Lazard Asset Management has a history dating back to 1848, and has served as a trusted advisor to governments, businesses, and individuals around the world, managing investment portfolios and providing investment advice to institutional and individual investors. The firm now operates from 18 cities across 13 countries with a global staff of more than 750. Upwards of 300 investment personnel manage assets across a range of global, regional and country-specific strategies - both traditional and alternative - in listed equity and fixed income.
Lazard Asset Management has launched a low volatility, quant-based equity fund.
Europe is at the centre of growing unease regarding the state of the global economy.
Peter Mandelson, the Labour party peer and former European Commissioner, has warned Europe is facing not one but four crises which policymakers must tackle.
Alex Ingham has left Aviva Investors to join Lazard Asset Management where he will launch a small-cap emerging markets fund for retail investors.
Lazard Asset Management is planning a fund located in Ireland, based on the group's $500m multi-asset class emerging markets investment program, which has run in a US-based portfolio since mid-2009.
Multi-managers at OPM Fund Management are targeting funds in emerging markets and energy sectors in the recently-launched Worldwide Opportunities fund.
‘If in doubt, delegate' seems to be the mantra of a growing number of investors this year, as asset allocation portfolios giving managers discretion to shift capital between markets are a popular choice.