Christian Staritzbichler

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.

Amundi Austria is a growth-oriented manager which performs in-house fundamental research and utilizes quantitative-technical models, primarily focusing on European markets. They outsource global market investments to third-party asset managers. The firm combines top-down and bottom-up research to construct portfolios of both index-oriented and absolute return funds. Amundi Austria invests in global bonds (single equity), bond funds, global stocks (single equity), equity funds and real estate. They invest in derivative financial instruments for hedging purposes. Their portfolio managers make the firm's investment decisions.