office, and I approached them to discuss
the possibility of allowing others to in-
vest alongside us,” said Babineau, who
co-founded the firm with Baylis and Shah,
and is now President & Chief Investment
Officer. He suspected other investors
were experiencing the same issues that
prompted IBV’s founders to manage their
own money; overly complex niche invest-
ment strategies, a focus on short-term
returns rather than generating long-term
wealth, and portfolio manager interests
that weren’t aligned with their investors.
“What we do at IBV is we offer a simple
strategy well-founded in business funda-
mentals. The strategy is extremely effec-
tive over a long-term investment horizon,”
“What we do at IBV is we offer a simple strategy well-founded in business fundamentals. The
strategy is extremely effective over a long-term investment horizon. Short-term trading is not
how you generate sustainable long-term wealth.” Talbot Babineau, Co-Founder and CIO
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