Fidecum AG
Fidecum AG: Josef Schopf joins Fidecum
Fidecum AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel/Funds Josef Schopf will join Fidecum AG With pleasure we would like to announce that as of September 1st, Josef Schopf will become a portfolio manager at Fidecum AG. An additional equity product managed by Josef will be launched in due course. In addition, he will become a member of the board of the company. Josef holds a degree in economics and is working in the equities industry since 25 years. He is an expert in European small- and midcap companies, based on in depth company knowledge, close relationships and an extraordinary good network across Europe. Hence, his main expertise lies in managing European mid- and small-cap equity portfolios. Starting his career as an equity analyst Josef moved on in 1990 to become a portfolio manager. First, working at Foreign & Colonial in London, then at dit – Deutscher Investment Trust (today known as AGI) and finally for ten years at LUPUS Alpha in Frankfurt. As an example, his Lupus Alpha Smaller Euro Champions fund advanced by 143.6% between January 2002 and November 2007, outperforming the benchmark by 23.8%. ‘Josef Schopf is a most experienced investment professional of high renown and he is internationally well respected for his value investment style. In the past, Josef has impressively demonstrated that it is possible to systematically generate a sustainable outperformance in the mid- and small cap market segment’, says managing partner Klaus Kämmerer, responsible for Marketing and Service. Hans-Peter Schupp, managing partner and portfolio manager of the Fidecum Contrarian Value Euroland fund, calls this the starting point for the next stage of expansion at Fidecum AG: ‘We are really looking forward to working together with Josef in a team. His expertise in the field of European small- and midcaps will help us soon to offer our investors further first class investment products for the diversification of their portfolios.’ Fidecum AG is an asset management boutique, offering mutual funds as well as special mandates as means of diversification for the asset allocation of professional investors since more than five years. We are happy to answer any questions and are looking forward to your call or e-mail. Kind regards Klaus Kämmerer, Tel. +49 6172 6826 515, e-mail: klaus.kaemmerer@fidecum.com Fidecum AG – fund manufacturers End of financial news 30.07.2013 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
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