The die has been cast: The new American President is Joseph Robinette “Joe” Biden, Jr. – a Democrat. What effect will this result have on the financial markets? How should you as an investor position yourself with your assets? Our CIO, Gérard Piasko, provided answers on Monday afternoon, 9 November 2020. Our Head of Investment Management, Konstantinos Ntefeloudis, also comments on our “Defensive Growth” investment approach in this video, which is the basis for the portfolios entrusted to us. For example, our focus is on high-quality companies with sustainable profitability and stable growth. In addition, this approach generally showed greater stability even in this very volatile year. In addition to our current investment policy, your Maerki Baumann client advisor is naturally available to you for further questions. He is also your contact person should you be interested in our innovative, modular investment solution in these volatile times. Warning: This is a YouTube video. If you play the video, YouTube can track you. “Our focus lies on investments with a defensive character that are less sensitive to the overall market and less dependent on economic developments.” Gérard Piasko, Chief Investment Officer Gérard Piasko Gérard Piasko is CIO and head of the investment committee of private bank Maerki Baumann & Co. AG. Before he was for many years CIO of Julius Baer, Sal. Oppenheim and Deutsche Bank. “We look for companies that act defensively when volatility rises but become active during a bull market.” Konstantinos Ntefeloudis, Head of Investment Management Konstantinos Ntefeloudis Konstantinos Ntefeloudis is Head of Investment Management of private bank Maerki Baumann & Co. AG. He is also responsible for looking after our external asset managers. Before he was for many years portfolio manager at Vontobel and Falcon Private Bank. 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