Thomas Motsch

Erste-Invest's core competencies are Eurozone investment-grade bonds, Central and Eastern European equity and fixed-income, emerging markets equity and fixed-income, sector funds, asset allocation portfolios, total return portfolios and socially responsible investing. The majority of their investments is in bonds and money market instruments. They also invest in alternative asset classes and manage funds of funds. The firm's investment process emphasizes a top-down approach, combined with a bottom-up component in the case of Austrian and Eastern European equity. Investment decisions are team-based.

Raiffeisen KAG believes that capital markets are not efficient. During their asset allocation process, their asset managers work in teams to develop and implement investment strategies, aiming to outperform the average market yield. Qualitative and quantitative analysis is the core of the firm's management approach. A team of in-house analysts use a bottom-up approach for equities and a top-down approach for fixed-income and umbrella fund investments.

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