The Capital Markets Research Team employs a top-down investment process to understand economic, political and sentiment factors they believe will drive markets over the next 12–18 months. The IPC uses this information to develop key portfolio themes based on which asset classes, countries and sectors are best positioned for the economic environment we expect ahead.
Fisher Investments is part of the global Fisher group of companies. Our US parent company, FAM, first began managing discretionary assets in 1979. Below is a convenient summary of the FAM' Research Group and its work.
Responsibilities of the FAM Research Group
Each team has unique responsibilities, including analysing economic trends, updating sector and industry analyses, evaluating securities, calculating performance and implementing the IPC's portfolio decisions.
Applied Research
Two applied research teams, the Capital Markets Research Team and the Securities Research Team, provide information and analysis upon which the IPC makes portfolio decisions. Both teams have specialised fixed income analysts.
Capital Markets Research Team
Securities Research Team
Our Securities Research Team conducts fundamental research on current and prospective investments to identify securities with the strategic attributes consistent with our top-down views and competitive advantages relative to their defined peer group.
Portfolio Implementation & Monitoring
Portfolio Implementation Team
The Implementation Team oversees and applies portfolio changes—generating trade orders—as instructed by the IPC, portfolio strategy and client restrictions.
Portfolio Engineering Team
The Portfolio Engineering Team monitors strategies to ensure the intended portfolio themes are represented.
Trading Team
The Trading Team works together with the Portfolio Implementation Team to generate and execute trade orders as directed by the IPC.
