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For over 60 years, we’ve been committed to delivering superior performance, through our actively managed funds and alternative strategies. Whether you are seeking stability or growth, our tailored investment solutions are designed to meet your unique needs.
INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS
Long only investments
We create investment solutions.
60 YEARS OF EXPERTISE
Since 1964, we’ve successfully weathered many markets storms. And thanks to this unparalleled experience, we have only grown stronger and wiser.
A CONVINCING INVESTMENT TEAM
We have built a highly talented in-house team , nurtured by a dynamic work environment and deep rooted culture of investment excellence.
PROCESS IS KING
Asset management should never be improvised. It requires utmost consistency and discipline. Rigorous investment processes really add value.
THINK DEEP, REACT FAST
Our investments are always the result of thorough fundamental research. But we also know how to react quickly in case of unforeseen events.
LONG-LASTING STRATEGIES, NOT FLAVOUR-OF-THE-DAY PRODUCTS
Our range of strategies is carefully developed to capture long-lasting trends and fulfil real investment needs.
RISK IS PART OF THE PROCESS
We fully integrate risk management at every step of our processes to protect and enhance long term value.
Alternative investments
We understand alternative investments.
ALTERNATIVE THINKING
With our long-term experience, alternative investments and hedge funds in particular provide a flexible strategy to capture diverse market opportunities.
ABSOLUTE PERFORMANCE
Instead of simply following market indices, we strive to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns even in difficult market situations.
TALENT IS RARE, YET TALENT EXISTS
We have been investing with unique, talented and independent minds for decades. It allowed us to overcome all the turmoil over the years and deliver superior returns in different market conditions.
OUR EXPERTISE: FINDING THE BEST MANAGERS
For the last sixty years, we have developed a unique expertise in identifying the best money managers worldwide, understanding their strategies, and combining them to build top-performing and resilient portfolios.
OUR STRATEGIES
Equity
Our actively managed equity funds cover a comprehensive range of sectors and themes, from Global Equities to specialized strategies
- Global Equities (Blended, Growth, Value)
- Regional Equities (Switzerland)
- Thematic (Luxury, Medtech, Clean Energy, Artificial Intelligence)
Fixed income
Our fixed income solutions provide stability and security to build balanced portfolios
- Sovereign & Corporates
- Convertible Bonds
Asset allocation
For clients seeking balanced, diversified portfolios, we offer tailored asset allocation strategies that align with conservative, balanced or growth-oriented profiles.
- Conservative
- Balanced (UCITS & OPP2)
- Growth
Alternatives
Pioneers in hedge fund selection, we offer a variety of long-short, macro and absolute return strategies to help you achieve positive performance, even in complex market environments.
- Equity Long Short (Global, Europe, Asia)
- Absolute Return (Multistrategy, Emerging managers)
Equity long only
Thematic
Global
Regional
Fixed income
Sovereign & corporate
Equity long short
Global
Multi-Managers
Global (SICAV SIF)
Regional
Multi-Managers
Europe (SICAV SIF)
Multi-Managers
Pan-Asia (SICAV SIF)
Absolute return
Thematic
Multi-Managers
Energy Transition (SICAV SIF)
Global
Multi-Managers
Multi-PM (SICAV Part II)
Our funds
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People that make our Asset Management unique
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.