Why Invest With Us?
Team Built to Succeed
We have all the ingredients built up over 25 years of global investing.
Built Successful Businesses
Experienced – Over 25 Years of international Investing
Investment Process Built for the Long Term
portfolios as there are many
opportunities in the international small
cap and global markets.
Our Story
After more than 25 years of equity investing in global and international markets, both for institutions and retail investors, we have decided to start our own minority-owned investment advisory with an international small cap fund, focused on smaller companies outside the US with less than $10bln in market capitalization, and a global opportunities fund that can invest anywhere in any market capitalization.
Our objective is to compound the wealth of our partners, friends and family. We are also heavily invested in our own funds.
In terms of our investment process, we are simply focused on buying great companies cheaply. Generally, most exceptional companies are expensive, offering not much in above average returns. However, extreme patience, focus, and discipline will yield opportunities, especially with equity markets that tend to be irrational from time to time. Our methodology is built to take advantage of these opportunities.
We plan to deliver above average returns with less risk over time. This should translate into success for our firm for the next 25 years or more.
Underpinning our goal is to focus on what we love to do, to treat everyone fairly, and to give back to those who need it most, helping to make a more balanced and healthier society for the future.
Investment Philosophy
OPPORTUNITY
QUALITY
VALUATION
Investment Process
How Do We Find Ideas?
- Various screening techniques, reviewing thousands of companies globally
- Follow and speak to successful investment managers who have a similar mindset and share ideas
- Build a database of exceptional businesses
- Look for business managers that are exceptional in capital allocation
- Visit companies and their competitors
In-Depth Analysis
- Examine the track record of the business
- Understand the mechanics of the business and how it
creates value - Profitability analysis in good and bad times over different business cycles
- Understanding the competitive environment and the
industry dynamics - Analysis of and engagement with management
- Assessment of environmental, social and governance
practices
Valuation and Sell Discipline
- We use various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, PE-Based valuation techniques, private market and relative values
- The objective is to hold the company as long as it
continues to grow and the management is concentrated
on value creation - We will sell if we analyzed a company incorrectly, which
will happen from time to time - We will sell when the fundamentals of the company have deteriorated
- We will sell when the valuation is no longer compelling and if we can redeploy capital into a higher expected return on investments
Reports
Read our latest reports to gain a comprehensive view of our investment approach and strategies.
Edwin Lugo II, CFA.
Edwin Lugo II, CFA – Founder and Managing Director
About
Mr. Lugo has over 20 years experience in managing international equities for various clients — including pension plans, endowments, high-net-worth individuals and mutual funds. His most recent experience includes 15 years of investing in New York City in international small-cap companies. He led a team of up to five analysts at Franklin Templeton, one of the largest fund managers globally, between 2006 and 2021. Mr. Lugo’s team grew assets from $100 million in 2006 to $6 billion by 2014. He managed several concentrated small-to-mid-cap products for Franklin Templeton, including European Small-Mid-Cap, International Small-Cap and Global Small-Mid-Cap funds, and separate institutional accounts.
Mr. Lugo has traveled extensively globally, visiting companies in various industries to analyze businesses and meet management teams in different cultures and regions, including Europe, Asia, the Americas and emerging markets.
Previous Experience
In 1996, Mr. Lugo initially joined Franklin Templeton in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, after graduating with an MBA from Columbia Business School. He worked as an analyst and eventually as a portfolio manager, covering industrial companies globally, and the countries of Israel, Egypt and Argentina.
In 2002, Mr. Lugo began and built the Brown Capital International service, working with Mr. Edward Ramos. The focus of Brown was an all-cap international portfolio. It started with $1 million in assets in 2002 and built assets up to $50 million by 2006, before Mr. Lugo departed to rejoin Franklin Templeton.
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Martin Steinik, CFA – Part-time Portfolio Manager & Analyst
About
Martin began his investment management career in 1994, where he worked as a Research Analyst alongside founder Edwin Lugo at Templeton Investment Counsel covering global small cap equities. After leaving Franklin-Templeton to obtain his MBA at London Business School, and working several years as a sell-side analyst in both London and New York, he reunited with Edwin to build Brown Capital’s successful international business. Martin is a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) charter holder. He is also a lecturer and long standing Executive in Residence at the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business.
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