Home About Us Career News Glossary DE EN FR IT Asset Management Products Solutions Publications Home Asset Management The future starts here. Asset Management Expertise Risk Management Our commitment Our values Products Solutions Publications Advantage of investing with us Assuming responsibility for a prudential choice One of our main priorities is to be a responsible investor working towards the financial success of our clients. We have deliberately opted for a prudential approach which goes hand in hand with a steady, long-term risk-return ratio. This choice determines our investment selection, based on objectives such as reliability, regularity of long-term performance. To ensure this financial security, our managers have developed a specific investment process by asset class. Our investment philosophy draws constantly on the management and control of risk at each of the stages prior to the creation of a portfolio. Apportioning and managing risks upstream Our managers create their portfolios based on a macro economic scenario which has risk management as its underlying theme. Our finance engineers and managers work together to study the various combinations of risk budgets to find the best risk-return tradeoffs when structuring our portfolios. For our business on fixed-income markets, our approach is based first of all on the analysis of the economic context through the development of key indicators that enable us to identify market risks and opportunities. Our decision-making process is structured around the in-depth knowledge and careful analysis of our counterparties. On the equities segments, we use the quantitative methodology to carry out an active management strategy based on such systematic strategies as Minimum Variance. This results in the creation of portfolios based on an optimised result objective (value, growth, etc.) according to constraints such as relative risks by sector or style allocation. As part of our diversified fund offering or management under mandate, we bring together all our management and consulting skills around our asset allocation expertise. Controlling risk downstream Risk control enables us to carry out an a posteriori assessment after the portfolio has been implemented. As part of a performance analysis approach, the challenge consists in checking whether the risk incurred complies with the boundaries defined upstream as well as the investment process defined beforehand. © Swiss Life Asset Management AG Apr 10, 2013 Asset Management Expertise Risk Management Our commitment Our values Products Funds Fund-linked products Swiss Life Investment Foundation Solutions ALM Services Mandates Publications Legal Notice Sitemap Search