UK Roundtable Series – Glasgow

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UK Roundtable Series – Glasgow Small and Mid-Market Private Equity: The Calm During the Storm We are pleased to invite …

Macro Views LIVE – Riding the Central Bank Wave

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Governments and central banks have attempted to offset the current, dire macro situation with a wave of stimulus, prompting a recovery in market sentiment as stretched valuations corrected. Consequently, financial assets have rallied strongly despite the rapidly deteriorating macro picture, leading investors to wonder if it is time to get in or get out.

Small and Mid-Market Private Equity: The Calm During the Storm

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The COVID-19 pandemic is causing one of the largest economic crises of the past 100 years, with many individual economies expected to experience contractions of a magnitude never seen before. Small and mid-market companies have historically been more resilient than their larger counterparts during recessions and crises. History also shows that it is at the small end of the market, rather than among the biggest companies, that private equity deals with the highest return potential are to be found.

Integrating Machine Learning in Risk-Managed Equity Strategies

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Machine learning methods have undergone significant development and seen increasing adoption in the asset management industry over the last few years. Vast amount of data available in financial markets and the complexity of forecasting investment performance and risks make asset management an area of choice to apply these innovative techniques.

New Frontiers in Investment Research

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Unigestion organised and hosted a research event on machine learning in risk premia and ESG investing, in collaboration with Imperial College London Business School, Université Paris-Dauphine and The Standards Board for Alternative Investments.

Private Equity Webinar

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Private Equity Secondaries: the Opportunity of the Decade? COVID-19 has had significant implications for global financial markets and, while the …

Private Equity Secondaries: the Opportunity of the Decade?

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To date, COVID-19 has had significant implications for global financial markets and while the main focus has so far been on equities, bonds, commodities and currencies, the impact on the private equity market, which inherently has lower liquidity, is expected to be felt in the months ahead.

Macro Views LIVE – The Stock Market Is Not the Economy

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Macro data continues to undershoot consensus estimates yet equity markets have rebounded strongly. In our latest webinar, Salman Baig and Didier Anthamatten, Portfolio Managers in our Cross Asset Solutions team, discuss recent macro and market developments

Macro Views LIVE – Liquidity Crunch and Recession Call for Defensiveness

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The current financial – and soon to be economic – crisis seems similar to the Great Financial Crisis of 2008. However, we think there are key differences, which suggest that a different remedy for both the economy and falling markets might be appropriate, particularly as many investors are now heading towards cash.

Investment Insight

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On Thursday, 12th March at 15:30 CET / 09:30 EST we held the first of our quarterly “Private Equity Webinar: Investment Insight”. Unigestion’s Private Equity experts talked about the typical characteristics of companies in which we invest and how we create value.