Profile
Mr. Nicolas Descoqs is an Analyst & Fund Manager at Clartan Associés SAS. He joined Clartan Associés in 2021.
He began his career in the energy industry in 2005 where he worked as a young engineer for the American ConocoPhillips.
After several assignments in different countries (Norway, China, and the United States), he switched into market finance in 2014 and joined Alken Asset Management in London as an Equities Analyst.
He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique - NTNU (Norway).
Nicolas Descoqs active positions
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Clartan Associés SAS
Clartan Associés SAS Investment ManagersFinance Clartan is an offer-focused manager with a mission to support clients over the long-term. Their model is based on a collegiate approach that constructs global portfolios with the bulk of their investments in European securities or securities from OECD countries. They primarily invest in equity, bonds, and money-market instruments. Clartan does not use macroeconomic research and bases investment decisions on bottom-up, fundamental research. They seek to identify companies that are undervalued by the market, that have a strong market position, healthy financials, a good management team, and that protect shareholders' interests. Clartan utilizes derivatives for hedging purposes and to increase performance by taking advantage of market volatility. | Analyst-Equity | 31/08/2021 |
Former positions of Nicolas Descoqs
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Alken Asset Management Ltd.
Alken Asset Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Alken is a European equity specialist boutique whose investment philosophy is to consistently maximize long-term shareholders’ returns. The objective of the firm is to build a diversified product portfolio that aims to address different investors' risk profiles. The firm manages European equity portfolios and focuses on companies with a combination of high or growing ROCE and sales growth potential. They believe long-term outperformance is best achieved through stock-picking and portfolio construction skills. Alken monitors equity market valuations as a comparison to their stock-picking analysis. | Analyst-Equity | 31/08/2021 |
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Clartan Associés SAS
Clartan Associés SAS Investment ManagersFinance Clartan is an offer-focused manager with a mission to support clients over the long-term. Their model is based on a collegiate approach that constructs global portfolios with the bulk of their investments in European securities or securities from OECD countries. They primarily invest in equity, bonds, and money-market instruments. Clartan does not use macroeconomic research and bases investment decisions on bottom-up, fundamental research. They seek to identify companies that are undervalued by the market, that have a strong market position, healthy financials, a good management team, and that protect shareholders' interests. Clartan utilizes derivatives for hedging purposes and to increase performance by taking advantage of market volatility. | Finance |
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Norwegian University of Science & Technology Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Ecole Polytechnique
Ecole Polytechnique Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University | Consumer Services |
Alken Asset Management Ltd.
Alken Asset Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Alken is a European equity specialist boutique whose investment philosophy is to consistently maximize long-term shareholders’ returns. The objective of the firm is to build a diversified product portfolio that aims to address different investors' risk profiles. The firm manages European equity portfolios and focuses on companies with a combination of high or growing ROCE and sales growth potential. They believe long-term outperformance is best achieved through stock-picking and portfolio construction skills. Alken monitors equity market valuations as a comparison to their stock-picking analysis. | Finance |
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