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Kepler Unigestion partners with Euronext to Launch the Euronext Kepler Unigestion Global Equities Long Short Index

As financial markets grow increasingly complex, traditional stock selection models often struggle to capture the intricate interplay between macroeconomic conditions and individual stock performance. In our latest paper, we explore a breakthrough approach— leveraging neural networks within a learning-to-rank framework — to enhance stock selection accuracy.

Once written off as dead money, Chinese banks have staged a quiet comeback—emerging as some of the market’s most resilient income plays. As China battles economic headwinds and investor confidence wavers, these state-backed giants are delivering strong dividends and unexpected stability. With limited alternatives, local investors are piling in, fuelling a trend that offshore sceptics never saw coming.

Senior Portfolio Manager Alexandre Marquis and Fundamental Analyst Joachim Hermann, debated the impact of rising geopolitical risks from a fundamental and quantitative perspective and assessed how investors should navigate the future of European assets.

Fundamental Analyst Fleura Shiyanova and Quantitative Analyst Raphaël Zacharias, debated the value of artificial intelligence in equities investing, under the watchful eye of our moderator Xavier Marconnet, Head of Core AI Equities.

Senior Portfolio Manager Alexandre Marquis and Head of Quantitative Research Vladyslav Dubikovskyy, discuss progress made in leveraging AI to improve risk and alpha forecasts, and detailed how they have embedded these innovations into portfolio construction techniques.