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24 June 2010 - Finvex Group creates strategic alliance with Gambit Financial Solutions and Professor Georges Hubner
Finvex Group, the specialist in custom indexation, has entered into a strategic alliance with Gambit Financial Solutions and Professor Georges Hubner of HEC ULg.
Gambit Financial Solutions has been created as a spin-off from HEC-ULg and now offers innovative technology solutions in financial risk profiling and investment optimisation. Georges Hubner, PhD INSEAD, is a professor of Financial Management at HEC-ULg Belgium, Affiliate Professor at EDHEC in France and a co-founder of Gambit Financial Solutions.
“This partnership is a milestone for Finvex Group” says Benedict Peeters of Finvex Group, “Georges Hubner is a widely recognized academic expert in financial engineering”. “Furthermore, the Gambit technology is state-of-the-art, especially in asset allocation” he adds.
“With Finvex Group, we want to further leverage our technology into financial investment solutions”, says Geoffroy De Schrevel, CEO of Gambit ,”especially our Folio Master application is a perfect match for Finvex”. Parties expect that their partnership will lead to innovative index concepts in the coming months.
Professor Georges Hubner confirms this view “We are convinced that our academic research will contribute to new index concepts and effectively be the basis for next generation indexation.”
Gambit Financial Solutions has been created as a spin-off from HEC-ULg and now offers innovative technology solutions in financial risk profiling and investment optimisation. Georges Hubner, PhD INSEAD, is a professor of Financial Management at HEC-ULg Belgium, Affiliate Professor at EDHEC in France and a co-founder of Gambit Financial Solutions.
“This partnership is a milestone for Finvex Group” says Benedict Peeters of Finvex Group, “Georges Hubner is a widely recognized academic expert in financial engineering”. “Furthermore, the Gambit technology is state-of-the-art, especially in asset allocation” he adds.
“With Finvex Group, we want to further leverage our technology into financial investment solutions”, says Geoffroy De Schrevel, CEO of Gambit ,”especially our Folio Master application is a perfect match for Finvex”. Parties expect that their partnership will lead to innovative index concepts in the coming months.
Professor Georges Hubner confirms this view “We are convinced that our academic research will contribute to new index concepts and effectively be the basis for next generation indexation.”
21 June 2010 - Christophe Pecoraro joins Finvex Group
Christophe Pecoraro will join Finvex Group as a partner in charge of structuring. Christophe has gained vast experience in derivatives and custom indexation at BNP Investment Partners where he was in the structured funds team since 2005. “Christophe will help us bring Finvex to the next level of growth and strengthen our position in custom index design” says Joakim Darras, co-founder of Finvex Group, “He will further industrialize our unique index design approach and co-ordinate R&D projects with different partners and service providers”. Pecoraro adds “I think indexation is the future and Finvex Group will be instrumental in the next generation of customized index solutions”.
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3 May 2010 - Finvex moves to new offices
As of the beginning of May, Finvex Group has relocated to the center of Brussels within the financial district. The centrally situated and newly refurbished offices are in the prestigious Arenbergstraat, at walking distance from Brussels’ famous Grande Place. The move is part of the ambitious growth plans of Finvex Group and will facilitate staff expansion and further improve client servicing.
24 Feb 2010 - Minimum variance inventor explains why it can continue to outperform
Citiwire.co.uk
In an exclusive interview with Citywire, Professor Robert Haugen - the inventor and co-author with Nardin Baker of various academic papers on the minimum variance concept - explains why minimum variance portfolios will contine to deliver the best returns in the long term.
For the professor, minimum variance portfolios strategies would be perfectly suited for two types of investors nowadays:'The first type is those who want to outperform a market index. A second type is those investors concerned about the amount of public and private debt.'
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In an exclusive interview with Citywire, Professor Robert Haugen - the inventor and co-author with Nardin Baker of various academic papers on the minimum variance concept - explains why minimum variance portfolios will contine to deliver the best returns in the long term.
