Listen to this articleSwiss Asset Manager AgaNola stands for the “Best of both Worlds”: a privately owned company with an entrepreneurial spirit that, at the same time meets the highest standards of operational management and corporate governance. Specialising in corporate bond and convertible bond investments in particular, AgaNola offers its investors access to corporate balance sheets that include the benefits of both equities and bonds investments. AgaNola brings together specialists, who build bridges from basic research to portfolio management.
The Experts for Bonds & Convertible Bonds
Equities or bonds? Investors keep asking themselves this same question time, and time again. “We offer both“ says AgaNola CEO Oliver Gasser. “With us, in addition to investing in straight corporate bonds (investment grade quality as well as high yield) investors also have the possibility to invest in convertible bonds. When it comes to straight corporate bonds, we focus on flexible bond strategies that allow us to invest in all credit markets and segments depending on their attractiveness – combined with fundamental bottom-up credit analysis and issuer selection.” Convertible bond investments offer investors the right to “convert” the convertible bonds into a certain number of shares during a particular time period. By this investors benefit from participating in the share price development yet with a lower risk than the direct ownership of the shares would bring. With its internationally acclaimed fund, AgaNola has earned a reputation as a leading provider in this asset class.
Oliver Gasser, CEO AgaNola AG
Fundamental research adding value to investment activity
“I have always been fascinated by the universe of fixed-income investments and I am convinced that even today bonds are an indispensable element of a portfolio as a complement to equities” says the AgaNola CEO. During his career at Credit Suisse Asset Management his team had built a credit portfolio of almost 8 billion Swiss Francs with an investment focus on global credit strategies, convertible bonds, structured credits as well as flexible multi-sector approaches. At AgaNola specialists are dedicated to the fundamental research in the nature and principles of bonds. In his recently published book “Fixed Income Analytics” the internationally recognized bond expert and mathematician Dr. Wolfgang Marty investigates on the concept of convexity and the partially different characteristics of individual bonds and bond portfolios. “Those type of insights provides great added value to our daily investment activities” says Oliver Gasser.
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Strategic partnership in the areas of core competencies
Global financial markets are going through considerable change. Alongside the trend to outsourcing of capacities and talents to small, innovative and powerful units, is a trend in which large providers are increasingly looking for cooperation with specialized, independent providers. AgaNola anticipated this trend at an early stage. Its cooperation with Credit Suisse Asset Management in the areas of convertible bonds and corporate bonds is likely to set a precedent in the industry. Within this cooperation two funds are successfully being co-managed – Credit Suisse (Lux) AgaNola Global Value Bond Fund and Credit Suisse (Lux) AgaNola Global Convertible Bond Fund.
“The year has started very promising as we could further grow and expand Assets under Management as our Key Performance Indicator” says AgaNola CEO Oliver Gasser. “With the support of Credit Suisse’ worldwide distribution network, our products and services are easier accessible to investors worldwide.”
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