A differentiated take on European equities, built around family-controlled and founder-led businesses overlooked by consensus.
12.9%
annualised return since inception
Moderate
2021
Track record established
Europe
Specialist allocation
How our investment team analyzes opportunities, evaluates competitive moats, and manages risk.
To deliver long-term capital growth from a concentrated portfolio of well-governed European businesses trading below intrinsic value.
European markets offer room for patient, independent analysis to find genuine mispricing — especially outside the largest index names.
Broad exposure across the UK, DACH region, Nordics and Southern Europe, with a bias toward founder-led and family-controlled companies with long capital-allocation track records.
Current target exposures across geographies and industry verticals based on fundamental conviction.
UK & Ireland
24%
DACH
26%
Nordics
19%
Southern Europe
17%
Benelux & other
14%
Industrials
24%
Consumer
21%
Financials
17%
Healthcare
15%
Technology
13%
Other
10%
Comparing strategy return performance against broader benchmark indices over time.
Strategy: 140
Benchmark: 125
Illustrative strategy performance. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future performance.
This strategy invests in high-conviction equities where valuations and returns can fluctuate over short-to-medium cycles. Sizing is governed by margin of safety and disciplined capital preservation criteria.
Investors seeking long-term capital appreciation over a 5+ year horizon.
High-conviction, bottom-up fundamental strategy independent of benchmark weightings.
Tolerance for short-to-medium term equity market fluctuations.
Access via wholesale/institutional direct mandates or major custodial platforms.

Portfolio Manager, Global & European Equities
Elena leads the Global Equities and European Fund strategies. Before joining Bern Capital Venture, she spent extensive years in equity research covering industrials and financials across London and Milan.
Structured for institutions, wealth managers, and qualified individual investors.
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