Continental Europe Family Leaders: a long term vision
Family-owned companies have shown historical outperformance within the broader equity universe.1 We believe family companies hold several competitive advantages, embedded in their long-term vision and sustainability mindset. These companies could offer higher economic value creation and tend to focus on organic growth through exposure to attractive structural trends.
LO Funds – Continental Europe Family Leaders seeks to capture these opportunities through a high conviction portfolio of what we consider high quality, family-owned small caps in Continental Europe.
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LO Funds - Continental Europe Family Leaders
Family businesses: a long-term vision of success.2
Long-term perspective Spurred by a commitment to pass the baton to the next generation, family businesses look to the long-term. | Economic value creation Family businesses have “skin in the game”. They tend to focus on organic growth and long-term value creation instead of quarterly reporting. | ||
Leaders in attractive trends Achieving intra-generational wealth transfer requires them to be more attuned to looming structural shifts and growth opportunities. | The right mindset for the sustainability revolution Family companies have a larger reputation at stake and stakeholder alignment to uphold – a natural incentive to pursue a sustainable business model. |
why invest?
LO Funds – Continental Europe Family Leaders is a high conviction strategy focusing on high-quality, family-owned small caps in Continental Europe.
ourselves since 1796, we share a common philosophy and understand a family firm’s values and mindset.
The long-term potential of family businesses
Family businesses and entrepreneurs make up a sizable proportion of our economies.
These businesses are more likely to prioritise passing down wealth to the next generation, which can translate into a more stable, long-term vision than that of other companies.
They are associated with higher economic value creation, driven by a ‘skin-in-the-game’ mentality.
These businesses tend to operate on a long-term-strategy focused on navigating powerful mega-trends and challenges.
Finally, they have a stakeholder alignment to uphold. The pursuit of trans-generational value creation puts stewardship for future stakeholders in focus, which is central to our understanding of what is required in the sustainability revolution.
Building a portfolio of family leaders
Benchmark: MSCI Europe ex-UK Small Cap
Holdings: a low-turnover, high-conviction portfolio of 40 to 65 companies with growth, quality, resilience and solid “familiness” characteristics
Median market cap: <EUR 2bn
Maximum size per holding: 5%
A portfolio that may directly benefit from sustainable themes: three examples
Sustainable food | Sustainable urban systems | Sustainable supply chain |
Cork is naturally renewable and low-impact to grow. Under the majority ownership of a family, a Portuguese cork manufacturer has leapt forward to a leadership position through differentiation and innovation. For instance, its technical cork stoppers gained market share as a substitute to plastic stoppers. | Even amid the Covid-19 crisis, the green building market worldwide is expected to grow by $187bn over the next 7 years3. The European leader in this niche market is a founder-managed business that focuses on ecological building materials derived from wood. The company has found success through a strategy of vertical integration. | Industrial robotics and the widespread adoption of automation is shaping our future. Machine vision solutions, both hardware and software, help improve efficiencies. In other words, they are the “smart eye” of robots. The founder of one of the top three producers of these technologies continues to act as chairman of the board and encourages its innovative growth mindset. |
investment team.
Xavier Lagrandie | |
Arnaud d’Aligny | |
Ingrid Nouhaud |
Source: LOIM as at July 2021. The investment management team is subject to change without notice..
investment philosophy.
At Lombard Odier Investment Managers, we believe sustainability will drive future return
potential4.
A strong and clear philosophy
At Lombard Odier Investment Managers, our conviction in sustainability is integrated into our processes, driving everything we do.
Our approach to implementation is rigorous and disciplined thanks to a transversal platform across strategies. This ensures maximum efficiency.
Our fundamental research is highly-focused and benefits from sharing of best-practices and ideas.
Our disciplined approach facilitates strict risk management by ensuring transparency and accountability at every step of the process.
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