Jean-Philippe Hechel

J. Safra Sarasin-PB emphasizes security and well-managed conservative growth for its clients. The firm offers different core competencies and specializations across asset classes: Specialized Fixed Income, High Conviction Equities, Flexible Multi-Asset as well as Quant Systematic and Alternative Investments.

Sarasin-IM is an active investor and manages portfolios invested across asset classes, strategies, regions and sectors. Investment styles range from fundamental, through semi-quantitative to purely quantitative approaches. The firm follows top-down and bottom-up approaches and bases investment decisions on macroeconomic analysis as well as microeconomic aspects of industries and companies. BSAN-AN uses a multilevel, structured quantitative and qualitative valuation methodology. Sarasin-IM's research in Switzerland, London and Singapore focuses on Swiss securities and international stocks, their core focus being on large-cap companies in Switzerland, Europe and the USA; however, they also analyze smaller-cap companies, which they screen regularly to identify attractive investment ideas. Hong Kong- and Singapore-based teams provide them with local expertise in Asia. Sarasin-IM also has a fund research team that primarily analyzes equity funds but also bond funds including asset classes such as convertible bond funds and absolute return bond funds.

J. Safra Sarasin-IM has a global mindset, act with high conviction, and aims to deliver outstanding performance across all asset classes. They have a strong focus on risk management, monitoring risks actively and explaining the performance drivers of their strategies. Sustainability lies at the core of their investment philosophy. Therefore, the firm strives to integrate sustainability aspects into the entire investment process across all asset classes.

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