Thomas Wopat-Moreau

BM&O aims to preserve and grow the purchasing power of client capital by investing in the securities of corporations with sound, long-term fundamentals. The firm concentrates client capital into 20-25 businesses that a) generate economic returns far in excess of their costs of capital, b) are run by capable stewards with appropriate incentives, and c) trade at sensible prices. BM&O looks for high-quality growth companies trading at value prices. They are generalists with no interest in matching market or index sector exposures, though they closely monitor sector and related exposures as part of ongoing risk management.

FOURPOINTS manages investments in long-only US equity, international equity, and global equity portfolios. The firm uses a bottom-up, fundamental analysis approach to stock selection including financial statement analysis, cash flow analysis, and valuation techniques including discounted cash flow, price-to-earnings and price-to-cash flow to identify strong market leaders in growth industries. FOURPOINTS seeks to invest in steadily growing sectors with a clear competitive environment. They tends to avoid sectors that are too young, industries undergoing deregulation whose consequences are difficult to assess, and those whose competitive position and profitability are likely to be undermined by a technological disruption.

Functions as a College/University

TPW proposes an asset allocation plan based on a suitability profile derived from a thorough review of the client’s financial situation and objectives as well as the client’s level of risk aversion and any agreed-to restrictions. The firm combines macroeconomic analysis (top-down) with the microeconomic vision (bottom-up).