasús of Abante Asesores in Madrid believes the dark cloud of the credit crunch could have a silver lining for his firm, with a new emphasis on financial planning set to provide a solid foundation for the funds business.
00:01 | 27 Apr 2009
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Angus Foote
Join the €1 billion club or risk seeing your role outsourced – that’s Borja Largo’s message to fund selectors. The Allfunds chief tells Citywire why he and his team expect dramatic changes in third party fund selection units.
12:21 | 06 Apr 2009
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Angus Foote
Cyrille Urfer’s move to Abu Dhabi looks to have been well-timed, coming just before Europe’s funds industry hit the worst of the market crisis. But while he enjoys greater freedom in his new role, some things won’t change, as he explains.
14:18 | 10 Mar 2009
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Angus Foote
This is ‘make or break’ time for fund managers, says Mussie Kidane, but selectors too are coming under ever-closer scrutiny. He has worked hard to steer clear of hot marketing stories and says selectors are now learning some tough lessons.
10:46 | 24 Feb 2009
RAFAEL HURTADO, head of multimanagement at Popular Gestión in Madrid, explains how he is dealing with an issue of growing concern to fund selectors, after a number of funds were hit by major liquidity problems in the turmoil of the credit crisis.
13:11 | 12 Dec 2008
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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