Chris Samuel

CPIM's investment objective is to deliver superior, long-term returns to their investors. The firm invests across hedge funds, CDOs and a London Stock Exchange-listed firm. They also invest in private equity and debt in the financial services and real estate sectors. They have a particular focus on credit risk. Their investment decisions are backed by in-depth analysis. CPIM also invests in direct real estate investments. They have portfolios of CMBS, RMBS and real estate-related mezzanine debt investments. Their real estate portfolio targets primarily investments in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Finland, Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.

Provides financial products

Operates as a holding company with interests in financial advisory services

Provides financial information, ratings, fintech and related software services

LGT Wealth Management takes an active and research-intensive approach to deliver next-generation investment solutions to clients over the long term. Their conventional approach invests in conventional asset classes like equities, bonds and real estate and aims to outperform the market or an agreed benchmark, while their target return approach is broadly diversified, aiming to deliver specific target returns. The firm diversifies risk by investing across asset classes, regions and strategies and utilizes sophisticated risk analysis systems to monitor every portfolio’s exposure to different risk factors and levels of risk. Their Investment Committee carries out the research and risk management processes.

LIL’s investment process includes the objective, strategy, implementation and review. The firm’s fund management teams use distinct and rigorous investment process in managing their funds. They invest worldwide and manage generalist, diversified portfolios spread across various sectors, managed both on a global and regional basis. LIL’s investment team seeks to create value for shareholders over the medium- to long-term, utilizing a top-down approach for asset allocation and a bottom-up approach for selecting ordinary shares. They monitor performance against relevant indexes, but do not track any index. The firm is primarily an equity investor.

IIS is an active, research and conviction-based manager that employs an investment philosophy called Focus on Change, which aims to capture anomalies and inefficiencies between consensus and non-consensus analysis of companies. The firm seeks to consistently add value through their equity portfolios, following a bottom-up approach to construct portfolios comprised of opportunities with real potential. For fixed-income, IIS offers segregated and pooled vehicles across a range of fixed-income sub-sectors and geographies through investment grade corporate bonds, high yield corporate bonds, government bonds, emerging market debt, inflation-linked bonds and absolute return bond strategies.

Acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust

Provides investment advisory services

Provides wealth management services

Functions as an investment holding company

Engages in recycling of coffee grounds and manufactures biofuels & biochemicals

Operates as a charity which engages in supporting community-based organizations

Provides investment management services