Investment philosophy

Our conviction is that a concentrated portfolio, consisting of carefully selected longer-term investments in attractively valued, high-quality businesses, is the best way to deliver superior investment returns over time.

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The Variis strategy includes a resolute commitment to high conviction investing and absolute returns, avoiding any tendency to mimic market indices.

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We have a pragmatic stakeholder perspective, which we call Variis Stakeholder Investing (VSI), that avoids superficial checkboxes. VSI is particularly relevant in the nuanced context of Emerging Markets.

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While our investment approach primarily relies on bottom-up stock selection, Emerging Markets investing requires a diligent awareness of macroeconomic and political vulnerabilities. We are prudent in managing the strategy to mitigate inherent macro and political risks.