PrivilEdge – Amber Event Europe UCITS

Amber Capital was founded in 2005 by Joseph Oughourlian and today manages approximately $1.1bn (20% of which is internal capital) in European focused event-driven strategies, with offices in London, New York and Milan. Central to Amber Capital’s investment methodology is the combination of bottom-up fundamental analysis to identify mispriced securities, shareholder engagement and a focus on catalyst-driven situations. The PrivilEdge – Amber Event Europe fund launched in June 2018 and is managed by Olivier Fortesa (PM and managing partner). The strategy focuses on corporate event-driven opportunities and special situations in Europe, and applies a fundamentally driven contrarian approach seeking to identify companies where a defined corporate catalyst or sector event can unlock value. The portfolio is typically split across three sub-strategies: special situations (60-80% of NAV), relative value (0-30%, e.g. holding company discounts, share class arbitrage, stub, etc.) and risk arbitrage (0-30%, merger arbitrage, LBO, etc.). The final portfolio is relatively concentrated with 40-80 positions split between longs and shorts. These are dynamically assessed throughout the lifecycle of the investment and opportunistically sized by the PM based on valuations, materialisation of catalysts. The fund target consistent, lowly correlated high-single digits returns over the cycle with a volatility of 4-7%.