Unlike large caps, where it is difficult to add value and where passive strategies can provide an effective response, for small caps, active management offers a real opportunity to outperform the market by a wide margin. Not to mention its clear benefits in terms of responsible investment and shareholder advocacy.
QUAERO CAPITAL further strengthens its European Small Cap Equity investment team through the hiring of Adrian Bignell as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Based in London, Adrian Bignell will bring his strong expertise in Northern European companies and his specific focus on small- and mid-caps. Prior to joining QUAERO CAPITAL, he was Head of Small Caps at Invesco, where he launched and ran their European Opportunities fund.
QUAERO CAPITAL has brought its Luxembourg funds into compliance with the new European SFDR1 regulation on sustainability disclosure, confirming its strong commitment to responsible investment. While sustainable funds have proven to be superior in terms of performance, the new European directive will effectively combat the “greenwashing” that plagues the industry.
Si les GAFAM et autres géants de la tech ou de la pharmacie ont obtenu les faveurs des marchés en 2020, certaines petites valeurs européennes ont également su tirer leur épingle du jeu, surperformant les plus grands titres. Ainsi, l’indice Emix Smaller European Companies a progressé de +7.3% sur l’année, à comparer avec une baisse de -2% pour le Stoxx600. Tour d’horizon de quelques gagnants de la crise sanitaire.
“Alors que certains payaient des fortunes pour Tesla ou Apple, le marché fourmille de perles ignorées. Nous sommes au Palais de Dame Tartine où les murs sont de praline et les poches débordent de bonbons.”
Dans cette interview publiée sur le site d’information Allnews, notre CEO Jean Keller explique pourquoi il pense que le moment est venu de se tourner vers les petites valeurs, qui sont injustement délaissées.
In this interview published in Value Investor Insight‘s July edition, our fund managers Philip Best and Marc Saint John Webb explain how they try to stay “willfully open-minded” and how they sift through Europe’s small-company universe to find undiscovered gems.