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Portfolio Construction

Bienville emphasizes the portfolio construction process, an often overlooked yet critical aspect of successful portfolio management, particularly in times of uncertainty and extreme volatility.

The portfolio construction process begins with understanding each underlying investment manager's style, philosophy, strategy, volatility, market correlation and cross-correlation to other managers in order to determine desirable allocations. When possible, Bienville also utilizes low-cost, passive solutions and indexed products where the desired exposure can be implemented inexpensively and more efficiently.

The portfolio construction process also includes an overlay hedging strategy designed to efficiently control exposures within client portfolios. We believe that effectively executing the overlay strategy is an innovative differentiator of the firm.