{"id":46852,"date":"2015-11-26T01:03:05","date_gmt":"2015-11-26T00:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/the-seeyond-europe-minvariance-fund-celebrates-its-fifth-anniversary-and-reaches-its-twofold-management-objective-performance-and-reduction-in-volatility\/"},"modified":"2015-11-26T01:03:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T00:03:05","slug":"the-seeyond-europe-minvariance-fund-celebrates-its-fifth-anniversary-and-reaches-its-twofold-management-objective-performance-and-reduction-in-volatility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/the-seeyond-europe-minvariance-fund-celebrates-its-fifth-anniversary-and-reaches-its-twofold-management-objective-performance-and-reduction-in-volatility\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seeyond Europe MinVariance fund celebrates its fifth anniversary and reaches its twofold management objective: performance and reduction in volatility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five years after its inception, and in a market environment marked by numerous
\nchanges in volatility regimes, the Seeyond Europe MinVariance fund posts a
\ncumulative performance over five years of more than 66%(1) (an outperformance of
\nmore than 15% compared with its benchmark index, the MSCI Europe DNR in
\neuros*), while significantly reducing volatility (-30% on average compared with its
\nbenchmark index)(2). Its assets under management currently exceed \u20ac600 million.<\/strong> <\/em> <\/p>\n

Convincing results<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since its inception, the Seeyond Europe MinVariance fund has succeeded in generating robust performance. While equity markets have gone through considerable fluctuations, due in particular to the debt crisis in the euro zone as well as to the Fed\u2019s and the ECB\u2019s different monetary policies, the fund\u2019s volatility has been reduced by 30% on average compared with its benchmark index representative of the European equity market. The fund posts a cumulative outperformance of 15.3% over five years (1). This risk\/return profile has enabled the fund to obtain five Morningstar stars (unit I)(3), thereby putting it among the best in its category.<\/p>\n

“Focusing on the management of an equities portfolio\u2019 overall risk provides a better risk\/return
\nprofile in the long term”<\/em>, emphasises Nicolas Just, co-manager of Seeyond Europe MinVariance.
\n“The success of Seeyond Europe MinVariance, among institutional as well as individual clients,
\nshows that investors are seeking such solutions that combine return and risk reduction”<\/em>, he adds. <\/p>\n

A distinctive and original approach<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Minimum Variance strategy, deployed through the Seeyond Europe MinVariance fund, aims
\nto take advantage of opportunities in European equity markets while reducing their fluctuations
\nin the long term. To this end, the managers rely on a modelled portfolio construction approach
\nwith discretionary leeway which enables active risk management. In order to enable a total
\ndeployment of the strategy, they do not have any constraint in terms of style, sector, country
\nor capitalisation size. They favour the least volatile stocks and those with the lowest level of
\ninter-correlation after an in-depth analysis of their risk profile, by using a proprietary model. By
\nfocusing on these stocks, the Minimum Variance management therefore aims to dampen
\nmarket movements while taking advantage of the potential of equities in the long term.<\/p>\n

“In a context where the amplitude of market movements, on the upside as well as on the
\ndownside, very possibly will gather momentum, the Minimum Variance approach enables
\ninvestors to take exposure to European equities, while aiming to improve their portfolio\u2019s
\nrisk\/return profile”<\/em>, according to Nicolas Just. <\/p>\n

Seeyond Europe MinVariance, which is marketed in particular to private banking clients of the
\nBanque Populaire et Caisse d\u2019Epargne networks, is eligible for equity savings plans, life
\ninsurance contracts as well as securities accounts). It is suitable for all investors (institutionals,
\ncompanies and individuals). Seeyond\u2019 MinVariance expertise is also used for an international
\nequities version with Seeyond Global MinVariance (4). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Five years after its inception, and in a market environment marked by numerous
\nchanges in volatility regimes, the Seeyond Europe MinVariance fund posts a
\ncumulative performance over five years of more than 66%…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":46850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1470],"tags":[1655,1673,1651,1437,1662,1680,2118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}