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Investment Intelligence for the Fund Professional INVESTMENT EUROPE November 2019 ISSUE 106 Annual subscription 450 www.investmenteurope.net The seeker of open minds Selection by Sepiam’s Yohan Kadri-Caillaux Taking flight German investors seek aviation funds Pucks to algos Italy’s MDOTM on AI and quants Assessing impact RobecoSAM on growing reporting requirements Must do better Financial companies lag in Equileap gender equality report Over here PGIM’s Europe plans Travel diary Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris, Madrid EVENT REPORTS ELECTION • HELSINKI ROUNDTABLE EXPECTATIONS • INVEST WEEK PARIS Patricia Justo of A&G Banca Privada • PATRIMONIA LYON on US stocks in an election year • SPAINSIF MADRID Upcoming events: Zurich, Milan, Tel Aviv, London, Munich, Milan, Stockholm, Paris, Geneva To register your interest visit www.investmenteurope.net/events Milan, 22 NovemBER 2019 BENEFIT FROM THE KNOWLEDGE OF LEADING FUND MANAGERS InvestmentEurope is pleased to announce the Thematic Forum Milan 2019, taking place on 22nd November at the Four Seasons Hotel. This exclusive event provides the opportunity for 35 key fund selectors to evaluate the investment opportunities presented and to benefit from the knowledge of leading fund managers. Up to five leading asset management companies will present EVENT INFORMATION their strategies to top investment professionals in the region. DATE: 22 November 2019 TIME: 08:20-14:30 Complimentary attendance for professional LOCATION: Four Seasons investors involved in fund selection. Hotel, Milan To register your interest in attending this exclusive event please contact Luisa de Vita: [email protected] or +44 (0)203 727 9932 For further information visit the event website: inves tmenteurope.net/events Sponsored by: Educational partner: Carbon Offset Partner: Brought to you by: Sustainability partner: 1 November 2019 CONTENTS COVER STORY REGULARS 10 Election expectations 2 Leader Milan, Great expectations COUNTRY FOCUS 29 Diversity Why do English-speaking countries 16 Italy AI-driven subadvisor dominate Equileap’s global rankings? 22 NovemBER 2019 MDOTM eyes international 30 Business development expansion PGIM’s European developments and 18 Germany Investors look their importance to its global expansion 37 SharingAlpha BENEFIT FROM THE KNOWLEDGE for stable cash flows from 10 Patricia Justo A more robust approach to ratings aviation leasing 38 Data OF LEADING FUND MANAGERS Switzerland and the World 50 SECTORS 40 Review The Frieze Art Fair, London 28 ESG RobecoSAM’s Rainer Baumann explains why COMMUNITY InvestmentEurope is pleased to announce the Thematic investors are increasingly interested in the impact of 4 Fund selectors in the news Forum Milan 2019, taking place on 22nd November at the Patricia Justo, A&G Banca Privada; their investments Four Seasons Hotel. 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Visit www.investmenteurope.net to download. 6,832 followers and growing! www.investmenteurope.net InvestmentEurope November 2019 2 LEADER INVESTMENT EUROPE An Open Door Media publication Great expectations Closer to Europe, in the UK, the election elixir has For investors who have become used to a particular proved too potent to resist by politicians unable to set of fiscal and monetary responses lending support make up their minds about how to complete – or not to Wall Street, this is likely to be seen as a particularly – the Brexit process. Thus the concerns over sterling important election in terms of the quite different volatility and UK mid and small caps will continue a fiscal policy proposals being touted by Democrat little bit longer until certainty is brought to bear on candidates. the issue via a more concerted mandate to take action However, as our main feature this issue illustrates, – or not. there is also a feeling among investors that there Jonathan Boyd, Thankfully, there is a much bigger political are factors beyond the control of the US that could, editorial director of event set to kick off in November, which will draw ultimately, impact on the performance and valuations InvestmentEurope attention away from most other uncertainties: the US of US assets. presidential elections. 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