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DISTINCTIVE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS THAT REALLY
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SINCE 1964

Some sixty years ago, we essentially invented hedge fund selection and multi-manager investing. Since then, this pioneering spirit is very much alive. We have remained committed to delivering superior performance to you. To achieve this ambitious goal, we rely on a simple, yet very rare asset: TALENT. We not only find the best external managers through a stringent selection process, but also attract strong independent minds to run our in-house investment solutions. Today, they successfully manage a wide range of top-performing funds, recognized by many prestigious independent awards.

ASSET MANAGEMENT AT NS PARTNERS

We don’t sell products. We create investment solutions.
60 YEARS OF EXPERTISE

From the 1973 oil shock to the October 1987 stock market crash and the 2008 financial crisis, we’ve weathered many storms. These powerful lessons, which you can only learn from experience, have made us stronger and better. This unique expertise has been rewarded by numerous prestigious industry accolades.

OUR GEEKS SPEAK GREEK

Alpha, beta, delta, gamma… This is just Greek to most people. But our investment professionals master the most complex tools and techniques to deliver superior risk-adjusted performance.

ALTERNATIVE THINKING

Conventional investments only allow you to gain when markets go up. But by thinking out of the box and relying on more sophisticated techniques, such as long/short investing or arbitrage, we can generate positive returns in difficult market conditions.

PROCESS IS KING

Asset management should never be improvised. On the contrary, it requires utmost consistency and discipline. This is why our rigorous investment processes, carefully perfected over 60 years, really add value.

ONE SIZE FITS NONE

Our deeply ingrained private wealth management culture has taught us that the needs of each investor are different. As an institutional investor, we will devise the best solution for you too.

LONG-LASTING STRATEGIES, NOT FLAVOUR-OF-THE-DAY PRODUCTS

You won’t see us knocking at your door every month pushing the latest investment fad. Because our range of strategies is carefully honed to capture long-lasting trends and fulfil real investment needs.

INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES

Rule #1: Don’t lose money. 

Rule #2: Don’t forget Rule #1.

ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE

Unlike many asset managers, who are satisfied with hugging indices, we have a more ambitious objective: to deliver positive returns over a full market cycle.

RISK IS PART OF THE PROCESS

Risk is an unavoidable fact of investment life. So instead of hiding our head in the sand, we integrate risk management at every step of our processes.

NS PARTNERS’ GOT TALENTS!

To deliver the best performance to you, we need the best fund managers. So we have perfected a stringent methodology to select the top outside talents. And we complement them by hiring and retaining the finest personalities for our in-house teams.

THINK DEEP, REACT FAST

Our investments are always the result of thorough fundamental research. Starting with a global macro scenario, we determine the best asset allocation and carefully cherry-pick managers or securities to build robust portfolios. But we also know how to react quickly in case of unforeseen events.

OUR FUNDS
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PEOPLE

Meet the people that make our Asset Management unique.

Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee

Angel Sanz joined NS Partners in 2012. He is Chief Investment Officer and heads the Asset Management division. As such, he leads the Group’s Asset Allocation department and oversees the Long Only Investments and Alternative Investments teams. He is also a member of the Asset Allocation Committee.

Angel has over 25 years of investment experience. Prior to joining the firm, he held three CIO positions at Bankia, BBVA Asset Management and M&B Capital. Before starting his financial career in 1991, he worked for 4 years as a software engineer at AT&T Bell Labs (USA).

Angel holds an MBA from Lehigh University (USA) and a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Valladolid (Spain), for which he received a national academic-achievement award.

We must never forget that behind a portfolio’s figures and statistics, there is always an individual or a family.
Cédric Dingens, CAIA Head of Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients, Member of the Executive Committee Geneva
Cédric Dingens, CAIA Head of Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients, Member of the Executive Committee

Cédric Dingens joined NS Partners (formerly Notz Stucki) in 2002 and heads the Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients department. He also oversees the Alternative Investments activity and is a member of the Portfolio Management & Hedge Fund Selection team and of the Asset Allocation Committee.
Cédric started his career in Banque du Luxembourg (BIL) in 2001. In 2002, he joined NS Partners in Luxembourg as a portfolio manager. He has developed the internal quantitative risk management framework before being appointed Head of risk management in Geneva in 2010, and then being promoted to his current position in 2016.
He holds a degree in quantitative finance from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Nancy (France) and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).

