EPFR’s Sector Rotation Strategy: Taking a look from the bottom‑up
EPFR’s Sector Rotation Strategy is one of the staple macro strategies created in recent years by the data provider’s Quant Team. The signals...
Azalea Micottis
Azalea Micottis joined EPFR in 2020 as Quantitative analyst, navigating EPFR’s vast database of mutual fund and ETF flows and positioning data, and discovering new thematic insights. She provides consultative services to buyside and sell-side clients on systematic investment strategies, adding context to the direction and trends in EPFR data.
Prior to EPFR, Azalea worked at Bloomberg as a member of the Equity Analytics and BQuant Analytics teams, building her knowledge and expertise within the fund flows space. In her role, she worked closely with clients to integrate Bloomberg’s data and quantitative platforms into their everyday workflows and strategies.
Azalea holds an MSc Management from Imperial College Business School, London, and an MSc Chemistry from Imperial College, London and École Normale Supérieure, Paris.
Off the wires: Investors’ enthusiasm for Japanese stocks has gone overboard
Japanese equities have enjoyed a burst of popularity in 2023, but which equity funds have really benefited from it? Quantitative Analyst, Azalea...
Off the wires: Banks get another credit downgrade and stocks drop
Where, and at what costs, are US banks going to secure the funds they need to operate? Who will they lend to? What about their exposure to real...
Off the wires: Banks choosing Paris over London post Brexit boost France’s exports
An accelerating trend in the relocation of British and American banking activities to Paris, due to Brexit, has boosted exports in services from...
Off the wires: Big investors rush into bonds after ‘cataclysmic’ year
EPFR’s Azalea Micottis analyzes how bond fund flows are reacting as banks may start winning the battle against inflation.
Market Insights: Retail flows
During this session, Quantitative Analyst Azalea Micottis showed how EPFR’s fund flows data can work with retail flows to uncover key insights for...
Off the wires: Investors bet on shrinking pool of tech stocks as rally narrows
Year-to-date the American S&P 500 index has rallied by over 7.5%. However, with a large proportion of these gains driven by just seven...
Off the wires: Bitcoin is one year away from a major technical event. History suggests the start of another bull run
Bitcoin’s next “halving” is expected to take place in 2024. These events take place when Bitcoin miners have added 210,000 “blocks” to the...
Off the wires: US inflation falls to lowest level since May 2021
According to CNN, annual inflation dropped in March 2023 for the ninth consecutive month, and grocery prices fell month-on-month for the first time...
Off the wires: Money market funds swell by more than $286bn amid deposit flight
The collapse of several US regional banks and the UBS-Credit Suisse merger in March spurred investors to look for alternative homes for their money....
Off the wires: Nike, Adidas shoe supplier to cut up to 3,000 jobs in Vietnam this month
Azalea Micottis expands on a recent Nikkei Asia article to deep dive into the latest Vietnam’s equity fund trends using EPFR Fund Flows and...
Off the wires: Frontier and emerging markets: Inflection points
The blog referenced in this piece emphasizes the importance of using historical relative performance of equity markets for developing robust...