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Small caps

Working with high quality small caps to create sustainable returns.

Objective

We aim to achieve long-term capital growth by building high-conviction portfolios of smaller, competitively-advantaged businesses able to create sustainable value for investors over the long term.

Philosophy

In our view, smaller companies:

  • are often overlooked, under-researched and under-valued;
  • can deliver sustainable long term growth by combining a focussed approach with leading positions in specific markets; and
  • offer more opportunities for investors to unlock value over the long term through active engagement with company management teams.

Approach 

Our dedicated small-cap investment team follows a disciplined, repeatable process designed to:

  • select high-quality, small-cap businesses with attractive fundamentals, sustainable competitive advantages and strong leadership teams;
  • make investments in these companies at attractive entry point valuations; and
  • pursue a long-term owner mindset to build high-conviction, well-diversified portfolios

We deliver this approach with a global, European or Netherlands focus.

Strategy overviews

  • VLKIM Kempen Global Small Caps Strategy Overview
  • VLKIM Sustainable Europeans Small Caps Strategy Overview
  • Kempen Orange Fund Strategy Overview
  • Kempen Orange Participants Strategy Overview
Small caps strategy

Discovering Small Caps

There’s a saying in Dutch, Kom verder, which has many meanings including ‘progress through collaboration’. This hands-on style encapsulates how we invest in promising smaller companies. And it’s what we’ve been doing for close to 30 years.

When we find the right companies, we get to know what makes their leaders tick and this deep understanding helps us build concentrated portfolios. In this way, we support, challenge and help small caps achieve their full potential.

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Fund library

Please visit our fund library for detailed information on our funds. For more sustainability-related information, please refer to the sustainability-related information section of the fund library
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There’s a saying in Dutch, Kom verder, it means many things and it’s our business philosophy. It captures the way we work with clients but also the way we steer our investee companies to deliver shareholder value through active engagement.

Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Past performance provides no guarantee for the future.

Our small-cap team

Jan Willem Berghuis

Head of Global Small-caps

Victoria Bons

Portfolio Manager

Erwin Dut Van Lanschot Kempen

Erwin Dut

Senior Portfolio Manager

Michael Kretschmer

Senior Portfolio Manager

Henk Veerman

Portfolio Manager

Sander van Oort Van Lanschot Kempen

Sander van Oort

Senior Portfolio Manager

Ingmar Schaefer Van Lanschot Kempen

Ingmar Schaefer

Portfolio Manager

Drew Milgate Van Lanschot Kempen

Drew Milgate

Portfolio Manager

Thibault van Heeswijk

Portfolio Manager