The best way to win is to avoid to lose.
Pierre Mouton Head of Long Only Investments Geneva
Pierre Mouton Head of Long Only Investments

Pierre Mouton first joined NS Partners in 2003 and heads the Group’s Long Only Strategies. He is also member of the Asset Allocation Committee.
He started his financial career in1993 at AG2R La Mondiale, where he successively managed money-market, fixed-income and equity portfolios, before moving on in 2000 to Fiduciary Trust in Geneva as a Portfolio Manager. He then joined NS Partners in 2003 as Portfolio Manager. In 2004, he co-founded Messidor Finance, before returning to NS Partners in 2010.
Pierre holds a Degree and a MSc in finance, actuarial studies and portfolio management from SKEMA Business School in Lille (France).

Investing over the long term require patience, courage and discipline, even though you’re judged almost on a daily basis.
Julien Baltzinger, CFA Portfolio Manager Geneva
Julien Baltzinger, CFA Portfolio Manager

Julien Baltzinger joined NS Partners in 2019 first as Middle Officer and then, from 2024, as Analyst and now Manager for the Macro and Fixed Income strategies.
Prior to joining NS Partners, Julien started his career in 2014 as a Middle Office Analyst at Jabre Capital Partners and then served as a Portfolio Management Support Specialist for a multi-family office in Geneva.
Julien holds a MSc. in Management from the University of Geneva, having completed his final semester at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has also been a CFA charterholder since 2022.

Caron Bastianpillai Senior Portfolio Manager Geneva
Caron Bastianpillai Senior Portfolio Manager

Caron Bastianpillai has over 30 years of experience in hedge fund investing and joined NS Partners in 2008 overseeing hedge fund strategies. After beginning his career in 1990 as an equity product manager at Thomson Financial Services, he joined Banco Santander Group in 1994, where he was responsible for research, due diligence and portfolio management in connection with hedge fund strategies. In 2001, Caron joined Optimal Investment Services (a wholly owned subsidiary of Banco Santander Group), where he became a Managing Director in 2005, leading a research team in global equity hedge strategies.
Caron holds a Bachelor's degree in international business from Richmond College in London, a BBA in marketing from the University of Houston and an MBA in international management from the European University in Geneva.

Selecting a manager is a delicate balance between the subjective assessment of his talent and a highly disciplined process.
Marie-Caroline Benoiston Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of ESG Geneva
Marie-Caroline Benoiston Senior Portfolio Manager and Head of ESG

Marie-Caroline Benoiston joined NS Partners (formerly Notz Stucki) in 2014 as a Fund Manager for the Asset Management department.

She manages several of the company's thematic funds and she is also active in investment research. In 2017 she created the philanthropic initiative NS Impact. Since then, she has been actively involved in the ESG development and became responsible for the ESG strategy for the Group in 2020.

Marie-Caroline holds a Bachelor's degree in Management and a Master's degree in Finance with a specialization in financial engineering and risk management from the University of Lausanne-HEC.

Investing is not only about figures. It’s also about assessing the ability of a company’s management to navigate future trends successfully.
Gabriele Casati Senior Portfolio Manager Geneva
Gabriele Casati Senior Portfolio Manager

Gabriele Casati joined NS Partners in 2018. He manages multi-manager hedge fund portfolios with responsibilities for portfolio management, manager sourcing, research and due diligence. One of the main expertise is Asian hedge funds investments. He’s also leading external long only funds selection.
Gabriele has more than 17 years of international hedge fund selection and investment experience, covering both developed and emerging markets. He started his career in New York in 2004 as an analyst for Haussmann Holdings Fund. He then worked in a similar role in a Private Banking company in Buenos Aires and a single family office in Geneva. In 2012, he moved to Hong Kong, working as a senior hedge fund analyst for Arowana Asset Management before coming back to Geneva in 2018.
Gabriele holds a Degree in Business and Economics from the University Carlo Cattaneo (Italy).

