Babineau said. “Short-term trading is not
how you generate sustainable long-term
wealth.”
PATIENT, DISCIPLINED
AND FOCUSED
Babineau describes IBV as a firm that is
highly patient, disciplined and focused on
investments in high quality securities at
attractive prices. The firm’s“IBV” stands
for“Investment By Value” and its name-
sake fund, the IBV Capital Global Value
Fund, aims to do just that. The fund invests
in both stocks and bonds of public compa-
nies. This flexibility gives them the ability
to react to ever evolving market conditions
in order to achieve their objective of pro-
ducing consistent and attractive rates of
return.
And it’s working. The firm’s trailing three-
year return on an annualized basis is 19.8
percent, Babineau said, which is more
than 10 per cent higher than the average
reported by the industry. The fund, which
has investments in developed markets
around the world, has been designed to
evolve with shifting market cycles. They’re
approaching the five-year mark and to date,
the firm has been able to consistently out-
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