Philosophy

  • We invest for absolute returns. Everything we do is focused on the achievement of consistent, positive, absolute performance.
  • We endeavour to add value to clients by finding and creating ways to access investment opportunities which are not widely available through traditional investment management channels.
  • We have always believed that the optimal way to construct an investment portfolio is to use macro themes as the portfolio’s building blocks. Culross aims typically to employ 4-6 themes where each theme is then populated with 2-4 managers.
  • Our history is built on investing with smaller specialist funds where we gain high transparency and form a strong working relationship with the principals of the firm. Size can be your enemy in investment management.
  • We perform detailed due diligence on our managers and their funds, including onsite visits, background checks and operational assessments.
  • We match each solution to the client’s liquidity requirements and avoid asset-liability mismatches.
  • We offer our investors full transparency.
  • In building an institutional organisation over 25 years, we have always been mindful that the quality of our decision making is more important than sheer quantity of resources.
Thematic Investing