It’s easy to understand that, in order to deliver the best performance, you need the best asset managers. The hard part is to find them.
Maria Hernandez Sanchez Equity and ESG Analyst Geneva
Maria Hernandez Sanchez Equity and ESG Analyst

Maria Hernandez joined NS Partners in 2021 as Junior Fund Analyst for the Long-Only strategies.

Before joining NS Partners, Maria undertook several internships: in Magallanes Value Investors and in Varianza Gestion, both within the Equity Research team, prior to another experience within the Alternative Investment team of Santander Private Banking International in Miami.

Maria holds a Degree in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Stock and Financial Markets from IEB (Instituto de Estudios Bursatiles) in Madrid.

Maximilien Mestelan Equity Analyst Geneva
Maximilien Mestelan Equity Analyst

Maximilien Mestelan joined NS Partners in 2021 as a Risk Officer and has been promoted Junior Analyst for the Long Only strategies in 2023.

Prior to joining NS Partners, Maximilien completed internships as a relationship manager assistant at Julius Baer (Switzerland) and as an assistant at Hachiko Financial, an Financial Advisory Firm (Antigua & Barbuda).

Maximilien holds a Bachelor's degree in Management from G.I.H.E (Switzerland) and a Master’s degree in Management with a specialization in International Business from IE University (Spain).

Alexis Peytre Institutional Sales Associate Geneva
Alexis Peytre Institutional Sales Associate

Alexis Peytre joined NS Partners in 2020 as Institutional Sales Associate for Switzerland.

He started his career at Edmond de Rothschild Assurances et Conseils in 2010 as a Relationship Manager covering Wholesale clients in France. In 2011, Alexis joined Lazard Frères Gestion in Paris as a Marketing Manager and Sales Support for Switzerland. In 2017, he moved to the new entity Lazard Fund Managers in Geneva to promote Lazard Frères Gestion (Paris) and Lazard Asset Management (New York) fund range in Switzerland.

Alexis holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Finance from Oklahoma University (USA) and a Master’s degree in Finance with a specialization in Wealth Management from IAE Clermont Auvergne School of Management (France).

Alexis Sautereau Senior Portfolio Manager Geneva
Alexis Sautereau Senior Portfolio Manager

Alexis Sautereau joined NS Partners in 2020.

Alexis Sautereau has more than 20 years’ experience in a variety of financial sectors. He began working in options and equities trading before moving into technology consulting and then corporate finance. In 1999, he joined Unigestion, one of the European leaders in alternative management, and became executive director, before leaving in 2002 to found Jam Research.

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Antonio Mira
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Antonio Mira joined NS Partners in 2006 as Group Chief Financial Officer. He heads the corporate functions and is involved in coordinating and implementing the decisions of the Executive Committee.
An experienced bank auditor, Antonio started his career in 1995 with Arthur Andersen, where he worked for some 7 years before joining Ernst & Young in 2002 as a Senior Manager.
Antonio is a Swiss chartered accountant and a Business graduate of Lausanne University (HEC).

The challenge is to have the right agenda to orient the business, its transformation and the appropriate use of data.

Sébastien Poiret
DEPUTY HEAD OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Sébastien Poiret joined NS Partners in 2008 and manages funds of hedge funds and private client mandates. He also oversees the development of the Group’s offices in Mauritius.

Prior to joining NS Partners, he served as a Trader, Head of Manager research and Portfolio Manager in the USA and Switzerland for a single hedge fund (1998-2004) and for Optimal (2004-2008), Grupo Santander’s fund-of-hedge funds operations.

Sébastien holds a Bachelor’s degree in Corporate Finance from the ESPEME Business School (EDHEC Group) and an MBA in Finance and Economics from the Institute of Business Administration, both in Nice.

It’s all about finding the right balance between making money, capital preservation and liquidity.

