Farah Bouzida

HSBC GAM-France is an active, long-term manager which follows a growth-oriented investment approach to invest globally in equity and debt across market-caps and sectors. The firm’s approach to portfolio management is rigorous and consistent and integrates risk management principles at each stage of the process. Their philosophy emphasizes dynamic asset allocation and combines top-down and bottom-up approaches. Sector or style allocation is top-down and focused on business cycle expectations, global sector trends, regional sector fundamentals and relative valuation. Stock selection is bottom-up and based on fundamental analysis focused on earnings growth as influenced by industry trends, market leadership, management effectiveness and sensitivity to economic trends.

AXA-IM Paris is an active, long-term manager which utilizes a quantitative investment approach that analyzes fundamental data culled through in-house and external research. They employ growth strategies based on bottom-up stock selection. The firm’s analysts work closely with portfolio managers to perform proprietary quantitative risk management. The investment teams tend to be small and are specialized by investment type, sector, region and product type.