Allan Foll is head of Thematic Global Equity – Society since 2024. He re-joined Candriam’s Thematic Equity Team in 2020 after spending a year working in his own IT consulting company in Vietnam. Allan originally joined Candriam in 2014 as an assistant portfolio manager.
Prior to joining Candriam, Allan worked at Federal Finance in equity quantitative modelling, structured product management and options pricing.
Allan holds a Master’s degree in Financial and Economic Engineering from the University of Rennes, where he is also a lecturer in asset management.
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Q&A, Future Mobility, Johan Van der Biest, Allan Foll
More and more investors are turning to thematic strategies to increase their overall diversification. Johan Van Der Biest, Co-Head of Thematic Global Equity, and Allan Foll, Fund Manager, explain that thematic investment skills combined with solid financial analysis is a prerequisite for identifying high-tech companies with strong growth potential at reasonable prices.
Not your average thematic strategy
Thematic strategies are rapidly growing in popularity, but sometimes
they can expose investors to some highly unwelcome swings in
return. Johan Van Der Biest, Allan Foll and Jonas Brisard explain how
Candriam’s demography strategy capitalises on some of the major
trends shaping the world while at the time limiting volatility.