2008 - maintenant• Generalist Equity Analyst at Zadig AM, a long-short pan-european equity hedge fund based in London. The fund has EUR280M under management, with the stock-picking performed by 3 individuals of which Laurent Saglio (main partner). The investment universe encompasses ca.500 companies. Zadig Fund was ranked second best in Europe in 2009, returning 49%.
• Active contribution to the investment process based on numerous one-to-ones with companies’management (70-100 per year with CEOs and CFOs), analyst meetings, screenings, in-house valuation and modelling. Our edge lies in finding the best players in each sector at their most underrated valuation.
• Sectors focus: Media, IT softwares & services, Food & HPC, Retail, Tobacco, Renewable Energy, Stock Exchanges, Medical Devices, Aerospace plus various cyclical and industrial companies. Good ideas stand out based on a sharp understanding of a business model and its problematic, an accurate appreciation of market perception vis-à-vis management’s vision, and a never-to-be neglected realistic appraisal of risk.
• Portfolio Management and trading execution: putting a stock in the portfolio requires taking one out.
• Marketing: Meetings with current and prospective investors
Zadig AM
- Trading-Analyst
2006 - 2006.Taking part in the set up of the fund, helping the founders to develop the organization and find its cruising pace.
.Developing the stock picking skills necessary to evolve into my current position
.Executing on behalf of the fund and trading orders in the market
