Stepha Alexander Steiger

Lupus alpha is an active manager who aims to deliver sustainable added value and above-average performance. The firm constructs highly specialized and focused portfolios invested in European small- and mid-caps.

As the alternative investments subsidiary of LAAM, LAAS specializes in the management of absolute return funds. The firm is an active investor ad manages diversified portfolios invested in high liquidity securities including global equity and fixed-income. Part of the strategy for these funds is to hedge portfolios with alternative instruments in order to diminish risk and guarantee positive annual returns independently from market evolutions. LAAS follows a quantitative investment approach and focuses on a split-strike conversion strategy. The firm generates in-house research that involves a systematic stock screening process designed to assess relative strength towards the overall market, implied volatility and beta consistency for each potential investment. Further analysis on single stocks involves portfolio beta, R2, volatility and performance in falling markets. Finally, the portfolio managers send requests to several brokers to ensure best pricing. Risk is managed daily