For the professor, minimum variance portfolios strategies would be perfectly suited for two types of investors nowadays:'The first type is those who want to outperform a market index. A second type is those investors concerned about the amount of public and private debt.'
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18 Jan 2010 - Ex-Fortis global head sets up boutique
StructuredRetailProducts.com
Benedict Peeters, Fortis Investments' former global head of structured business, has founded Finvex Group, an investment consultancy that will advise institutional investors on the design of customised, index-based investment solutions.
Peeters, who left Fortis Investments in October 2009, said the firm is working with a specialist quantitative development house in the development of customised, risk-optimised equity indices, which will be used as underlyings for investment solutions. "Our business has a three-fold strategy," said Peeters. "First, we will work on the creation of index strategies around sources of performance from the client itself. Second, we will create own sources of alpha such as quality and high-level, research-based quantitative strategies; and finally, we are working with another firm in the development of high added-value thematic sources of alpha. All these performance engines can be used as underlyings for transparent and true added-value investment products that combine elements of research/asset management and protection via derivative techniques."
The new boutique has three European partners and two in the US, with new partners expected to join this year. Benedict Peeters and senior structured products specialist Joakim Darras are the founding members and co-managing directors of the new venture. Peeters told SRP Finvex is in talks with index calculation agents over potential partnerships.
Benedict Peeters, Fortis Investments' former global head of structured business, has founded Finvex Group, an investment consultancy that will advise institutional investors on the design of customised, index-based investment solutions.
Peeters, who left Fortis Investments in October 2009, said the firm is working with a specialist quantitative development house in the development of customised, risk-optimised equity indices, which will be used as underlyings for investment solutions. "Our business has a three-fold strategy," said Peeters. "First, we will work on the creation of index strategies around sources of performance from the client itself. Second, we will create own sources of alpha such as quality and high-level, research-based quantitative strategies; and finally, we are working with another firm in the development of high added-value thematic sources of alpha. All these performance engines can be used as underlyings for transparent and true added-value investment products that combine elements of research/asset management and protection via derivative techniques."
The new boutique has three European partners and two in the US, with new partners expected to join this year. Benedict Peeters and senior structured products specialist Joakim Darras are the founding members and co-managing directors of the new venture. Peeters told SRP Finvex is in talks with index calculation agents over potential partnerships.
15 Jan 2010 - Standard & Poor's Custom Indices will calculate for Finvex
Finvex and Standard & Poor's agreed to co-operate, for the calculation, maintenance and dissemination of custom indices developed for and on behalf of Finvexʼs clients. Standard & Poorʼs Custom Indices calculates custom built indices using its knowledge and expertise built over the years. “Standard & Poorʼs” is a trademark of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Darras explains: “Our past experience working with Standard & Poorʼs Custom Indices has been excellent. This agreement allows us to provide our clients with independent information from a reputable house.”
Darras explains: “Our past experience working with Standard & Poorʼs Custom Indices has been excellent. This agreement allows us to provide our clients with independent information from a reputable house.”
5 Jan 2010 - Pure Play and Finvex team up
Pure Play and Finvex join forces to develop and promote quantitative equity strategies in the European market.
Pure Play is a specialist house in quantitative equity strategies. Founders Nardin Baker and Paul Aaronson combine more than 50 years experience in in the design and management of quantitative equity portfolio strategies. Pure Play’s focus is around risk controlled equity portfolio construction and multi-factor investment models. Finvex is a boutique firm specialized in the distribution and structuring of index based solutions for the European market.
“Pure Play has a rigorous and risk controlled equity investment approach that leads the way for equity investing post-crisis" says Benedict Peeters of Finvex “Our partners combine recognized academic authority with vast field of expertise in risk managed and multi-factor equity investing” adds Joakim Darras, co-founder of Finvex.
Nardin Baker explains: “This partnership allows us to offer our robust equity investment technology to the European market through professionals who thoroughly understand our approach and know how to customize our offer to client needs.”
Finvex and Pure Play will start promoting risk managed equity strategies to a wide range of European investors as of February.
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