Frank Vranken

PDPB is an active, conservative manager which follows a GARP-oriented investment approach and invests in high-grade equity and bonds in established markets. They have specific expertise in the Belgian and Dutch markets and focus on Europe and North America. They construct portfolios of traditional and alternative investments.

BNP Paribas Fortis is an active manager which follows a GARP-oriented investment style and invests in equity and alternative investments. Their investment approach is bottom-up, based on fundamental research and in-depth knowledge of the markets. They diversify portfolios across regions, sectors and strategies. BNP Paribas Fortis shares proprietary research globally within the group, and combines quantitative and qualitative analyses. They seek to invest in companies with quality management and effective business models.

Rothschild-Europe is an active, risk-averse investment manager with a long-term outlook. They follow a growth-oriented investment approach and focus on the UK, Continental Europe, North America and Far East markets. Their equity investments favor (but are not restricted to) large-cap companies. The firm's investment process combines top-down asset allocation with bottom-up stock selection. The asset allocation process optimizes asset class and currency weightings according to a predicted economic scenario, and is subject to historical quantitative analysis and forecasting. Benchmarks are selected for each client using a mean-variance-based process.