The five key steps to our Investment Process 1. Evaluation: Assess the quality of companies utilizing the “Manitou Grade A” methodology. 2. Valuation: Estimate the intrinsic (or true) value of each company that meets our quality criteria, independent of market noise. 3. Ranking: Rank the aggregate investment candidates on a risk-adjusted return basis. 4. Risk Protocols & Intelligent Diversification: We manage risk through disciplined diversification, using clear protocols that guide industry exposure, position sizes, and liquidity. 5. Portfolio Construction: We build portfolios to optimize risk-adjusted returns, allocating capital to our highest-conviction ideas within those defined risk guardrails.

Clearly defined objectives

Our objectives are clearly defined, and we measure success in three ways:

Absolute-return objective



Equity and alternative mandates: Minimum annual return of CPI + 7%, over three-year rolling periods.

Income mandate: Minimum annual return of CPI + 1%, over three-year rolling periods.

Relative-to-benchmark objective


Outperform relative benchmarks over three-year rolling periods.

Relative-to-peers objective



Performance in the top quartile of highly respected peer groups.

Achieving the relative measures is largely a consequence of achieving our absolute-return objective.