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Alexey Debelov, CFA
Head of Equity and Structured Products
Ten years of experience in Asset Management
Solid outperformance record
Intelligent investment
Russian and Global strategies
Equity and Structured Products
Head of Equity
 Over 5 years as Head of Equity out of 7
years as Portfolio Manager
 Product originator and Portfolio
Manager
 Two Global and two Russian equity
strategies
 All products markedly outperform the
market and peer products
 Scale: AuM up to USD 50mn
Head of Structured Products
 Total sales over USD 40mn over 4 years
 Some 30 notes sold out of 100 marketed
 Product menu for various geographies
and risk profiles
 Both in-house construction and
distribution of global leaders' products
 Established contacts with leading
providers
Working Experience
 Partner, Equity and Structured Products Portfolio Manager with FP Wealth Solutions
 Head of Equity, Head of Structured Products, Portfolio Manager with Third Rome Plc
 Acting Portfolio Manager, Analyst with Renaissance Investment Management
 Chief Specialist, Downstream, TNK-BP Oil&Gas Co
 Head of Investment Department, Metalloinvest Holding Co
Related Activities
 Lecturer on Portfolio Management and Equity Market at NRU-HSE Masters and MBA programs
 Mentor of NES CFA research competition student team
Contacts
Phone: +7 (910) 482 4200
E-mail: debelov@gmail.com
Product: Russian Value Small-Cap at Third Rome Plc and
FP Wealth Solutions
Role: Originator, Portfolio Manager.
Key Fact: client assets invested have appreciated more than 2.5 times the 7+ years since inception
while the market returned zero.
The strategy’s objective is the maximization of total return on capital by pursuing a combination of
capital appreciation and income generation investing primarily in a portfolio of undervalued equities.
Investments include issuers with primary focus on companies with principal business activities in Russia.
The strategy aims to outperform the second-tier index by superior stock-selection, which has been the
dominating contributor to its past results. For each small cap stock included in the portfolio I require
visible upside, events triggering value unlock, and exit strategy.
The outperformance is continuous, strategy beating index every year. No Russia-dedicated fund has
shown even close performance over the same period.
Small Caps Value Equity strategy performance since inception vs RTS-2
benchmark (gross)
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Since inception
(total)
Strategy 67.9% 21.9% -39.7% -6.3% 16.7% -10.6% 75.7% 158.6%
RTS-2 107.7% 4.4% -47.0% -20.8% 3.2% -31.8% 56.8% 1.7%
Strategy’s profile
Inception: October 19, 2009
Prime Broker and Custodian: Otkritie Securities
Ltd, UK
Min. investment: $500,000
Currency: USD
Total NAV: up to $50mn on peak
Liquidity: biweekly
Benchmark: RTS-2 index
Style: Small Cap, Value
Geographic focus: Russia
Expectation
Investment horizon: over 3 years
Expected return (net): 15%
Expected volatility: 25%
Annual Fees
Management fee: 2%
Performance fee: 20%
Placement fee: none
Withdrawal fee: none
-100%
-50%
0%
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100%
150%
200%
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Oct16
Dec16
Strategy Benchmark
Product: Global Equity at FP Wealth Solutions and Third Rome Plc
Role: Originator, Portfolio Manager.
Key Fact: The strategy has been steadily and materially outperforming the index and similar funds
of leading global asset managers.
The strategy’s objective is the long-term asset growth by investing in global equities and seeking select
undervalued stocks. The strategy is designed for investors aiming to build a global equity portfolio and is
focused primarily on the developed markets. The overall approach is alpha-beta separation, when
investment manager overweighs the attractive stories he has studied vs index.
