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Portfolio Management

Portfolio management,
done properly.

We build and manage a portfolio matched to your goals and your tolerance for risk, then run it with discipline so you don't have to. Two strategies, one philosophy: evidence over emotion.

Capital at risk. Investing involves risk: the value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance and any simulated/back-tested performance are not reliable indicators of future results. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and current law, both of which can change.

Our philosophy

Start with the investor, not the market.

We don't try to predict next quarter. We build globally diversified portfolios and tilt them, deliberately and systematically, toward the characteristics that decades of peer-reviewed research associate with stronger long-term, risk-adjusted returns. Then we stay disciplined: we rebalance by rules, not by mood.

01

Concentration is a hidden risk

Traditional cap-weighted index investing quietly concentrates your money in a handful of the largest, most expensive companies. "Buying the market" is far less diversified than it sounds.

02

What you pay shapes what you earn

Long-run returns are linked to the price you pay today. We allocate toward parts of the market with more attractive valuations and higher expected long-term returns, not whatever has simply grown biggest.

03

Discipline beats prediction

Systematically capturing well-researched return drivers, and removing emotional decision-making, is more reliable than forecasting.

Step one

Your risk profile, 1 to 7.

Before we invest a single euro, we determine your risk profile using the regulated MiFID II suitability questionnaire. Your profile sets the permitted ranges for growth assets (equities), defensive assets (bonds), and alternatives.

ProfileEquitiesBondsAlternativesCharacter
10–5%95–100%0–10%Lowest risk / Conservative
25–20%80–95%0–10%Cautious
335–45%50–60%0–10%Balanced – Conservative tilt
450–60%35–45%0–10%Balanced
565–75%20–30%0–10%Growth-oriented
675–85%10–20%0–10%High growth
780–100%0–10%0–10%Aggressive

Equities include equity ETFs; bonds include bond ETFs and money-market instruments. The figures are the permitted ranges under the investment policy; the actual portfolio moves within them.

You then choose your management approach: Smart Beta or Alpha.

Who it's for

A good fit, honestly assessed.

  • Long-term investorsPeople investing for goals that are years away, who want a disciplined process instead of a second job.
  • Business ownersOwners with company or personal reserves that have outgrown a bank account, often starting with Company Cash.
  • People who value their timeYou follow everything in the app; we do the watching, rebalancing, and reporting.

And who it's not for: money you will need within a couple of years, or an emergency reserve. Markets can fall at exactly the wrong moment for a short horizon. In that case we'll point you toward something more suitable rather than sign you up.

Strategy 1: Smart Beta

The efficient path.

Efficient, low-cost, globally diversified, built on factors, not guesswork. We implement it entirely through ETFs from the world's largest providers, keeping costs low, liquidity high, and holdings transparent, while tilting systematically toward proven return drivers.

The factors we tilt toward

  • ValueCompanies priced below their fundamental worth.
  • SizeSmaller companies, often under-researched and under-owned.
  • MomentumSustained, established price trends.
  • QualityHighly profitable companies with strong balance sheets.
  • Low volatilitySteadier stocks that cushion the depth of market falls.
  • Equal weightRemoving the dominance of a few mega-caps to diversify properly.

No single factor wins every year. Value lagged for stretches, momentum reverses, small caps wobble. That's the point: these drivers are weakly correlated, so combining them produces a smoother, more reliable path than relying on any one.

The defensive side works, too. The bond portion isn't a parking lot. It's a multi-layer defence: global diversified bonds, government bonds, longer-dated treasuries that tend to rise when equities fall, inflation-linked bonds, and a short-dated liquidity buffer.

Tax-aware by design. We use accumulating ETFs (dividends reinvested inside the fund), which defers dividend tax and maximises compounding.

Honest about the trade-offs. A diversified, factor-based portfolio still fluctuates. In bad periods the value of your investment can fall and you may get back less than you invested; the aim is a smoother path over time, not the absence of falls.

At a glanceSmart Beta
GoalEfficient long-term growth with factor tilts
Implementation~100% ETFs
ApproachRules-based, systematic
RebalancingQuarterly (or sooner if a position drifts materially)
Risk profiles1–7
Minimum investment€20,000

Sophisticated management of the kind usually reserved for private-banking clients, accessible from €20,000, not from a €300,000 threshold.

