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Management and Evoque in the United   lines. With monetary policies normalising, it   No cryptocurrencies in this portfolio?
              States, companies which are active in waste   also makes sense to invest in European and    o. There is very little compatibility between
              recycling and water treatment respectively;   American sovereign debt.   cryptocurrencies and traditional finance,
              and it’s the same story for hydrogen. There                              including on a practical level. The purchasing
              are currently significant financing plans in   What breakdown do you recommend?  and holding circuits are not the same.  ou cannot
              this sector, with those able to benefit the   On the dynamic risk profile, 47% equities   buy cryptos on a stock exchange or deposit them
              most being large industrial gas companies   (max 55%), 10% cash, 15% alternative and   in a traditional bank. This market is very little
              such as Air  iquide or  inde in Germany.  structured products (where you find, for   regulated, with very little transparency. Since
                                                   example, hedge fund-type management funds   cryptocurrencies are not controlled by any central
              What is your ideal portfolio other than   and gold) and the rest in bonds (mainly US   bank, they are very speculative assets that are
              10% cash?                            and European corporate bonds).      more like gambling or betting than investing.
              We are turning back to bonds because   As we have international clients, we adopt   As the FT  scandal shows, the fact that well-
              interest rates have risen impressively.   multi-currency management (mainly euro,   known hedge fund managers and sophisticated
              Currently, you have sovereign rates around   dollar, sterling and Swiss franc). The dollar,   investors have been fooled illustrates the danger
              2%, with a risk premium of 2%. We are,   designed as a haven of peace in which to   of investing in an industry where regulation is
              therefore, on 4% with an extremely limited   invest liquidity (treasury bills for example)   almost non-existent!
              risk on signatures products from companies   in an unstable world, had an exceptional   If they wish, our clients can also buy ETFs
              which, a priori, will not default, namely the   performance in 2022. With the stabilisation   (treated like a stock but which replicate the
              main banks, pharmaceutical companies,   of monetary policies, this trend should be   performance of another asset) in portfolios
              or even  estl . In the speculative debt   curbed. The euro is appreciating against the   which are “execution only”, where the client
              segment - where companies are much more   dollar, so we advise our euro clients who   makes the decisions, or in “advisory” where it
              indebted and de facto pay a higher yield of   have dollars to gradually sell the dollars   is the bank that advises but where the client
              around 5 or 6% - we operate in a diversified   they have in their account or to put in   can also make his own transactions; but, to
              manner through a tracker or a fund. The   place hedging strategies on the positions   be honest, currently, clients are not asking us
              minimum investment in bonds in Europe is   of securities held in dollar shares or bonds   about crypto - which does not prevent them
              around €100,000. To diversify a portfolio, it   to hedge this exchange risk and avoid the   having their own crypto wallet outside the
              must be large enough to have 20 to 30 bond   currency effect.            banking system.


























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