Global Equity strategy performance since inception vs MSCI ACWI ETF (gross)
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012
Since inception
(total)
Strategy 18.2% -1.2% 6.9% 18.7% 18.2% 75.4%
MSCI ACWI 6.0% -4.6% 1.5% 19.8% 14.0% 40.3%
Strategy’s profile
Inception: January 1, 2012
Prime Broker and Custodian: Otkritie Securities
Ltd, UK
Min. investment: $500,000
Liquidity: daily
Benchmark: MSCI ACWI
Style: Equity, Value
Geography: Global
Expectation
Investment horizon: over 3 years
Expected return (net): 12%
Expected volatility: 15%
Annual Fees
Management fee: 1%
Performance fee: 10%
Placement fee: none
Withdrawal fee: none
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
Dec11
Feb12
Apr12
Jun12
Aug12
Oct12
Dec12
Feb13
Apr13
Jun13
Aug13
Oct13
Dec13
Feb14
Apr14
Jun14
Aug14
Oct14
Dec14
Feb15
Apr15
Jun15
Aug15
Oct15
Dec15
Feb16
Apr16
Jun16
Aug16
Oct16
Dec16
Strategy Benchmark
USA
48,9%
Japan
9,1%
Germany
8,4%
UK
4,5%
Korea
3,2%
France
2,8%
Canada
2,5%
China
1,5%
Other
19,1%27,4%
19,5%
14,5%
12,4%
9,1%
7,6%
4,4%
2,8%
2,3%
Consumer…
Finance
Industrials
IT
Energy
Healthcare
Materials
Telecoms
Utilities
Product: RenShares Utilities Fund at Renaissance Investment
Management
Position: Acting Portfolio Manager.
Key Fact: outperformance under the pressure of massive redemption.
This closed-end fund’s investment goal was to achieve long-term appreciation of assets by investing in
Russian Utilities sector during its restructuring starting 2006.
I was acting PM for the Fund for almost 5 months, raising cash for its $90mn redemption in the
meantime. Despite that constraint, the Fund managed to outperform the sector indices by over 14% during
the period.
Before that, I was the analyst for utilities and other small caps for 2.5 years with Renaissance Investment
Management.
Fund’s profile
Inception: March 10, 2005
Total NAV: up to $160mn
Type: Close-end
Benchmark: RTSEU$ Index
Style: Restructuring play, Utilities
Geography: Russia
The Rationale of Value Investing
“Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for
investors. Operations for profit should be based not on optimism but on arithmetic.”
Benjamin Graham, professional investor, the father of value investing approach
 Value investors do not try to forecast market movement. They seek companies that are temporarily
undervalued relative to either asset value or generated cash flows.
 Reaction on market movement can be best described again by Benjamin Graham: “Basically, price
fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an
opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance greatly”.
 Thus, we do not wait for the market to be cheap to buy, but look for ever-present opportunities.
During the low times such as current Russian market, these opportunities are abundant.
 Due margin of safety is applied: only companies with a solid financial position are considered. An
overleveraged company can face credit event long before the market improves for it to recover its true
value. Same is true for an overleveraged portfolio.
 Value stocks earn higher current income on investment through dividends, thus monetizing low P/E.
Despite Modigliani and Miller critique, we believe dividends to be beneficial, as they produce both
current income for immediate disposal and increase the certainty of return from the stock.
 As the value investor does not attempt to capture market movements, the portfolio has low turnover
and therefore the investor does not lose on fees and spreads (effect described by Terrance Odean,
Finance Professor at University of California, Berkeley).
 Therefore, value strategy by construction avoids behavioral traps when psychology drives
investor to loss-making steps:
 Excessive growth expectation and overoptimism in general, reason for massive
underperformance of IPOs and growth style over the history.
 Gambler’s fallacy and “hot hand”, making market-timers lose on chasing false trend.
 The timing when the potential will realise is not determined, but the reasons for growth are.
Historical observations confirm the outperformance of value stated by Fama and
French:
Investment Approach
LowRegulation Risk
Dramatic underweight in state-owned
companies,especially utilities, no
unfounded bets on regulation
improvement (tariffs,taxes or
dividends)
Friendly Controlling
Shareholder
ormanagement are nearly the
only way for the minority
shareholderto lay claim on
company’svalue.
Dividend Yield
Investorbenefits
directly from cheap
valuation,decreasing
payback risks.
Corporate Actions
Seek hidden value unlocked by
M&A, IPO, buyout,change in
dividend policy.
Hidden Growth
Investingin numeroussolid
growth stories pushed cheap by
the general low-growth
landscape.
PM skill
Finding value
trades with solid
methodology and
track-record.
