ABOUT

YOUR TRUSTED PARTNER
SINCE 1964
NS

PARTNERS OF YOUR SUCCESS

Since 1964, our ambition is to be your trusted partner when it comes to managing your investments.

Whether you are an individual investor, a family or an institution, our objective is to provide you with the best solution, by combining a true pioneering spirit with our unique expertise.

Because your satisfaction is our sole raison d’être.

TALENT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE ​

Far from the current trend towards standardized investments, we are convinced that there are a few talented individuals who can make a difference.

Year after year, we identify the best money managers worldwide, with whom we’ve established long-lasting relationships.

To complement these external skills and build our own in-house talent pool, we hire highly qualified professionals to develop our own investment strategies.

Today, they successfully manage a wide range of top-performing funds, recognized by many prestigious industry awards.

VALUES

Nothing great can be achieved

without a strong set of values.

You first

You are and will always be
our first priority.

Commitment

We are determined.
Dedicated. Relentless.

YOU ARE UNIQUE

We don’t offer off-the-shelf
products but carefully tailored solutions.

STRENGTHS

No success is sustainable without
truly compelling strengths.

INDEPENDENCE AND ALIGNMENT OF INTERESTS

100% owned by our management, we are fiercely independent and free from any external pressure that would hinder our impartiality. We invest alongside our clients, thus ensuring that our interests are fully aligned.

NETWORK

Thanks to strong relationships built over the years, we have established an extensive worldwide contact network. This gives you a privileged access to off-the-limelight managers and to funds otherwise unavailable or closed to new investors.

COMPELLING TRACK RECORD

Since 1964, we have established a proven track-record of delivering superior absolute returns, with a focus on limiting downside risk.

FLEXIBILITY

Client-centric by nature, we know that a “one size fits all” approach really fits no one. And our agile structure makes us very responsive.

COMBINATION OF EXPERTISE

In each of our three business lines, we have developed a unique know-how, and these areas of expertise complement each other perfectly to serve you even better.

DISCIPLINE

Our results rely on rigorous investment processes based on fundamental research and stringent risk management.

SIXTY Years
of Discovering Talents
SIXTY Years
of Discovering Talents

1964 The birth of a new vision

In 1964, Beat Notz, a truly independent and visionary mind, imagined a new wealth management concept.

1967 The arrival of a new generation

During the decades that followed, we discovered and invested with some of the most talented fund managers of the modern era.

1967 The first UCITS fund

On 28 April 1967, we established our first Luxembourg-based long only collective investment vehicle, DGC SICAV (later rebranded Diversified Growth Company), which became the first UCITS fund in Luxembourg.

1974 Haussmann Holdings

Able to deliver consistent absolute returns, but secretive and often difficult to understand, hedge funds can be a challenging investment for private investors.

1975 Christian Stucki

In 1975, Beat Notz partnered with his friend Christian Stucki to create Notz Stucki & Cie.

1977 Expanding to London

Thanks to its long tradition of colonial trade and its liberal regulation of financial exchanges, London established itself in the 1970s as the global hub for international investing and the European centre of expertise in asset management.

1979 Asia - The new frontier

In the years following the 1973 oil crisis, most developed economies were undergoing a long-lasting recession. At the same time, the emerging Asian Tigers were exporting their manufactured goods worldwide and enjoying exceptionally high growth rates.

1987 Lynx

As the less efficient markets of Europe provided good investment opportunities, in 1987 we decided to look for European hedge funds. At the time, the only place where you could find talented managers was London. But the British traders trying to set up their own hedge funds had a hard time finding investors in Switzerland.

1990 The United States of Europe

In the 1980s, Europe became a huge market for asset management, thanks to the first UCITS Directive, adopted in 1985. This allowed the creation of euro-compatible investment funds and thus the advent of a single European market for investment.

1994 Aruna

In the 90s, India initiated a deep economic liberalisation program, opening the doors of the world’s sixth largest economy to foreign investment.

