

Jean-Baptiste has been a senior client portfolio manager at Candriam since 2024, with the European Equity Team. He has almost 25 years of experience as a financial professional. Before joining Candriam, he was a buy-side analyst with Degroof Petercam Asset Management for four years, and a sell-side analyst with Société Générale Group and MainFirst/Stifel, specializing in TMT companies.
Jean-Baptiste holds a Masters degree in Finance from the Sorbonne in Paris. He is a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst (CEFA), and completed an Executive Programme on Asset Management at the Vlerick Business School in Brussels.
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Equities, Geoffroy Goenen, Jean-Baptiste Sergeant
Since the US presidential elections, US equities have been on an uptrend driven by a certain optimism, as the expectation of tax cuts and deregulation have fuelled the hope of accelerated corporate earnings growth.

Equities, Geoffroy Goenen, Jean-Baptiste Sergeant
European small caps: rebound at last in sight!
After a correction of 25% between November 2021 and October 2023, European small caps are now trading at lower valuations than large caps, both in terms of discounted cash flows and earnings multiples, which is a historical anomaly.