OCTO ASSET MANAGEMENT
Octo Asset Management is an independent fixed income asset management firm accredited by the Financial Markets Authority (AMF) in 2011 whose sole business is the management of fixed income funds. A subsidiary of Octo Group, a key player in the credit markets since 1991, Octo AM provides value-added fixed income portfolio management using innovative analytical tools and is guided by the Group’s two founding principles: independence and specialization.
Weekly as of 15/10/2018
Flight to quality conspicuously absent
In our last weekly note, we described the cracks which have been appearing in the market for some months, particularly in the US, and companies’ making massive equity buy backs. Based on empirical evidence, we concluded that a crisis in some major asset class would lead to a flight to ...
OUR FUNDS
| Perf 2018 : | -0.1 % |
| Perf 1 year : | -0.11 % |
| Perf 3 years : | 0.19 % |
| Perf 5 years : | 1.41 % |
| Since launch : | 3.72 % |
AMF Money market fund
| Perf 2018 : | -0.27 % |
| Perf 1 year : | -0.48 % |
| Perf 3 years : | 2.14 % |
| Perf 5 years : | 4.2 % |
| Since launch : | 6.32 % |
Performance calculated on A-share
| Perf 2018 : | -1.71 % |
| Perf 1 year : | -1.93 % |
| Perf 3 years : | 3.66 % |
| Perf 5 years : | 8.71 % |
| Since launch : | 25.41 % |
Performance calculated on A-share
In accordance with AMF regulation, the fund performance cannot be disclosed because of its recent history
News
Market’s focus switches from Italy to the US
Last week, Italy offered European markets a break from the fear that it instilled the previous week, as the government took some time to reflect and consider how it might satisfy its stimulative policy whims at the same time as it meets the demands of its European partners. Let’s not fool ourselves, the soap opera is far from over, and while we still consider that Italian bonds provide a great opportunity in a market with generally low interest rates, it will come at the price of weeks ...
Read more 08/10/2018
Italy will be decisive for 3Q bond performances
In the last few weeks, the fixed income markets seem to have regained some optimism, visible through spread tightening, an active primary market, relatively low premiums, a reduced interest in the safe-haven German Bund, and tighter peripheral spreads, led by Italy. Consequently, fund managers saw their performance improve as the fixed income universe returned to the favourable conditions they had gotten used to during the last few years, but had to do without in the last few, more ...
Read more 01/10/2018