Market Commentaries   |   May 11, 2020

Volatility Overview

Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager Alexandre Hocquard discusses the volatility during the first quarter and provides us with his outlook for the rest of the year.

Recorded on May 8, 2020

Alexandre Hocquard is Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of the Fiera Capital’s Systematic Investment Strategies (SIS) team. He oversees the management of several systematic investment and market risk management strategies. Mr. Hocquard has 11 years of experience in the investment field and joined the Firm in 2016. He previously held positions as Lead Portfolio Manager, Customized Systematic and Quantitative Strategies, with major investment management firms. He also worked as a Portfolio Manager, Alternative Strategies, for a Canadian institution. Mr. Hocquard holds a doctorate (Ph.D.) in Quantitative Methods from HEC Montréal and has published several scientific papers in university and institutional journals.

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