General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> July 29, 2016

A Five-Pillar Process to Uncover Small-Cap Opportunities

Garcia, Aaron J.
Aaron Garcia is a Co-Portfolio Manager at Broadview Advisors LLC, an equity-focused fund manager based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Broadview Advisors LLC sub-dvises the FMI Focus Fund (FMIOX), a long/short hedge fund, and various institutional accounts in small-cap core and all-cap core strategies. Mr. Garcia joined Broadview Advisors LLC in 2003 as a Senior Analyst. Mr. Garcia has 12 years of experience in equity research, including three as a Portfolio Manager and 10 as a Senior Analyst. His current areas of focus include industrials, health care, materials, and more recently, energy. Mr. Garcia graduated from Rice University with a B.A. in chemistry. Profile
Farzam, Faraz
Faraz Farzam is a Co-Portfolio Manager at Broadview Advisors LLC, an equity-focused fund manager based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Broadview Advisors LLC subadvises the FMI Focus Fund (FMIOX), a long/short hedge fund, and various institutional accounts in small-cap core and all-cap core strategies. Mr. Farzam joined Broadview Advisors LLC in 2001 as a Research Analyst. Prior to joining Broadview Advisors LLC, Mr. Farzam was a Research Analyst with Strong Capital Management. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a B.S. Profile
TWST: So I thought to get started, maybe you could tell me a little bit about your firm and then sort of your investment philosophy, and then the five pillars that you use, screening processes