Ossiam Named Best Smart Beta Manager by Financial News
Ossiam, the smart beta specialist, has been named Smart Beta Manager of the Year 2021 in the Financial News asset management awards1.
The judging for the awards is a two-step process; with entries reduced to five finalists by Financial News’ editorial team, and a panel of investment industry judges deciding the winning entry.
Ossiam’s successful submission to the Financial News judges pointed out that it has long been a champion of smart beta investment, delivering efficient, transparent and consistent risk-adjusted returns at relatively low cost.
Etienne Vincent, head of quant strategy and marketing at Ossiam, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, says: “When our track record of innovation is viewed over the long term, we can point to a consistent pattern of being ahead of the market with investment strategy concepts.” These concepts started out with minimum variance and equal-weighting, moving to a risk-weighted commodity ETF excluding grains, the Ossiam Shiller Barclays CAPE Sector Value strategies, and the machine learning ESG low-carbon ETF. More recently, it launched the Food for Biodiversity ETF.
“Ossiam is the only smart beta ETF provider to apply machine learning in an ESG equity strategy and the first to launch a Biodiversity ETF aimed at minimizing the impact of its investments on biodiversity,” says Vincent.
In the period assessed, Ossiam renewed its Responsible Investment and Stewardship policy, where one of the highlights has been a revamped engagement escalation process. As a result, it can now scale up its engagement efforts.
Ossiam has also been a member of the initiative Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) for many years, and actively engages with companies operating in the food sector. In the assessment timeframe, it was supporting engagements on sustainable proteins, sustainable aquaculture and working conditions in the meat supply chain.
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1 Reference to a ranking and/or a price does not indicate the future performance of the strategy or the fund manager.
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future performance.
Disclaimer:
The services and products mentioned are not available to all investors in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of each investment service provider to ensure that the offering or sale of fund shares or third-party investment services to its clients complies with the relevant national law.
Ossiam
An affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers
French société anonyme governed by an executive board and a supervisory board
with a share capital of 261 240 €
RCS Paris – 512 855 958
6 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
www.ossiam.com
Natixis Investment Managers
RCS Paris 453 952 681
Share Capital: € 237 087 487
43 avenue Pierre Mendès France
75013 Paris
www.im.natixis.com
This communication is for information only and is intended for investment service providers or other Professional Clients. The analyses and opinions referenced herein represent the subjective views of the author as referenced unless stated otherwise and are subject to change. There can be no assurance that developments will transpire as may be forecasted in this material.
The judging for the awards is a two-step process; with entries reduced to five finalists by Financial News’ editorial team, and a panel of investment industry judges deciding the winning entry.
Ossiam’s successful submission to the Financial News judges pointed out that it has long been a champion of smart beta investment, delivering efficient, transparent and consistent risk-adjusted returns at relatively low cost.
Etienne Vincent, head of quant strategy and marketing at Ossiam, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, says: “When our track record of innovation is viewed over the long term, we can point to a consistent pattern of being ahead of the market with investment strategy concepts.” These concepts started out with minimum variance and equal-weighting, moving to a risk-weighted commodity ETF excluding grains, the Ossiam Shiller Barclays CAPE Sector Value strategies, and the machine learning ESG low-carbon ETF. More recently, it launched the Food for Biodiversity ETF.
“Ossiam is the only smart beta ETF provider to apply machine learning in an ESG equity strategy and the first to launch a Biodiversity ETF aimed at minimizing the impact of its investments on biodiversity,” says Vincent.
In the period assessed, Ossiam renewed its Responsible Investment and Stewardship policy, where one of the highlights has been a revamped engagement escalation process. As a result, it can now scale up its engagement efforts.
Ossiam has also been a member of the initiative Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return (FAIRR) for many years, and actively engages with companies operating in the food sector. In the assessment timeframe, it was supporting engagements on sustainable proteins, sustainable aquaculture and working conditions in the meat supply chain.
For Further Reading:
- How ESG Supercharged a Shiller Strategy
- Biodiversity: A Key Factor in the Food and Agriculture Sector
- Ossiam signs the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
- AI and ESG: A New Frontier for Financial Innovation?
- Machine Learning meets ESG
- Ossiam wins L’Agefi innovation award for machine learning and ESG investing
Past performance is not a reliable indicator of current or future performance.
Disclaimer:
The services and products mentioned are not available to all investors in all jurisdictions. It is the responsibility of each investment service provider to ensure that the offering or sale of fund shares or third-party investment services to its clients complies with the relevant national law.
Ossiam
An affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers
French société anonyme governed by an executive board and a supervisory board
with a share capital of 261 240 €
RCS Paris – 512 855 958
6 place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris
www.ossiam.com
Natixis Investment Managers
RCS Paris 453 952 681
Share Capital: € 237 087 487
43 avenue Pierre Mendès France
75013 Paris
www.im.natixis.com
This communication is for information only and is intended for investment service providers or other Professional Clients. The analyses and opinions referenced herein represent the subjective views of the author as referenced unless stated otherwise and are subject to change. There can be no assurance that developments will transpire as may be forecasted in this material.