Abir Oreibi
BOARD DIRECTOR

Abir Oreibi joined the Board of the NS Partners Group in 2018, where she brings her truly international perspective and rich experience.
Among many other ventures, Abir set up Alibaba.com’s first European office. After living and working in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and London, she now lives in Geneva, where she is CEO of Lift Events, an organization that identifies technology trends, their business and social impact through the organization of events and open innovation programs. Issues related to the challenges and opportunities created by new technologies as well as the strategic responses from organizations are at the heart of Lift’s activities.
Abir holds a BA in Political Sciences from the University of Geneva. She is an investor, and member of advisory and innovation boards.

Nothing great is created by following the herd. Whoever has heard of Alexander the Average?

Romain Pidoux, CAIA

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Romain Pidoux joined NS Partners in 2011 and heads the Group’s Risk Management.
He started his financial career in 2005 as Head of Quantitative Analysis for a Swiss Family Office, selecting funds and managing portfolio allocation. In 2008, he switched to the alternative world and joined Peak Partners as hedge funds analyst.
He is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) and holds a Master’s degree in international relations from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at Geneva University.

If you want peace, prepare for war. The same goes with risk management.

OUR FUND SERVICES Fund Engineering & Set Up

We coordinate your fund project from end to end and assist you through all the legal, administrative, regulatory and operational steps required to launch a Luxembourg investment fund.

We assist you with constitutive documents drafting (articles of incorporation and prospectus), the investment management, advisory and distribution agreements, the central administration, custodian bank and domiciliation service agreements, the risk management process, as well as the internal investment guidelines. We organise the operational setup and help you select all the providers and partners you need.

We advise you, file the constitutive documents of your fund and liaise with Luxembourg authorities (CSSF) until approval.

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OUR FUND SERVICES Distribution support & Fund registration

The marketing of your fund is an essential factor of your success. Yet, distributing funds, both within and beyond Europe, can be a daunting task for investment managers, who struggle to meet their various reporting requirements.

Our seasoned and multi-lingual team masters the intricacies of European regulatory constraints and acts as a single point of contact with the various service providers.

Thanks to our total independence and close relationships with service providers, we offer impartial advice and help you obtain competitive prices. Naturally, our service is tailored to your specific distribution requirements.

We also assist you in devising and implementing your distribution strategy and introduce you to our network of distribution specialists in Europe.

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OUR FUND SERVICES Independent Directorship

Under new UCITS V and AIFMD directives, the role of the Independent Director has become more important and is now considered a profession in its own right.

Indeed, your fund’s Board should ensure that high standards of corporate governance are applied at all times and have a good professional standing, appropriate experience, act fairly and independently in investors’ best interests and operate with due care and diligence in the performance of their duties. Additionally, the Board should ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and with the fund’s constitutional documents.

Our panel of independent directors are all seasoned fund professionals with over 20 years’ experience in the asset management industry. They also cover a wide range of professional skills and backgrounds, including administration, regulatory, operations, legal, tax, portfolio management and risk management functions.

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OUR FUND SERVICES Risk Management & Compliance

Risk management is in our DNA.

We provide you with an integrated risk and investment compliance management service. Being an integral part of our IT infrastructure, our risk systems guarantee an effective assessment and management of financial risks. They include a full range of risk indicators adapted to the risk profile, the asset class, as well as each fund’s investment strategy.

Based on the best market practices and compliant with ALFI and ESMA guidelines, our risk management services include:

  • Appraisal and monitoring of portfolio risk
  • Regulatory risk and investment compliance (including asset eligibility)
  • Periodic monitoring of asset evolution for UCITS and AIF vehicles
  • Independent NAV supervision
  • Production of customized risk management reports
  • Historical VaR, parametric VaR and Montecarlo simulation

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OUR FUND SERVICES Investment Management

Thanks to our 55 years’ experience in managing conventional and alternative investment funds, we have acquired a unique expertise in asset management.

And because we focus on multi-manager funds, we have developed a strong and disciplined manager selection process that allows us to find and monitor the best Investment Managers if needed.

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