1998 Nurturing in-house talent

After having relied for 30 years on combining outside talent to build multi-manager portfolios, we decided to complement this unique expertise by launching our own single-manager strategies, in particular with funds based on promising investment themes.

2000-2008 The Golden Age

In 2000, the dot-com bubble burst and the world’s stock markets fell sharply.

2008 Darwinism in the hedge funds industry

Alas, unlike in 2000, hedge funds suffered heavily during the 2008 financial crisis. Indeed, driven to complacency by the influx of capital and rising markets, many alternative managers massively increased their risk and leverage.

2013 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super ManCo!

In December 2013, our Luxembourg entity became the 1st Super ManCo in Luxembourg to be granted the AIFM License, the Management Company under Chapter 15 of the UCITS Law license and the Wealth Management Activity extended services.

2021 A New Start

In 2021, with a new generation on board and in order to reflect the evolution of our activities, we have changed our brand name to NS Partners.

  • 1964 The birth
  • 1967 The arrival of a new generation
  • 1967 The first UCITS fund
  • 1974 Haussmann Holdings
  • 1975 Christian Stucki
  • 1977 Expanding to London
  • 1979 Asia - The new frontier
  • 1987 Lynx
  • 1990 The United States of Europe
  • 1994 Aruna
  • 1998 Nurturing in-house talent
  • 2000-2008 The Golden Age
  • 2008 Darwinism in the hedge funds industry
  • 2013 It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a Super ManCo!
  • 2021 A New Start
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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Grégoire Notz Board Executive Director, Head of Strategy and Development, Member of the Executive Committee
Antonio Mira Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Executive Committee
Angel Sanz, CFA Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Management, Member of the Executive Committee
Cédric Dingens, CAIA Head of Investment Solutions & Institutional Clients, Member of the Executive Committee
Frédéric de Poix Head of Wealth Management, Member of the Executive Committee
Christophe Verbaere Chief Operating Officer, Member Of The Executive Committee
Grégoire Notz Board Executive Director, Head of Strategy and Development, Member of the Executive Committee

Grégoire Notz joined NS Partners in 1997, the Board of the NS Partners Group in 2008, the Executive Committe in 2017 and now also heads the Strategy and Development department.

Before joining the company, he held various positions at Permal Asset Management in New York, SBC Warburg in Zurich and Banco Santander in New York. He also founded Arowana Asset Management, Pterois SA, and sits on the Board of Notz (Metall) Holding.

Grégoire holds a BS with a double Major in Finance and in MIS from Northeastern University in Boston (USA) and is a graduate of Harvard Business School OPM in Boston (USA).

There are just a few incredibly talented funds managers. The challenge is to find them.
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.
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

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.
Frédéric de Poix Head of Wealth Management, Member of the Executive Committee

Frédéric de Poix joined NS Partners in 2013. He now heads the wealth management business line.
After starting his career in 1985 as a coffee trader at Sucres et Denrées and as a regional manager at Finagrain, a subsidiary of the Continental Grain Company, he worked in private wealth management at Morgan Stanley and Hyposwiss for 15 years.
Frédéric is a graduate of the Bachelor of Business Administration program of EPSCI/ESSEC GROUP (France).

Listening always should come before investing.
Christophe Verbaere Chief Operating Officer, Member Of The Executive Committee

Christophe Verbaere joined NS Partners in 2021 as Group Chief Operating Officer, in charge of technology and operations.

He started his career in 1994 with the French Space Agency as a rocket scientist for European Ariane space launchers family and moved to Switzerland in 1998 to start an IT career applied to finance going through different roles for major Geneva based Private Banks and Asset Managers. With a passion for data and digital, he added Portfolio Management, Risk management, Quantitative analysis and Data science education to his background in order to better help organizations in their Front to Back digitalization strategy.

He is graduate of an Aeronautics and Astronautics engineer diploma from ESTACA (Paris), a Risk Management and Quantitative analysis diploma from HEC (Geneva), a Financial Market and Portfolio Management certificate from ISFB (Geneva) and followed a Data Science certificate from ENSAI (Paris).

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” (Albert Einstein)
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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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