Andreas Fehrenbach

Deka performs in-house quantitative and qualitative analysis to invest through their funds in equities, fixed-income, money market, balanced and value funds. The firm makes Investment decisions as a team. Their fund managers are specialized in investment type, sector, region and product type.

ETFlab is a passive manager which aims to precisely replicate individual indexes and keep tracking error to a minimum. They seek to generate added yield primarily through the lending of security holdings as well as through dividend optimization. The firm's exchange traded funds replicate major indexes. They also develop novel ETFs with alternative forms of weighting for institutional investors, providing them with tactical and strategic asset allocation, fast response exposure control, implementation of core satellite strategies, asset regrouping, diversification of risk, interest management and financial management.

Amundi Deutschland offers a deep understanding of the investment universe of both passive and active strategies, including: alpha focused portfolios (bonds, equities, multi-asset); smart-beta and factor-based approaches; and asset-based investments (real estate, private equity, infrastructure). The firm specializes in local markets, conducting in-house research for local investments, while benefiting from the global position of their parent company. Their investment process is research driven and comprises quantitative research, active portfolio management and fundamental analysis. Asset allocation aims to optimize portfolio risk/return levels. Amundi Deutschland’s tactical and strategic asset allocation decision making process follows a quantitative approach. Once assets have been allocated fund managers engage in bottom-up stock picking, which they base on in-house fundamental and qualitative research.