José Luiz Montans Anacleto

Skopos is an active, long-term manager which primarily invests in value stocks, performing in-house fundamental analysis with long and short positions. They do not use leverage. The firm seeks to invest in businesses with superior ROIC, entry barriers, high growth potential, capable management, which are aligned with minority shareholders and open to corporate governance improvements. They construct concentrated portfolios and participate on their investee companies' Board of Directors and Audit Boards, aiming to create value. Skopos utilizes core, trading and Long/Short strategies. Their core positions have a longer, buy and hold value-oriented investment horizon. In their opportunistic book they follow a trading approach to take advantage of short-term distortions in the market. Their long/short position is built to hedge a specific long position, reduce market exposure and allow relative value arbitrage intra sector. Their short position is liquid and spread. The firm may invest in shares of other Brazilian-related funds, fixed-income securities or debt instruments in Brazil or abroad, as well as in derivative instruments.