Nicolas Jean Bertrand Schrameck

Ellipsis AM focuses its expertise on value-added asset classes through two specialized management divisions. (1) The Convertibles & Credit division, which houses their historical and confirmed management expertise. It primarily offers active management of convictions, based on demanding discretionary selection processes. The team therefore favors a strict bottom-up approach in fundamental, financial and ESG analysis. (2) the Overlay & Customized Portfolio Solutions division has developed specific know-how for equity portfolio hedging solutions and risk allocation. This expertise in options equity overlay favors a top-down approach, with a priority on quantitative processes enriched with a discretionary approach.

AIGSL is an active, research-oriented manager which invests in all major asset classes including equity, fixed-income, real estate and cash. They also have expertise in SRI and alternative investments. The firm manages equity funds and fixed-income funds, following long-only and hedged strategies. They specialize in UK-related markets and share research globally throughout Aviva divisions. AIGSL employs a bottom-up investment process based on fundamental financial analysis and valuation and informed by top-down macro-economic research. They select stock by focusing on favorable industry sectors and utilize a dividend discount model. Determinant criteria include return on assets, price-to-book ratio and a low historical price-to-earnings ratio.

EDRAM is an active, long-term manager which focuses on consistency and follows a blend of opportunistic, growth and value investment styles. Their investment approach is value-oriented and conviction-based with limited attention paid to specific benchmarks. They select securities based on a bottom-up approach supported by in-house fundamental research. The firm manages portfolios invested in equity and convertible bonds as well as balanced funds. They invest the bulk of their assets in European equity complemented with Asian and emerging market equity as well as marginal investments in US and global stocks. Convertible bonds represent a minor proportion of their portfolio.