Steffen Merker

LBBW Asset Management uses a combination of active and passive approaches to invest globally across asset classes with a focus on European equities. The firm's index-oriented investment approach follows equities in various indexes and focuses on larger companies in sectors such as information technology, health care and energy, as well as on German small- and mid-caps. They use a top-down approach to identify both short-term cycles and long-term structural changes. LBBW Asset Management employs a combination of fundamental quantitative and fundamental qualitative processes.