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Market commentary bonds: Have credit events ended the central bank rate hike cycle?
Current macro environment The year 2023 began on the macro side in a friendly manner regarding inflation, growth and the labour market. The USA in particular initially proved to be…
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Market commentary bonds: From 2022 to 2023 - How strong will the recession be this year?
Annual Review 2022 Inflation was the dominant theme of 2022. Due to expansionary fiscal policy to combat the consequences of the Covid pandemic, pandemic- and war-related dislocations in global supply…
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Thomas Kieselstein hands over his role as CIO of Quoniam Asset Management to Volker Flögel
Frankfurt am Main, 1 December 2022 – Dr Volker Flögel assumes responsibility for the investment division as Chief Investment Officer as of 1 January 2023 and joins the Management Board…
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Why diverse teams outperform homogenous teams - and harnessing the power of diversity is a win-win for people and business
Camilla, what are your responsibilities as Head of Culture, Diversity and Change? How would you describe your role for someone who has never met you? My job is to create…
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Can government bonds plus index CDS replace a credit allocation?
Concept and arguments Recently, investment approaches have become more widespread that replace an allocation to investment grade (IG) corporate bonds with government bonds plus index CDS. In this case, the…
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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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AI in systematic equities: Why discipline matters more than speed
Dr Maximilian Stroh, CFA, Head of Research, discusses how AI can support equity investing, where its limits lie, and why robustness, diversification, and human judgement remain central in an increasingly…
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Low spreads or safe haven – corporate bonds in 2026
Current spread levels After several years of rallying – interrupted by political events such as trade wars – investment grade (IG) credit spreads have reached low levels in both euros…
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How do we create multidimensional value for investors?
Investors currently have to deal with massive changes: the current geopolitical developments, especially the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the developments triggered by the Corona pandemic, rising inflation rates…
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Passive index replication or enhanced for corporate bonds?
In recent years, passively managed approaches have become increasingly popular for corporate bonds. A distinction is made between fully passive approaches, which aim to replicate the composition of an index,…
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Why studying a STEM subject is the perfect foundation for a (female) career in finance
Innovative Mindset is one of our four core values as a company. Diversity plays a role in this core value - it has been proven that cognitively more diverse teams…
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Global corporate bonds systematically managed
Corporate bonds are back Investors have been dealing with a prolonged period of low corporate bond yields. Yields on euro-denominated credits were consistently below 1% between July 2019 and February…
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Emerging Market Equities: Participate in the opportunities with reduced risk
Geopolitical crises typically appear first in emerging markets; either in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe/Russia or the Middle East. Given the resulting market volatility it is debatable whether investing in…
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Capturing alternative data in practice: Transform news sentiment into actionable insights
Axel, you recently published your research “Learning deep news sentiment representations for macro-finance" in Digital Finance. What motivated you to explore this topic? At Quoniam, we have been working for…
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How low volatility boosts compounded returns – case study emerging markets
The performance of low volatility investing is driven by two effects. The first is the low volatility anomaly, which is the outperformance of low volatility stocks relative to their high…
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