Our Culture

Thursday 17 January 2019

What Can You Expect?

A true international environment

We operate in an industry that knows no borders. Our clients are in Europe, in the Americas, in Asia-Pacific and in the Middle-East. We now have strong teams in all of the world's key financial centers and we pride ourselves in having them work together for the benefit of investors worldwide.

A culture of fast growth and business development that promotes an entrepreneurial spirit. We are convinced that encouraging people to take an entrepreneurial approach is the best way to leverage business opportunities across functional lines and borders and the key to sustainable growth.

 

Genuine opportunities for career development

Our goal is to retain, nurture and develop talent, through mobility and training. By offering our people the opportunity to acquire knowledge and broaden their horizon, we help them reach their maximum potential and create added-value, for themselves and for Amundi US.

 

A responsible and engaged player

We pride ourselves in being a responsible and committed financial player. We were pioneers in developing SRI funds and in significantly improving the integration of ESG criteria in our investment decisions. Amundi US has very established relationships with several organizations who focus on creating a diverse workforce. Embracing diversity not only enhances our work culture, it also drives our business success. We believe attracting, developing and retaining a base of employees that reflects diversity is essential to our success. We participate with a number of different organizations to ensure we are actively engaged to improve our diversity. 

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Markets, economy and valuations: debate rages on

We believe valuations are excessive in some segments, such as mega-caps, where profit margins are also high. But the key question is whether these high margins justify current valuations? And will these companies be able to grow their top line quickly, while maintaining margins in a context of increased global competition and exhausted consumers? On the other hand, judging the direction of the economy is becoming increasingly difficult.

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Passive to Active: Words of Wisdom from Ted Lasso

Passive strategies have generally have fared well over the past decade, which has made it easy to forget the long periods during which active managers outpaced passive approaches. The reasons we believe market concentration will decline include (1) a shrinking earnings advantage for the top ten companies, and (2) seemingly unsustainably high valuations. We believe investors may benefit from investing with active managers that thoughtfully select their exposure based on the earnings and valuation profile of each stock.