Christoph Hopfgartner

Vontobel AM is an active asset manager with global reach and a multi-boutique approach.

Impact Asset Managemnt seeks to generate social, environmental and financial return as a triple bottom line asset manager. The aim of all products is continuous capital growth but with a focus on security and risk minimization. In rising markets the focus is on performance optimization and in falling markets the focus is on active risk management in order to protect the consigned assets from heavy losses. The firm constructs portfolios based on a fundamental, bottom-up approach and a combination of in-house strategies and third-party products with a derivative overlay.

C-QUADRAT WM invests across asset classes and regions, both directly and indirectly. Their investment approach essentially relies on quantitative models developed by ARTS Asset Management, and both firms operate in close cooperation. Their strategy combines selecting investments funds to take advantage of markets trends worldwide and balancing direct equity investments and indirect fund investments according to market conditions. The firm seeks to identify and take advantage of positive medium-term market trends using an automated trading platform which is based on proprietary quantitative processes. The firm aims to generate absolute returns over the long term and under various market conditions. Rather than trying to anticipate trends, they invest where they are able to detect an already established positive trend.