Is Compendeon an asset management or consultancy firm?

- At the moment we are an investment advisory firm, giving our clients advise on asset allocation-, manager selection- and emerging markets-related issues. We are not a licensed asset manager (yet), but the successful track record of our flagship GTAA Product in combination with client requests made us decide to apply for a license later this year.

- However, in terms of willingness ‘to stand for what we think’, we did always offer our services in a fixed-variable fee format as well. Just like asset managers often do. In other words: when the advise generates higher returns for our clients we receive more. But when we have been less successful, we suffer together with our clients.

To what extent is Compendeon’s product range sensitive to key personnel changes?

- The essence of Man-Machine is that it combines human knowledge and quantitative concepts within one framework. I.e. human expertise will at all times be translated into an algorithmic framework to reduce sensitivities to personnel changes.

- And not just that. We use a team approach that is embedded in a flat hierarchical structure.