The proprietary model is based on extensive literature and has been widely back-tested. The methodology has been first implemented in 2012 and has been continuously updated since then.

• It is a multi-factor model that can be applied to any universe, apart from financial companies.
• The model ranks the constituents of the universe based on several factors, including but not limited to growth, quality, valuation, and price performance.

  • Growth is a scarce resource. The presence of Growth limits the risk of value traps.

  • Quality is measured in different ways: Optimization of all factors of production like Capital, Employees, R&D etc., and Balance Sheet and P&L Measures.

  • An attractive Valuation offers a margin of safety and reduces the risk of permanent losses.

  • Price Performance is important since the market anticipates the micro/macro condition changes.

Each factor:

• Carries a pre-defined weight, based on the objective we are trying to achieve.
• Is composed of several attributes, and each attribute also carries a pre-defined weight.

The final rank:

• Is allocated to each stock by weighting the ranks of each attribute and factor based on the corresponding exposure.
• Oscillates from 0.0 to 9.0, where 0.0 is the best and 9.0 is the worst. Because the model is sector-agnostic, it may well be that at times there are no high-ranked stocks within certain sectors.