Cross-Asset Thematic Strategy, Edelscourt

Albert Maass

Albert brings over three decades of experience from the financial industry, having worked with top institutions across the UK, Americas, and Asia. His broad expertise spans investments in multiple asset classes and extends to risk management.

In a previous role, Albert served as the Head of Alternative Investments at Shinsei Bank in Japan, where he oversaw a varied portfolio comprising private equity, hedge funds, reinsurance, credit, and other assets. His distinguished career has seen partnerships with prestigious institutions such as HVB, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Nomura International, Mariner Investment Group, Allied Capital Asset Management, and the Central Bank of Chile.

Albert is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and is an alumnus of the Universidad Católica de Chile, with a degree in Business and Economics

Cross-Asset Thematic Strategy

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Cross Asset Strategy

Multiple Countries / Cross Asset Strategy

Timing the next bear market is an art.
Assessing the potential length and severity of the fall and being prepared for it are, however, part of the science of risk management.
Historically, all crashes and a majority of acute bear markets have followed equity markets that were significantly overvalued versus their cyclically adjusted averages. We are at one such juncture now.
Should a bear market finally come, it will probably be lengthy and severe or even become a crash.

Timing the next bear market is an art.
Assessing the potential length and severity of the fall and being prepared for it are, however, part of the science of risk management.
Historically, all crashes and a majority of acute bear markets have followed equity markets that were significantly overvalued versus their cyclically adjusted averages. We are at one such juncture now.
Should a bear market finally come, it will probably be lengthy and severe or even become a crash.

The Next Bear Market