Meet Nicolas

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Nicolas Burckhardt PhD

Co-Head of Solutions

14 years investment experience

11 years with Vontobel

Zurich

Vontobel Asset Management AG

Genferstrasse 27

CH-8022 Zurich

Switzerland

Nicolas Burckhardt joined Vontobel in 2016. He is a Portfolio Manager in the Multi Asset Boutique.

Since 2019, he has held several leadership roles, with overall responsibility for the investment management of quantitative and discretionary equity, commodity and multi-asset funds and mandates, as well as the design and implementation of customized portfolio solutions. Previously, he managed quantitative equity and multi-asset portfolios as a portfolio manager. Before joining Vontobel, he was responsible for quantitative multi-asset solutions within product management at Vescore (integrated into Vontobel in 2016). From 2013 to 2015, he was a senior quantitative analyst at Vescore Solutions, where he developed the firm’s investment processes and model landscape. He began his professional career in 2006 as a research and professorship assistant at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen.

Nicolas holds a PhD in Finance as well as a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen.

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Mission possible: Timing equity factors

Two mantras exist among investors when it comes to equity factors. First, you hear that “factors tend to outperform the broader market in the long run”. True. Second, you hear that “timing factors is almost impossible, and that you would be better off with a static allocation”. False. In fact, dynamic timing approaches to factor premia management adds significant benefits over static allocation approaches and in this piece, we show you why
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