MWC Group US | Asset Management

Our Asset Management Strategies

At MWC we strive to provide clients with a unique investment strategy tailored to their circumstances, risk tolerance, and financial objectives. In a personal discussion, our financial advisers will evaluate your current financial situation, liquidity needs, investment objectives, and tolerance towards undertaking financial risks. Once your personal needs and individual circumstances are understood and carefully assessed, our asset management team will transform your financial goals into an investment strategy oriented on the preservation of capital, growth of assets, and sustainable long-term returns.

Our investment strategies are based on a top-down strategic asset allocation approach, which involves the identification of long-term macro trends and secular growth themes set to disrupt individual sectors, industries, and segments of the economy and society as a whole. Our portfolios offer a blend of investments providing you with exposure to different asset classes, geographical regions, and economic sectors to ensure that your investments are diversified and optimised to achieve the best risk-adjusted returns. Depending on your risk propensity, capital, and experience, your portfolio will be linked to one of our dynamic models that are actively managed by our asset management team.

We also offer bespoke, individually tailored portfolios or advisory relationship to qualified clients, who like to be involved in the management of their capital and are equally passionate about world of investments. Our asset management services are complemented by quarterly market and economic overview reports and regular investment recommendations for your portfolio. We will ensure that the complexity and diversity of financial markets, are delivered to you in the simplest terms, whilst the instruments chosen for your portfolio offer the best value that goes in line with your financial planning.

Series 65

The Series 65 exam, also formally known as the Uniform Investment Advisory Law Examination, is a securities license required for individuals to act as financial advisers in the US. The exam is designed by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and administered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), covering a variety of topics including but not limited to regulations, ethics, laws and securities valuation. Four of our team members have so far obtained the qualification and are now formally recognised by FINRA as Investment Advisor Representatives in the US.

Model Portfolio Management

Our investment strategies are based on a top-down strategic asset allocation approach, which involves the identification of long-term macro trends and secular growth themes set to disrupt individual sectors, industries, and segments of the economy and society as a whole. Our portfolios offer a blend of investments providing you with exposure to different asset classes, geographical regions, and economic sectors to ensure that your investments are diversified and optimised to achieve the best risk-adjusted returns. Depending on your risk propensity, capital, and experience, your portfolio will be linked to one of our dynamic models that are actively managed by our asset management team.

The Secular Growth Trends Strategy

The Secular Growth Trends Strategy seeks to anticipate structural paradigm shifts in technology, demographics and social environment, which are deemed to create disruptive innovation in the established markets. The underlying investments are identified through the proprietary research of the MWC Asset Management Team, whereby the top-down analysis is conducted to select thematic ETFs that are well-positioned to benefit from the materialization of secular growth trends. Although highly concentrated within the technological sector, the portfolio is diversified across various geographical regions and industries within the tech-space. The portfolios are equally weighted at the inception of the strategy and is rebalanced on a quarterly basis to maintain the portfolio within the established risk-management parameters. Individual portfolio holdings can be removed or added with the maturity of underlying structural shifts or identification of the new secular growth trends. The portfolios are based on a long-only strategy with no short-selling engagement.

The Global Thematic Focused strategy

The Global Thematic Focused strategy is based on strategic asset allocation involving the identification of high conviction investment themes by the means of proprietary research, analysis of economic data, demographics, technological change and environmental awareness. The mutual funds and ETFs, which are believed to benefit the most are then selected. The portfolio is diversified across asset classes, geographical regions and sectors, having a structural bias towards disruptive technological innovation and long-term opportunities in emerging markets. The strategy is constructed based on a spectrum of 7 risk profiles, which differ in asset allocation targets and selection of funds within each portfolio. The top-down approach is taken to identify all the potential investments based on structural factors and fundamental analysis. The model is revised and rebalanced on a quarterly basis to adapt to changes in macroeconomic environment while maintaining the portfolio within the established risk-management parameters. The model portfolio follows a long-only strategy with no short-selling engagement.

The Investment Committee, are responsible for reviewing and approval of investments and insurance products to be recommended by the Company’s investment advisors when providing investment advice to clients and by portfolio managers in the daily management of client portfolios.

It is also the responsibility of the Investment Committee to review the performance of the portfolios under management and to monitor the composition of such portfolios. Ensuring compliance in line with the investment restrictions (internal and in line with the clients’ mandate) as applicable.

Further, the Investment committee is responsible for the review and assessment of macro and micro economic developments and how these can have an impact on the underlying investment and investment strategy of the portfolios under management and to recommend any internal risk management restrictions.

The Members of the Investment Committee (the “Members”) are:

Robert A Midgley
Praniel Ladwa

Asset Management

Our Asset Management Strategies

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Series 65