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Objectively measuring sustainability: "It's about capturing the true impact of business on the environment and society."
How do you assess the impact of the Effectual investment approach in the current environment? Andreas Gintschel: To date, there is a lack of objective, comprehensible and complete criteria for…
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Global Enhanced Index: Finding the sweet spot between passive and active investing
With global equity markets highly efficient and fee pressure ever-present, many professional investors default to broad equity ETFs as core portfolio building blocks. However, this approach also comes with limitations—especially…
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How smarter factors boost returns
How do you stay ahead of the game when it comes to performance drivers at Quoniam? The beauty about capital market theory is that we know that returns can be…
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Quoniam wins World-class Workplace award for Best in DACH by Effectory
Organisations receive the World-class Workplace label only when they score above the benchmark average for both Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) and employership scores based on key topics such as…
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Market commentary bonds: Signs of recession are growing stronger
Inflation and inflation expectations The second quarter of 2023 was marked by renewed inflationary concerns. Although the US inflation rate fell to 4.0%, this was mainly due to volatile energy…
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CEO interview: "My aim is to create multidimensional value for our clients"
Mr Cresswell, what brings a Brit to Germany? Both professional and personal reasons. I have been living in Germany for more than 20 years now and feel more German than…
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Introducing Quoniam Global Equity SDG
Johannes Lins, Portfolio Manager Equities, explains this approach, which puts SDG and return factors in an optimal relationship in the portfolio. The UN SDGs provide a transparent framework for structuring…
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International Women's Day 2023: Facts, Figures and Insights about Women at Quoniam
According to the latest Citywire Alpha Female Report, a more gender-balanced representation of investment professionals is still far away: Female fund managers make up just 12% of Citywire's database of…
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Climate in focus: Classifying performance effects and identifying companies for a sustainable future
So-called green companies have received a lot of attention in recent years. Is there a return premium for climate-friendly (green) companies? To get an idea for whether climate-friendly companies have…
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Market commentary equities: Systematic investing rewarded by broader market differentiation
Broader market participation supports systematic approaches The third quarter of 2025 rewarded disciplined, evidence-based investing across most major markets. Global equities advanced strongly, with the MSCI World gaining +7.3% supported…
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Quality as a factor in systematic corporate bond management
Find out how quality, value and carry interact in a corporate bond portfolio — and why adding all three can actually dilute your edge and get to know a richer,…
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Unlocking opportunities: How Quoniam's science-based research fuels performance
Capital markets are more competitive than ever. What is Quoniam’s approach to generating attractive returns? At Quoniam, we focus on exploiting numerous tiny edges of opportunity in equity and fixed…
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Interview with CTO Dr Alexander Beck: Technology at a quantitative asset manager
You are the first person to be appointed as Chief Technology Officer at Quoniam. Can you tell us a bit more about your role? Why did Quoniam create this position?…
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Factor investing in emerging markets: Performance ahead of the pack
Using historical factor data was our starting point for investigating regional differences in factor performance, looking at the three most common allocation regions. We find that in emerging markets, companies…
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Market commentary equities: Are small caps poised for a comeback?
Looking at the long-term performance of small caps relative to large caps paints a compelling picture. In both the US and Europe, small caps have historically outperformed their larger counterparts…
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