Asad Saeed Khan

Provides banking and financial services

Functions as a College/University

SAIB BNP AMC is an active, research-based manager which aims to achieve superior risk-adjusted return relative to a benchmark by using active strategies of country allocation, sector rotation, and stock picking based on fundamental, quantitative, and technical indicators. The firm manages various funds across asset classes and geographies, including Saudi Arabia and the GCC countries. They select stocks based on a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches backed by in-house fundamental, technical, and quantitative research. SAIB BNP AMC believes that financial market inefficiencies can be exploited by applying active management strategies through asset allocation, sector rotation, stock picking, country allocation and timing. Their Fund of Fund portfolios hold a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in shares, bonds or other securities. They invest in externally and internally managed funds and generally diversify portfolios to reduce volatility. The asset mix is flexible to adapt to changing market conditions. The firm continuously compares their risk-adjusted performance with the benchmark. Any abnormal performance in return is quickly re-analyzed in terms of risk-adjusted performance. Some of the risk measures they use for funds and portfolios include Sharpe Ratio, Sortino Ratio, Treynor Ratio, Information Ratio and Value at risk.

Al Rajhi-IM is an active manager which provides customized private portfolio management services and a variety of professionally managed mutual funds including Shariah-compliant mutual funds. They offer a range of diversified local, regional and global equity and commodity funds, depending on clients' risk appetite and investment needs. The firm's mutual fund offering also includes actively managed Funds of Funds, each with its own unique asset allocation and investment strategy.