FERI expects demand for alternative investments such as private markets (private equity, infrastructure, real estate) and hedge fund investments to continue rising strongly in the coming years. FERI currently manages alternative investments exceeding 18 billion euros, making it one of the largest providers in Germany.
For more than 20 years, we have been offering our clients individually tailored risk management solutions. Market risks are actively managed according to risk and return parameters jointly defined in advance.
In institutional asset management, FERI offers a broad range of asset management services for institutional investors. Our investment specialists have many years of experience in all asset classes and follow a multi-asset approach ranging from the development and implementation of individual investment strategies to quantitative risk management and control.
FERI expects demand for alternative investments such as private markets (private equity, infrastructure, real estate) and hedge fund investments to continue rising strongly in the coming years. FERI currently manages alternative investments exceeding 18 billion euros, making it one of the largest providers in Germany.
For more than 20 years, we have been offering our clients individually tailored risk management solutions. Market risks are actively managed according to risk and return parameters jointly defined in advance.
FERI is a byword for comprehensive, individual, transparent and sustainable advice and support for private clients. With over 30 years of experience, we offer private investors a wide range of asset management services.
For us, your requirements and needs are the basis for planning and optimising your asset structure. We always keep an eye on all legal and tax aspects and try to bring about improvements for you. As we work strategically on a long-term basis, we place a strong focus on comprehensive future and succession planning. Foundation consulting is also part of our strategic asset structuring.
The FERI family office is the strategy advisor for your assets. We offer services ranging from strategic asset planning, implementation consulting and results monitoring and controls, through risk management and asset protection strategies to sustainability consulting.
With the help of an asset liability management study, FERI can show you whether a financing system in its current form is sustainable and whether sufficient risk carriers are available or whether a modification of the system is advisable.
During the transition to a sustainable future, FERI guides and supports you in the implementation of a sustainability concept and in the implementation and further development of existing solutions.
FERI’s comprehensive support ranges from optimal asset allocation and investment planning to appointing managers, reporting, monitoring and controls. Clear structures always ensure well-documented decisions and transparent investments.
FERI carries out a cost check in three steps and determines the costs for mandates, depositaries and investment management. In times of persistently low interest rates, these are a key factor in the performance of any portfolio.
FERI uses the three-step manager check to assess the quality and performance of asset managers.
FERI evaluates current portfolios in terms of expected returns and risk and checks whether the allocation still meets the requirements regarding yield and available risk budget. In addition, FERI presents you with alternative portfolios that promise higher returns with the same risk or offer similar opportunities for returns with reduced risk.
To ensure the success of the investment, FERI provides guidance on risk management processes. These range from the preparation of a risk manual and risk inventory to regular reporting and commentary.
In order to identify the risk sources and their distribution in the portfolio of an investment, FERI prepares a risk sheet, which makes this information transparent and clear. It clearly shows what share of the overall risk is attributable to the individual investment funds, segments and asset classes.
FERI offers its clients the entire process of investment consulting and has continuously developed it since the 1990s. Thanks to our extensive experience, self-developed research and analysing tools and the access to around 250 employees in all areas of the investment process, we create significant added value for our clients through our range of consulting services.
Asset allocation – an overview of the latest market developments. FERI offers optimal, quantitative and qualitative support for decision-making, both in terms of strategic and tactical asset allocation.
FERI’s economic expertise is used in high-profile companies for operational planning and market research and in numerous banks for risk management from an industry perspective. We offer our clients the following services: worldwide economic data; global macro research; global economic, interest rate and currency forecasts; country and sector outlooks; FERI sector rating.
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Markets Update February 2024 - Stock market high on a narrow foundation

Bad Homburg, 2/27/2024
by Dr. Eduard Baitinger
  • Markets with new all-time highs
  • Low market breadth as a warning signal
  • China's stock markets end their slide for the time being

The global stock markets are continuing their positive trend unperturbed, reaching new all-time highs in many cases. Neither the unfavorable inflation data nor the realization that the US Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates as quickly as originally expected can dampen investors' euphoria. It seems that the markets are currently being driven by robust earnings growth. There is no sign of the feared earnings recession, at least at index level. However, this perspective is deceptive. If you take a closer look, you can see that earnings growth is mainly concentrated in the large technology and pharmaceutical stocks. The current stock market boom therefore lacks the market breadth that would be necessary for a stable and sustainable upturn. It is striking, for example, that companies with a strong connection to AI repeatedly manage to exceed the high profit expectations and thus justify the high valuation levels. Added to this is market psychology: nobody wants to miss out on the stock market boom. This is why even the smallest setbacks are currently being used to enter the market. In this environment, professional investors should actively weight the relevant sectors and at the same time take agile risk management to heart.

China: Has the bottom been reached?

Just how risky the "buy the dip" mentality is can be seen in the example of the Chinese stock market. In recent years, the stock markets there have fallen with astonishing consistency. For many investors, buying more ended in a losing trade. There are many reasons for the weakness of the Chinese stock market: the government's authoritarian course, the high level of private debt, the economic slump and the crisis on the real estate market. Beijing recently adopted a package of measures to end the slump. Monetary policy was once again eased and an equity stabilization fund worth billions was promised. At the same time, unpopular decisions were announced, such as the restriction of share sales. Stock market prices have reacted cautiously positively to this, but it remains to be seen whether it will be enough for a sustainable comeback of Chinese shares. After all, China's problems are largely structural. In order to stimulate the economy, there will probably be no way around unconventional measures in the medium term.

 


About Dr. Eduard Baitinger

Dr. Eduard Baitinger has been Head of Asset Allocation at FERI AG since 2015. Under the overall responsibility of the CIO of the FERI Group, Dr. Marcel V. Lähn, Dr. Baitinger is responsible for quantitative asset allocation in the CIO Office and various publications on the assessment of the international financial markets.

Before joining FERI, Dr. Baitinger was a research assistant at the University of Bremen and a financial analyst at an asset manager. In 2010, he completed his studies at the University of Bremen with a degree in economics, accompanied by a stay abroad in New York. In 2014, Eduard Baitinger completed his doctorate with distinction on new approaches to quantitative asset management. Dr. Baitinger publishes regularly in academic journals and acts as an academic reviewer.

About FERI

The FERI Group, headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany, was founded in 1987 and has developed into one of the leading multi-asset investment houses in the German-speaking region. FERI offers tailor-made solutions for institutional investors, family assets and foundations in the business areas:

Founded in 2016, the FERI Cognitive Finance Institute acts as a strategic research center and creative think tank within the FERI Group, with a clear focus on innovative analyses and method development for long-term aspects of economic and capital market research.

Together with MLP, FERI currently manages assets of approximately €56 billion, including around €18 billion in alternative investments. In addition to its headquarters in Bad Homburg, the FERI Group has offices in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Luxembourg, Vienna and Zurich.

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