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FIS Group Q3 2018 Market Outlook: A Final Melt-Up

Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 23, 2018 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its latest Q3 2018 Market Outlook, ‘A Final Melt-Up.’ In the context of a strong U.S. dollar, the...

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FIS Group Acquires Piedmont Investment Advisors

Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 23, 2018 – FIS Group, which offers global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies through manager of manager portfolios, announced today that it is acquiring Piedmont Investment Advisors, LLC, an...

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FIS Group Hires New Sales and Marketing Lead

Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA, Monday, May 14, 2018 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, is pleased to announce that Robert Morier has joined the firm as a senior vice president of...

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FIS Group Issues 2018 Frontier Markets Outlook

Press Release PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 30, 2018 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its 2018 Frontier Markets Outlook, which provides predictions for frontier markets...

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FIS Group Named Best Customized Investment Management Firm by Corporate Vision Magazine

FIS Group also recognized for excellence in Emerging Manager Strategies

 PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 10, 2017 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today announced that it has been named ‘Best Customized Investment Management Firm 2017 – USA’ and winner of the ‘Award for Excellence in Emerging Manager Strategies – USA’ by Corporate Vision (CV) Magazine, as part of their 2017 Large Business Awards.

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Fis Group Q3 2016 Outlook: The Revenge Of The Precariat Over Davos Man

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 20, 2016 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its Q3 2016 Market Outlook. The outlook looks at the risks the vote poses to political stability in Europe, the surging yen in Japan, fading fears of an imminent U.S. recession, and the results of a modest safe haven rise in the U.S. dollar for emerging markets.

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Fis Group Q2 2016 Outlook: Equities Elude The Four Horsemen . . . Again

PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 19, 2016 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its Q2 2016 Market Outlook. This new report recaps the resurgence in risk assets post February 12th and updates FIS Group’s 2016 themes including the emerging markets (EM) rally, a disappointing quarter for Japan, China’s shift from reform to stimulus, and the USD/Federal Reserve policy “negative feedback loop.”

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Fis Group Market Insights Alert “The Brazilian Way”

PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 24, 2016 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its latest Market Insights Alert, on Brazil’s political tensions, market turbulence, and economic disarray.

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Fis Group Finds Bright Spots In Frontier Markets

PHILADELPHIA, PA, March 3, 2016 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its 2016 Frontier Markets Outlook, which highlights opportunities in the frontier markets of Argentina, Vietnam, and Frontier Europe (ex Kazakhstan).

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Fis Group Q1 2016: Moving Beyond A Forgettable Year

PHILADELPHIA, PA, January 15, 2016 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its Q1 2016 Market Outlook, which suggests caution on U.S. equities, highlights opportunities in Japan, Europe, and India, and assesses possible sources of a tail risk event that could disrupt global equities.

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Fis Group Market Insights Alert Probes “What Is Really Happening In China?”

PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 29, 2015 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier market equity portfolio strategies, today issued its newest Market Insights Alert on the rapidly evolving economic and investment picture in China. Following the summer’s volatility and the ongoing Chinese economic deterioration and sliding profit data which has unnerved global investors, FIS Group looks at the risks and opportunities across asset classes: equities, currency, and fixed income.

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Fis Group Q4 Market Outlook Fixes On Opportunity In Global Equity Markets

PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 26, 2015 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier market equity portfolio strategies, issued its Q4 2015 Market Outlook, which underlines caution towards global equity markets, but highlights a counter-trend relief rally in Brazil, Japan, Europe, China, and India.

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When Big Is Bad: How Small Managers Beat Large Firms In Frontier Markets

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 30, 2015 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its newest Market Insights Alert which concludes that smaller managers deliver an additional 200bps of performance than larger managers in frontier market equities.

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China Slowdown A “New Normal” As Transformation Of Economy Advances

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 27, 2015 – FIS Group, a manager of U.S. and global developed, emerging and frontier markets equity portfolio strategies, today issued its newest Market Insights Alert which looks at the transformation of the Chinese economy from export-led to being driven by domestic consumption. In the alert, “Transition to a Chinese-Style ‘New Normal’: Less is More” FIS Group also provides a detailed evaluation of the government’s progress implementing its reform agenda and concludes that while there is still more upside for Chinese A share equities, the next period will be characterized by extreme volatility.

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Fis Group Announces The Launch Of The Paragon Discovery Fund, A Hedge Fund Of Funds Strategy Focused On Making Investment In Smaller, Undiscovered Funds With Reduced Correlation To The Broader Equity And Credit Markets.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, February 25, 2015 – FIS Group, an innovative leader in sourcing and building long-only manager of managers portfolios, together with Talson Capital Management, launch the Paragon Discovery Fund, a new hedge fund of funds strategy. The Fund is a joint venture between FIS Group and Talson Capital Management, the Darien, Connecticut-based, investment firm that manages and customizes portfolios of hedge fund investments. FIS Group is hosting a webcast today to signify the official launch of the Fund.

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Fis Group Employee Wins Prominent Philadelphia-Based Award

PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 11, 2014 – We are proud to announce that FIS Group’s Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Shelley Simms, is among the Philadelphia Business Journal’s 2014 Corporate Counsel Award winners. Ms. Simms received her award today at a well-attended event held at the Union League of Philadelphia.

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Liquid Holdings Joins Fis Group Ecosystem Of Service Providers Dedicated To Helping Emerging Investment Managers

Liquid Holdings Group, Inc. LIQD a provider of a single platform that integrates order, execution, and risk management as well as reporting and shadow NAV in the cloud for the financial services community, today announced it will be among the first group of approved service providers included in the FIS Group Ecosystem. FIS Group, an innovative leader in sourcing and building emerging manager portfolios, created the Ecosystem to assist talented entrepreneurial portfolio managers in the formation and strengthening of new asset management firms.

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