General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> May 18, 2015

Investing in Small Caps in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany

Rombout Houben
Rombout Houben, 1971, has been with Teslin Capital Management BV since 2007 as a fund manager. Previously, he worked with Robeco as an analyst and as senior portfolio manager with responsibility for — among others — the Robeco European Midcap Equities. Mr. Houben has a degree in business administration from the Erasmus University of Rotterdam.     Profile
Frederik van Beuningen
Frederik van Beuningen, 1949, founded Teslin Capital Management BV in 1991 together with Aleid Kruize. Mr. van Beuningen was a member of the renowned Commissie Tabaksblat, the committee that wrote the Dutch corporate governance code in 2003. Mr. van Beuningen has an economics degree from the University of Groningen.  Profile
TWST: Please give us an overview of Teslin.

Mr. van Beuningen: My colleague and I started investing in small caps in the Netherlands about 24 years ago. We invested in sectors like the