Allocation

Active ETFs have taken the US by storm, accounting for half of US ETF launches in 2021. Many European asset managers expect increased demand for active ETFs in Europe. However, this demand is not being satisfied due to legacy regulation requiring daily holding disclosure...

Samir Saadi, Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager of CPR AM explains that he started the year heavily invested in equities to capture the good momentum of this beginning of the year. Convinced that the year would be special, CPR AM introduced optional hedging positions...

CPR AM favored sectors such as value, European banking and energy, and maintained its preference for developed markets with good vaccination coverage. At the bond level, the management company maintained its short positions on US long rates...

2021 was a year of booming markets which were in danger of overheating before the Omicron Covid-19 variant came along. A profit boom on both sides of the Atlantic has supported equity markets, with the US looking exceptionally strong in the fourth quarter.

If the CPR AM experts remain globally confident about the global economy in 2022, they nevertheless believe that the overall visibility on the markets has weakened. As a result, they tactically reduced their equity exposure, in particular through the addition of option strategies ...