Natalia Smirnova

Amundi UK is a multi-specialist, research-oriented manager which invests in all asset classes and major currencies. They employ both active and passive strategies and propose dedicated investment solutions based on customer needs. The firm's central and independent risk management department monitors risk on a unified, integrated and consistent basis and is strengthened by their links to academic circles.

PineBridge-UK focuses on active, high-conviction investing. The firm performs fundamental research complemented with quantitative analysis. They utilize a combination of bottom-up and top-down investment processes to invest across asset classes and across stages of development in the case of equity, favoring a buy-and-hold strategy which targets attractively priced stocks showing fundamentals improvement. Their investment process starts with quantitative screening, then relies on qualitative analysis which emphasizes relative valuation and fundamentals progression.