Value
Top
Performance
Intelligent
Risk-Taking

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Head of Equity and SP Debelov

  • 1. Alexey Debelov, CFA Head of Equity and Structured Products Ten years of experience in Asset Management Solid outperformance record Intelligent investment Russian and Global strategies Equity and Structured Products Head of Equity  Over 5 years as Head of Equity out of 7 years as Portfolio Manager  Product originator and Portfolio Manager  Two Global and two Russian equity strategies  All products markedly outperform the market and peer products  Scale: AuM up to USD 50mn Head of Structured Products  Total sales over USD 40mn over 4 years  Some 30 notes sold out of 100 marketed  Product menu for various geographies and risk profiles  Both in-house construction and distribution of global leaders' products  Established contacts with leading providers Working Experience  Partner, Equity and Structured Products Portfolio Manager with FP Wealth Solutions  Head of Equity, Head of Structured Products, Portfolio Manager with Third Rome Plc  Acting Portfolio Manager, Analyst with Renaissance Investment Management  Chief Specialist, Downstream, TNK-BP Oil&Gas Co  Head of Investment Department, Metalloinvest Holding Co Related Activities  Lecturer on Portfolio Management and Equity Market at NRU-HSE Masters and MBA programs  Mentor of NES CFA research competition student team Contacts Phone: +7 (910) 482 4200 E-mail: debelov@gmail.com
  • 2. Product: Russian Value Small-Cap at Third Rome Plc and FP Wealth Solutions Role: Originator, Portfolio Manager. Key Fact: client assets invested have appreciated more than 2.5 times the 7+ years since inception while the market returned zero. The strategy’s objective is the maximization of total return on capital by pursuing a combination of capital appreciation and income generation investing primarily in a portfolio of undervalued equities. Investments include issuers with primary focus on companies with principal business activities in Russia. The strategy aims to outperform the second-tier index by superior stock-selection, which has been the dominating contributor to its past results. For each small cap stock included in the portfolio I require visible upside, events triggering value unlock, and exit strategy. The outperformance is continuous, strategy beating index every year. No Russia-dedicated fund has shown even close performance over the same period. Small Caps Value Equity strategy performance since inception vs RTS-2 benchmark (gross) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 Since inception (total) Strategy 67.9% 21.9% -39.7% -6.3% 16.7% -10.6% 75.7% 158.6% RTS-2 107.7% 4.4% -47.0% -20.8% 3.2% -31.8% 56.8% 1.7% Strategy’s profile Inception: October 19, 2009 Prime Broker and Custodian: Otkritie Securities Ltd, UK Min. investment: $500,000 Currency: USD Total NAV: up to $50mn on peak Liquidity: biweekly Benchmark: RTS-2 index Style: Small Cap, Value Geographic focus: Russia Expectation Investment horizon: over 3 years Expected return (net): 15% Expected volatility: 25% Annual Fees Management fee: 2% Performance fee: 20% Placement fee: none Withdrawal fee: none -100% -50% 0% 50% 100% 150% 200% Oct09 Dec09 Feb10 Apr10 Jun10 Aug10 Oct10 Dec10 Feb11 Apr11 Jun11 Aug11 Oct11 Dec11 Feb12 Apr12 Jun12 Aug12 Oct12 Dec12 Feb13 Apr13 Jun13 Aug13 Oct13 Dec13 Feb14 Apr14 Jun14 Aug14 Oct14 Dec14 Feb15 Apr15 Jun15 Aug15 Oct15 Dec15 Feb16 Apr16 Jun16 Aug16 Oct16 Dec16 Strategy Benchmark
  • 3. Product: Global Equity at FP Wealth Solutions and Third Rome Plc Role: Originator, Portfolio Manager. Key Fact: The strategy has been steadily and materially outperforming the index and similar funds of leading global asset managers. The strategy’s objective is the long-term asset growth by investing in global equities and seeking select undervalued stocks. The strategy is designed for investors aiming to build a global equity portfolio and is focused primarily on the developed markets. The overall approach is alpha-beta separation, when investment manager overweighs the attractive stories he has studied vs index. Global Equity strategy performance since inception vs MSCI ACWI ETF (gross) 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 Since inception (total) Strategy 18.2% -1.2% 6.9% 18.7% 18.2% 75.4% MSCI ACWI 6.0% -4.6% 1.5% 19.8% 14.0% 40.3% Strategy’s profile Inception: January 1, 2012 Prime Broker and Custodian: Otkritie Securities Ltd, UK Min. investment: $500,000 Liquidity: daily Benchmark: