Fisher Investments Ireland is part of the global Fisher group of companies. Its US-based parent company, Fisher Investments, first began managing discretionary assets in 1979. Below is a convenient summary of Fisher Investments’ Research Group and its work across the global Fisher group of companies.
Responsibilities of Fisher Investments’ Research Group
Each team has unique responsibilities, including analysing economic trends, sector and industry updates; 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 dedicated analysts specializing in fixed interest research.
Capital Markets Research Team
The Capital Markets Research Team employs a top-down investment process to understand economic, political and sentiment factors we 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.
Securities Research Team
The Securities analysts perform fundamental research on current and prospective investments to identify securities with strategic attributes consistent with our top-down views and competitive advantages relative to their defined peer group.
Portfolio Implementation & Monitoring
Implementation Team
The Implementation Team oversees and applies portfolio changes—generating trade orders—as required by the IPC, portfolio strategy and client restrictions.
Portfolio Engineering Team
The Portfolio Engineering Team monitors portfolio 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.