LGT Capital Partners' Investment Outlook 2026 - Montreal

Mikio Kumada (Greek/Japanese) is an Executive Director at LGT Capital Partners in Tokyo. He serves as an Investment Strategist in the Asset Allocation & Research team, is a voting member of the LGT Endowment’s Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) Committee and is also co-responsible for overseeing LGT Capital Partners entity in Japan. Prior to joining the firm, he worked for Bloomberg in Europe, among other roles. Mr. Kumada joined LGT Group in Liechtenstein in 2002 as a market analyst for the group’s treasury department and later transferred to asset management. Over the years, he has worked for the firm in Switzerland, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He is communicating economic research and investment strategy to clients, and regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg as a commentator. Mr. Kumada holds an MA in Political Science from the University of Vienna and is a Certified International Investment Analyst. He is fluent in English, German, Japanese and Greek.

Jérôme Baume (Swiss) is an Executive Director on the Multi-Asset Solutions team at LGT Capital Partners in New York. He is a member of the Tactical Group. Before joining the firm in 2018, Mr. Baume gained strategy consulting experience at McKinsey & Company serving pharmaceutical and health-care companies on a broad range of topics. He also had stints at Bank Julius Baer and EY where he worked on major banking projects. Mr. Baume holds an MA in Banking and Finance as well as a BA in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and won various academic awards such as the Best Masters (MBF) Degree Award. He is fluent in German and English