MSCI ACWI Style: Equity, Value Geography: Global Expectation Investment horizon: over 3 years Expected return (net): 12% Expected volatility: 15% Annual Fees Management fee: 1% Performance fee: 10% Placement fee: none Withdrawal fee: none 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Dec11 Feb12 Apr12 Jun12 Aug12 Oct12 Dec12 Feb13 Apr13 Jun13 Aug13 Oct13 Dec13 Feb14 Apr14 Jun14 Aug14 Oct14 Dec14 Feb15 Apr15 Jun15 Aug15 Oct15 Dec15 Feb16 Apr16 Jun16 Aug16 Oct16 Dec16 Strategy Benchmark USA 48,9% Japan 9,1% Germany 8,4% UK 4,5% Korea 3,2% France 2,8% Canada 2,5% China 1,5% Other 19,1%27,4% 19,5% 14,5% 12,4% 9,1% 7,6% 4,4% 2,8% 2,3% Consumer… Finance Industrials IT Energy Healthcare Materials Telecoms Utilities
  • 4. Product: RenShares Utilities Fund at Renaissance Investment Management Position: Acting Portfolio Manager. Key Fact: outperformance under the pressure of massive redemption. This closed-end fund’s investment goal was to achieve long-term appreciation of assets by investing in Russian Utilities sector during its restructuring starting 2006. I was acting PM for the Fund for almost 5 months, raising cash for its $90mn redemption in the meantime. Despite that constraint, the Fund managed to outperform the sector indices by over 14% during the period. Before that, I was the analyst for utilities and other small caps for 2.5 years with Renaissance Investment Management. Fund’s profile Inception: March 10, 2005 Total NAV: up to $160mn Type: Close-end Benchmark: RTSEU$ Index Style: Restructuring play, Utilities Geography: Russia
  • 5. The Rationale of Value Investing “Obvious prospects for physical growth in a business do not translate into obvious profits for investors. Operations for profit should be based not on optimism but on arithmetic.” Benjamin Graham, professional investor, the father of value investing approach  Value investors do not try to forecast market movement. They seek companies that are temporarily undervalued relative to either asset value or generated cash flows.  Reaction on market movement can be best described again by Benjamin Graham: “Basically, price fluctuations have only one significant meaning for the true investor. They provide him with an opportunity to buy wisely when prices fall sharply and to sell wisely when they advance greatly”.  Thus, we do not wait for the market to be cheap to buy, but look for ever-present opportunities. During the low times such as current Russian market, these opportunities are abundant.  Due margin of safety is applied: only companies with a solid financial position are considered. An overleveraged company can face credit event long before the market improves for it to recover its true value. Same is true for an overleveraged portfolio.  Value stocks earn higher current income on investment through dividends, thus monetizing low P/E. Despite Modigliani and Miller critique, we believe dividends to be beneficial, as they produce both current income for immediate disposal and increase the certainty of return from the stock.  As the value investor does not attempt to capture market movements, the portfolio has low turnover and therefore the investor does not lose on fees and spreads (effect described by Terrance Odean, Finance Professor at University of California, Berkeley).  Therefore, value strategy by construction avoids behavioral traps when psychology drives investor to loss-making steps:  Excessive growth expectation and overoptimism in general, reason for massive underperformance of IPOs and growth style over the history.  Gambler’s fallacy and “hot hand”, making market-timers lose on chasing false trend.  The timing when the potential will realise is not determined, but the reasons for growth are. Historical observations confirm the outperformance of value stated by Fama and French:
  • 6. Investment Approach LowRegulation Risk Dramatic underweight in state-owned companies,especially utilities, no unfounded bets on regulation improvement (tariffs,taxes or dividends) Friendly Controlling Shareholder ormanagement are nearly the only way for the minority shareholderto lay claim on company’svalue. Dividend Yield Investorbenefits directly from cheap valuation,decreasing payback risks. Corporate Actions Seek hidden value unlocked by M&A, IPO, buyout,change in dividend policy. Hidden Growth Investingin numeroussolid growth stories pushed cheap by the general low-growth landscape. PM skill Finding value trades with solid methodology and track-record. Value Top Performance Intelligent Risk-Taking