Investment Objective
The objective of Thematic Equity Long Short strategy is to achieve positive returns from both long and short positions in stocks over a mid to long-term period, while controlling risk, maintaining a market neutral position and serving as an alternative to traditional stock portfolios.
The strategy allows to invest in stocks with focus on technology, fintech, e-commerce, SaaS, cloud computing, digital healthcare, biotechnology, cleantech, space technology and cybersecurity transforming new emerging trends into investment opportunities. Short exposure creates market neutral position to limit market risk and hedge long exposure during turbulent times. Fund manager initiates short positions in stocks, that he believes to be overvalued, unprofitable, having weak fundamental metrics and unattractive growth potential.