Antonio de Bustis

The Compass investment approach focuses first on bottom-up research to identify good risk/reward positions. Then they will mix them in a portfolio. They then manage the resulting market risk, optimizing weights of the positions and various hedging techniques depending on the risk profile of each sub-fund. Their independent SICAV consists of several sub-funds, both bond and equity, which are all managed with absolute return strategies. Across the bond sub-funds, Compass invests in corporate and government bonds. Depending on the risk/return potential, and to minimize potentially negative market movements, the firm concentrates on niches and special situations. Within their equity funds, they construct portfolios through investments in government and corporate bonds of emerging countries and supranational entities. They also invest primarily in equities listed or issued in the European Union with a bottom-up approach to stock selection and a portfolio risk management carried out with a discretional hedging