Biography
Nicolas Rabener is the managing director of FactorResearch, which provides quantitative solutions for factor investing. Previously he founded Jackdaw Capital, a quantitative investment manager focused on equity market neutral strategies. Previously, Rabener worked at GIC (Government of Singapore Investment Corporation) focused on real estate across asset classes. He started his career working for Citigroup in investment banking in London and New York. Rabener holds an MS in management from HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, is a CAIA charter holder, and enjoys endurance sports (100km Ultramarathon, Mont Blanc, Mount Kilimanjaro).
The notion that companies that care about the environment, look after their employees, and exhibit good governance outperform is likely a mirage, says Nicolas Rabener.
Liquid alternatives to private equity can be created simply by buying small, cheap, and levered stocks, Nicolas Rabener writes.
Low volatility may be a great marketing concept, but does it work as a strategy?
Does factor investing in micro- and small-cap stocks in the United States offer any additional alpha?
How do liquid alternatives perform from a risk-and-return perspective in the context of an equity portfolio?
How does mutual fund momentum chasing play out in the US market?
The recent sell-off in technology, especially among FAANG stocks, led to renewed comparisons of the tech sector today to that of the dot-com bubble era. But that might be a stretch, says Nicolas Rabener.
Using the Value factor as a case study, how do single stocks influence factor returns? And how do the FAANG stocks influence six common equity factors?
Factor investing is everywhere, but considerable uncertainty remains about what factors and their related products represent. So Nicolas Rabener breaks down six well-known factors by sector.
Interest in "factor investing" reached an all-time high in May, according to Google Trends. So Nicolas Rabener and his associates analyzed factor valuations using fundamental metrics and contrasted these current valuations with historical averages as a method to determine factor attractiveness.