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What is DeNovo?
The purpose of the Fund is to provide students at the University of Calgary with a hands-on learning environment in which they can expand and improve their knowledge of the financial markets. The Fund places a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary learning and integrating other fields of study with finance. Our aim is to become a co-curricular and multi-disciplinary center for excellence within the University of Calgary that attracts the finest students who wish to hone their professional skills – be they related to investments and finance, marketing and PR, operations or management, and leadership.
The Fund
The primary objective of DeNovo is to maximize long-term returns, efforts to achieve this objective must not expose the Fund to high levels of downside risk. On a case-by-case basis, shorter-term fluctuations in the market value and rates of return may be tolerated in order to achieve its long-term investment objectives.
DeNovo’s investment philosophy is based primarily on the idea of valuation investing. We will focus on the intrinsic value of companies, combined with a diligent and systematic approach to valuation. Our mandate is to focus on four main points which are specialized knowledge of industries, competitive and comparative advantage, small market capital, and active investing.