Andreas Schneller

PPT is an active manager which seeks to identify companies which have the potential to create shareholder value over the medium and long-term. Their geographic focus is on Europe. ^ For equity investments, the firm utilizes a bottom-up analysis to target the most attractive European companies with a market capitalization of over EUR 3 billion, identifying candidates by evaluating return on equity, track record, future earnings and debt level. They then perform fundamental analysis, evaluating return on invested capital, ratio of debt to free cash flow and future earnings and dividend prospects. They analyze competitive advantage based on the Michael Porter model (competition, potential new entrants, customers, suppliers and any substitution products) and construct portfolios with stocks which have the potential to significantly outperform the market, diversifying to limit sector risk.^ For mutual funds, PPT seeks out managers which have a consistent, original (differentiated) and stable long-term approach with a track record of outperforming in different market cycles. Although their approach has a quantitative aspect, they favor qualitative analysis in their selection process.

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