| Active management  | For many years there has been an active debate about which is the better of two approaches in investment management: active and passive management.
We definitely believe that active management is the better approach because it is the only one which generates higher returns than those of the market in the long... continue |
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| To invest in high quality assets | We strongly believe that the basis of fund management should be the selection of high quality companies able to generate value for the investors. We spend the majority of our time and effort finding a pool of companies which are characterised by a consistently high R.O.C. (Return on Capital) in the belief that these are the backbone of a well structured portfolio... continue |
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| Long term perspective | We are investors not traders. Once we have discovered investment opportunities, through fundamental analysis, we plan to keep the stocks for the long term... continue |
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| Continuous research into investment opportunities | Part of our mission is to make a continuous effort to look for undervalued assets. It is predominantly periods of disorientation and volatility which create the most attractive opportunities for buying value, with the support of disciplined analysis and putting one's emotions aside... continue |
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| Strong bias in investing in equities | Many empirical studies have proved that asset allocation is the main element which affects the return of a portfolio; this is the allocation between debt and equity instruments. Therefore the decision regarding which class of activity to invest in over the long term is critical... continue |
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| Risk control | As professional investors, our mission is to manage, not avoid risk and to educate our clients on the nature of investment risk. Since personal perception amongst people varies, we adapt portfolios to each clients partricular risk predisposition... continue |
