General Investing >> Money Manager Interviews >> August 6, 2015

Analyzing the Past to Predict Future Returns

Juan Uguet de Resayre
Juan Uguet de Resayre is Founder of Augustus Capital, which was founded in 2013, and is Fund Manager at MG Valores. He joined BBVA & Partners in 2007 as a partner and head of a new team. Mr. Uguet de Resayre was CIO at Ibercaja Gestion — the asset management arm of a leading Spanish saving bank — since 2000, with full responsibility for mutual and pension funds having 9.5 billion euros of assets under management. Prior to Ibercaja, Mr. Uguet de Resayre spent eight years at Beta Capital Fortis, starting as Equity Analyst and becoming CIO. Born in 1966, he has a bachelor’s degree in business and economics from the University of Zaragoza and an MBA from San Francisco University.     Profile
Carlos Val-Carreres
Carlos Val-Carreres is Founder of Augustus Capital, which was founded in 2013, and Fund Manager at MG Valores. Mr. Val-Carreres has teamed with Mr. Uguet de Resayre since he joined Ibercaja Gestion in 2002 as a fund manager of European equities and total return funds — 1.5 billion euros of assets under management. Born in 1976, he has a bachelor’s degree in business administration and finance from the University of Zaragoza and a Master of Science in finance from the ICMA Centre of the University of Reading, U.K.     Profile
TWST: Give us some background on Augustus Capital and tell us why you decided to form that company.

Mr. Uguet de Resayre: We were working for BBVA Bank before 2013. We were partners of