Andrea Bernasconi

Spuerkeess AM is an active manager that invests primarily in equities with a high market capitalization based in OECD countries, and in particular in Europe and the US. The firm tends to follow a sector approach to construct portfolios and manage thematic funds across diverse sectors such as pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biotechnology, information technology and top global brands.

Eurizon Capital has developed specific skills with reference to two types of activity: LTE management and wrapping and product management. For LTE management, assets are managed by keeping a high correlation with the performance of the markets of reference and in respect of TEV limit. The assets are thus managed by using statistical models and the managers' qualitative assessments (in particular, in the selection of securities), integrating a top-down approach with a bottom-up approach, with the aim of being able to identify the sources of possible incremental performance vis-à-vis the markets. For wrapping and product management, Eurizon Capital develops and manages unit-linked insurance products created by the insurance companies belonging to the Intesa Sanpaolo Group.