European Investment Grade Credit
Our high grade credit investment process seeks to add value by creating high conviction portfolios, both long/short and long-only, focusing on the Eurozone non-sovereign credit universe. The process has been built and improved by the team over a period of nine years and its past succes is testament to the validity of the strategy and approach.
IMCam's investment grade team consists of research analysts focusing on fundamental research, and portfolio managers who search the investable universe for the best risk/return combinations in a portfolio context. The individuals work closely together, but have different responsibilities and challenge each other's views to create robust outcomes. Instruments are selected only after two distinct and complementary analyses:
- Fundamental value analysis focusing solely on credit quality and trends considerations
- Relative value analysis to identify valuation anomalies, exploit investors' flows, and take advantage of market positioning.
The philosophy recognizes four sources of possible alpha to be captured through appropriate selection of a sector, issuer, issue and position within the capital structure. Portfolios are then constructed by combining best investment ideas with a rigorous risk management process. IMCam has the tools and systems required to ensure the best possible implementation, execution, monitoring and reporting.
Within a fixed income portfolio, an exposure to non-sovereign, investment grade credit offers additional sources of return and helpful diversification through bull and bear market cycles. A long/short strategy allows the team an even greater choice of tools seeking to generate positive returns irrespective of market circumstances.
