Alfredo Mario Piacentini

DECALIA is an active, conviction-based manager which aims to achieve superior performance over the long-term. They have in-house expertise in the main asset classes as well as in analyzing and selecting managers specializing in a range of themes, styles and asset classes. The firm invests in companies whose products and services meet and help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Their Strategy Committee meets regularly to determine an asset allocation based on the client’s risk profile, the exposure to the different asset classes, geographic areas and currencies. Based on strategic allocations, DECALIA follows a bottom-up approach to build model portfolios for each risk profile and reference currency.

SYZ AM is an active, value and conviction-based manager which aims to generate substantial added value by reacting promptly to changes in market conditions. They are performance-oriented and non-indexed, employing a fundamental approach based on a sound macroeconomic scenario. The firm’s teams follow a disciplined and transparent investment process, which includes risk management at each stage. They select securities based on a fundamental and independent analysis. SYZ AM has experience in a variety of asset classes including liquidity (CHF liquidity management, EUR liquidity management); fixed-income (Swiss investment grade bonds, Swiss Government bonds, sovereign bonds and global bonds); equities (global equities, global high dividend equities, European equities, European small-cap equities and Japanese equities); currencies; (high yield currency fund, FX); multi-asset (diversified growth mandates, balanced mandates) and absolute return mandates (multi strategy composite funds, closed-end fund of hedge funds and tailor-made institutional mandates).

Banque SYZ is primarily an active, benchmark-insensitive investor which employs a range of hedging techniques and utilizes alternative products, aiming to optimize risk and return. The firm only invests in areas where they perceive a genuine opportunity for gain and complements in-house expertise with external management for certain asset classes. They follow a two phase investment strategy consisting of asset allocation and stock-picking. Banque SYZ follows a bottom-up approach to select stock utilizing a value-driven philosophy which aims to identify undervalued companies. This process includes a company valuation program based on the assessment of fundamental characteristics of stocks via qualitative and quantitative analyses, which vary according to industry sectors.