How resilient are long-term investment themes in turbulent times?
Disruption has been the trend of 2025. Upheaval is everywhere, from geopolitics and trade, to the fields of technology, payments, ways of working and more. Does a thematic approach help equity investors to cut through all the noise, or could it be that investment themes or trends are also being disrupted?
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A random talk down Quant Street, Episode 10/11 – What kind of performance can investors expect?
What kind of performance can investors expect from Active Quant? In this episode we look at what contributes to the stability of Active Quant, what makes it flexible, and what we really mean when we say ‘systematic alpha capture’.
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A random talk down Quant Street, Ep. 9/11 – Does risk appetite drive quant choices?
How much risk are you comfortable with – and how should that affect your investment choices? In the ninth episode of this new series on quant investing, Jeroen Hagens unpacks how different levels of risk appetite influence the use of active quant strategies.
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Quality in high yield has always delivered
The high-yield bond market has rebounded from April’s tariff-driven sell-off, with US spreads having tightened and European yields holding steady. But investors are being kept on their toes: US policy risks continue to fuel volatility, while divergent dynamics are at play across regions-as-well-as-sectors. Sander Bus and Christiaan Lever discuss the present market environment and the key question: will their quality bias pay off?
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A random talk down Quant Street, Ep. 8/11 – What is quant alpha?
Capturing quant alpha requires a blend of innovation and precision. In the eighth episode of this new series on quant investing, we welcome back Vania Sulman, quant portfolio manager, to explain how Robeco captures quant alpha.
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