Strategy 2: Alpha

The active path.

Active, quantitative stock selection, for experienced investors with a higher risk appetite who want to try to beat the market rather than track it. Instead of ETFs, we actively select a concentrated portfolio of individual global stocks using our own quantitative models and machine learning.

How selection works

Our models score companies across roughly 30 signals in six dimensions: relative and absolute value; earnings quality and financial integrity; growth and fundamental acceleration; price and volume momentum; sentiment and institutional behaviour; and low volatility / risk control. The highest-ranked, tradable names make the portfolio.

Where machine learning helps

Unlike simple linear models, our machine-learning layer captures interaction effects and non-linear relationships between signals, and ranks a large global universe objectively, which helps shield decisions from human bias. The models inform a disciplined process we design and oversee: people set the rules and the risk limits. Using several factors together means no single signal failing can derail the portfolio.

Where it invests

A concentrated, roughly equal-weighted portfolio focused on global small- and mid-cap companies (with selective micro-cap exposure), segments less picked-over by large institutions, where disciplined selection has more room to add value.

Honest about the trade-offs

Concentration and smaller companies mean higher volatility and the potential for deeper drawdowns than a broadly diversified portfolio, plus liquidity constraints in the smallest names. Alpha is offered only to higher risk profiles, and only where it genuinely suits you.

At a glanceAlpha
GoalSeeking to outperform the market
ImplementationIndividual global stocks + defensive bond ETFs
ApproachActive, quantitative, with a machine-learning layer
RebalancingMonthly (model-driven)
Risk profiles6 and 7 only
Minimum investment€70,000

Want the detail? On request, as part of a consultation, we'll walk you through the full strategy: the methodology, the assumptions, and how we manage risk. We don't put performance figures on our public pages, and we don't lead with back-tested numbers, because simulated results are not realised results. We'd rather earn your trust with a clear, honest explanation of the process.

Fees: in the open

See exactly what you pay.

No transaction fees, no surprises.

 Smart BetaAlpha
Management fee0.7% + VAT / year1.3% + VAT / year
Custody fee0.2% / year0.2% / year
Performance fee10% + VAT of positive return, high-water mark20% + VAT of positive return, high-water mark
Trading / execution€0, we cover them€0, we cover them
Underlying fund costsETF expense ratio (~0.05–0.25%)None (direct stocks)

A high-water mark means a performance fee is only charged on genuinely new gains, above the highest value your portfolio has previously reached.

What you get

Management, without the hassle.

  • Professional management, no hassle.No need to follow the news or place trades. We watch the markets and keep your portfolio on course.
  • No trading costs.We cover the cost of buying and selling within your portfolio.
  • Tax optimization.We manage with tax efficiency in mind and prepare the reports you need for your tax return (eDavki).
  • Regulated safety.Licensed and supervised by the ATVP. Assets held in segregated accounts, strictly separate from the firm.
  • Clear reporting.Periodic reports covering transactions, costs, returns, and a market overview, plus the app for ongoing visibility.

Capital at risk. Investing involves risk: the value of investments can go down as well as up, and you may get back less than you invested. Past performance and any simulated/back-tested performance are not reliable indicators of future results. Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and current law, both of which can change. This website is a marketing communication. It is not investment advice, a personal recommendation, or an offer to enter into any contract. Detailed pre-contractual information is provided before any agreement is concluded.

Built on trust

Safeguards before slogans.

  • ATVP-licensedAn investment firm licensed and supervised in Slovenia.
  • Segregated custodyYour assets are kept separate from ours, at our custodians.
  • Investor protectionStatutory investor-compensation cover up to €22,000 per investor. It protects against the firm failing to return your assets, not against investment losses.
  • No trading costsWe cover the execution costs within your portfolio.
  • IndependentWe manage your money; we don't sell in-house products.

Not ready for a full portfolio?

Other ways to start with us.

INR

Invest tax-smart, from €500

The Slovenian tax-advantaged Individual Investment Account, professionally managed by us.

Company Cash

Put idle business cash to work

A liquid, low-risk money-market solution for the surplus part of your company's cash.

Ready to have it managed properly?