Meet the Team
Equity
Niccolò Ballarati
Portfolio Manager
Niccolò Ballarati is the portfolio Manager for the Global Financial Fund and the Global Equity Strategy and has more than 15 years of experience in public equities investing.
Niccolò worked at UBS from 2000 to 2006 as Equity Sales, covering pan European Asset Management and UK-based Hedge Funds. In 2006, Niccolò joined Fenician Capital as Portfolio Manager, running a long-short equity portfolio. In 2010, Niccolò moved to Brazil where he joined Patria Investimentos, becoming responsible for public Equities Strategies, managing a long only and a long-short equity fund. In 2016, Niccolò moved back to London to join Tenax Capital.
Niccolò holds a university degree in Economic History and Econometric from the University of Florence.
Kostas Feruliovas
Equity Analyst
Kostas is part of the investment team of the Financial Equities Fund.
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Prior to Tenax, Kostas worked as a Generalist Equity Research Analyst for several companies including the Norwegian investment Bank Norne Securities. Kostas holds a BSc in Economics from Vilnius University and graduated with a Master of Science Degree in Finance from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2014.
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Kostas continues to improve his qualifications and has passed all three exams required to earn the CFA designation as well as the CISI exam.
Dariusz Ubik
Equity Analyst
Dariusz joined Tenax in November 2022 and is a part of HealthCare Fund.
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Prior to that, he worked for over five years (and a year as a contractor) for Kepler Cheuvreux, where he was part of European Pharmaceutical team, covering small and mid-cap companies from the healthcare universe and providing support on large cap European Pharmaceuticals. Previously, he also worked for UBS.
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Dariusz holds an MA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Cracow University of Economics.
Ludovico Bragolusi
Equity Analyst
Ludovico joined Tenax Capital in January 2023 and, as part of the Equity Team, he covers the Renewable Energy Sector. Alongside his role as Renewable Energy Analyst, Ludovico is also part of the team that drives the quantitative research effort at Tenax Capital.
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Ludovico graduated cum laude with a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. During his academic journey, he had the opportunity to further his knowledge as a visiting student at Technische Universität Hamburg.
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Ludovico has played tennis at semi-professional level and still enjoys playing with his friends.