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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Remain agile in bond selection, with an eye on last mile inflation

Though the US economy and consumers appear to have largely defied the "gravitational pull" of significantly tighter monetary policy, we continue to view the risk of a recession during 2024 as higher than normal. We expect that such a recessionary scenario would lead to significantly greater interest rate cuts, while the "no landing" scenario of more persistent inflation would delay the start of rate cuts. As developed economy central banks continue to grapple with when to start normalizing local monetary policy, now could be an interesting time for investors to strengthen their portfolios by extending the duration of their fixed income portfolios and raising credit quality and liquidity profiles while carefully weighing global opportunities.

Apr24-Cross Asset
04/22/2024 Cross Asset

A window of opportunity for European equities

After a strong close to 2023 and a resilient first quarter, we expect the US economy to decelerate as we continue through 2024. The most vulnerable segments of the economy are showing signs of stress, although data on the broader economy remain mixed. We continue to expect inflation to moderate amid some volatility, particularly on the sticky services side, as domestic demand cools. We acknowledge the trend strength in risk assets, but high valuations are preventing us from massively shifting our risk gear upwards. The equity rally is broadening and we see a rotation towards European equities, where we have now a neutral stance.

IT-US HY Outlook
04/17/2024 Investment Talks

US High Yield Market Outlook and Positioning

Although first-quarter returns proved to be anemic, at least they were consistent. Across the quarter, monthly returns were positive and spreads moved tighter. With inflation's decline stalling, short-term rate expectations stabilized. Within high yield, Treasury yield increases largely negated the effects of tighter spreads, leading to returns near the index's coupon yield. Although CCCs were the best performers in the US and globally, the US High Yield Distressed Index  (comprised of issuers with spreads over 1000 basis points) underperformed the broader US high yield market, indicating investors were more interested in high-yielding bonds than in potential workouts.