Egbert Sauer

Lupus alpha is an active manager who aims to deliver sustainable added value and above-average performance. The firm constructs highly specialized and focused portfolios invested in European small- and mid-caps.

Helaba Invest is an active manager which has developed transparent and systematic investment processes for almost all investment categories - from stocks to bonds and asset allocation funds to absolute return products. The firm designs asset management mandates and special funds according to the individual needs of its investors. They access a large selection of rule-based investment strategies and create a tailor-made concept based on client’s requirements.

As the alternative investments subsidiary of LAAM, LAAS specializes in the management of absolute return funds. The firm is an active investor ad manages diversified portfolios invested in high liquidity securities including global equity and fixed-income. Part of the strategy for these funds is to hedge portfolios with alternative instruments in order to diminish risk and guarantee positive annual returns independently from market evolutions. LAAS follows a quantitative investment approach and focuses on a split-strike conversion strategy. The firm generates in-house research that involves a systematic stock screening process designed to assess relative strength towards the overall market, implied volatility and beta consistency for each potential investment. Further analysis on single stocks involves portfolio beta, R2, volatility and performance in falling markets. Finally, the portfolio managers send requests to several brokers to ensure best pricing. Risk is managed daily