A company's journey to becoming a "marathon runner" is often driven by its unique strengths rather than its sector or region. Comgest's analysts identify the distinguishing factors of marathon runners through extensive research. In this paper, Wolfgang Fickus, Product Specialist for Europe Equities, explains how companies with traits like strong free cash generation, smart capital allocation, diversification, global reach, crisis resilience, and a unique corporate culture can achieve marathon runner status and sustain growth for generations.

Bien que le vieillissement soit une réalité de la vie, certaines entreprises de qualité ont traversé des décennies, voire des siècles, et restent dans la force de l'âge - voire plus fortes.

Are diversity and inclusion (D&I) simply buzzwords? What does it mean to be a “diverse” asset manager? How is D&I relevant for investors? Is it possible to produce both an authentic positive impact and return?

The ultimate litmus test for any portfolio risk management is a crisis. If the industry's standard risk tools fail, what’s left? Is it even possible for a portfolio manager to get a grip on risk?

People have been making horrible predictions about change for as long as people have been making predictions. For investors and markets this is extremely important, because stock prices reflect a set of beliefs about future events, discounted back to the present. If we can’t predict the Next Big Thing, how can we know where to invest?

Les sociétés de croissance tendent naturellement à afficher des valorisations élevées. Le cas Tesco illustre la manière dont les investisseurs long terme peuvent repérer certains signes du ralentissement de la croissance.