Conviction expression

Alpha Portfolios

A Structural Alpha Index is the researched universe for a country market. The Alpha Portfolio is the highest-conviction selection drawn from that Index, modelled at a fixed notional base of US$1,000,000 in every market.

Frameworks 45 One per market
Notional base US$1,000,000 Illustrative, identical in every market
Live portfolios 1
Benchmarks adopted 1 Before inception only

Two objects, two standards

Index membership is a necessary condition for selection. It is not a sufficient one.

A company enters a country’s Structural Alpha Index when FIBCOS concludes, on completed and approved research, that its advantage is structural and durable. That is a research judgement about the company. A company enters that country’s Alpha Portfolio when FIBCOS additionally concludes it belongs among the highest-conviction positions available, at a size the construction constraints permit. That is a portfolio judgement about relative conviction and concentration.

Structural Alpha IndexThe full researched universe for a market — including records under review and removed.
EligibilityActive Index status only. Under Review suspends eligibility.
Alpha PortfolioThe highest-conviction subset, sized against stated concentration limits.
MeasurementAgainst a benchmark adopted before inception. The Index is not a performance object.
Notional baseUS$1,000,000 — a sizing convention, identical in every market, so the 45 portfolios are comparable to one another.

The model

Every portfolio is modelled at US$1,000,000, so a position means the same thing in every market.

Every FIBCOS Alpha Portfolio is modelled at a fixed notional base of US$1,000,000. The base is a sizing convention, not a capital commitment: it is identical in every market, so a position weight, a contribution and a portfolio change mean the same thing in Pakistan as they do in Japan, and the 45 portfolios are directly comparable to one another.

The base is fixed and illustrative. It does not grow or shrink with performance, it is never restated after the fact, and it is not assets under management — FIBCOS does not manage third-party capital. Returns are reported as percentages measured against a benchmark adopted before inception; the notional base exists so that those percentages have a stated, constant denominator.

Frameworks

All 45 portfolio frameworks

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Every market carries a portfolio object, incepted or not
FIBCOS Alpha Portfolio frameworks
Alpha PortfolioRegionStatusInceptionEligibleHoldingsBenchmarkRelative Alpha
FIBCOS United States Alpha Portfolio US · USD North America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Canada Alpha Portfolio CA · CAD North America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Mexico Alpha Portfolio MX · MXN North America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Brazil Alpha Portfolio BR · BRL South America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Chile Alpha Portfolio CL · CLP South America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Argentina Alpha Portfolio AR · ARS South America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Peru Alpha Portfolio PE · PEN South America Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS UK Alpha Portfolio GB · GBP Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Germany Alpha Portfolio DE · EUR Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS France Alpha Portfolio FR · EUR Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Switzerland Alpha Portfolio CH · CHF Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Netherlands Alpha Portfolio NL · EUR Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Sweden Alpha Portfolio SE · SEK Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Norway Alpha Portfolio NO · NOK Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Denmark Alpha Portfolio DK · DKK Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Finland Alpha Portfolio FI · EUR Europe Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Russia Alpha Portfolio RU · RUB Russia & CIS Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Kazakhstan Alpha Portfolio KZ · KZT Russia & CIS Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Uzbekistan Alpha Portfolio UZ · UZS Russia & CIS Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Saudi Arabia Alpha Portfolio SA · SAR Middle East Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS UAE Alpha Portfolio AE · AED Middle East Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Qatar Alpha Portfolio QA · QAR Middle East Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Kuwait Alpha Portfolio KW · KWD Middle East Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Israel Alpha Portfolio IL · ILS Middle East Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS South Africa Alpha Portfolio ZA · ZAR Africa Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Egypt Alpha Portfolio EG · EGP Africa Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Morocco Alpha Portfolio MA · MAD Africa Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Kenya Alpha Portfolio KE · KES Africa Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS China Alpha Portfolio CN · CNY East Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Japan Alpha Portfolio JP · JPY East Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS South Korea Alpha Portfolio KR · KRW East Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Taiwan Alpha Portfolio TW · TWD East Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Hong Kong Alpha Portfolio HK · HKD East Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS India Alpha Portfolio IN · INR South Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Pakistan Alpha Portfolio PK · PKR South Asia Active 22 October 2026 1 1 KSE-100 Price Return Index (KSE100PR) —
FIBCOS Bangladesh Alpha Portfolio BD · BDT South Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Sri Lanka Alpha Portfolio LK · LKR South Asia Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Singapore Alpha Portfolio SG · SGD Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Malaysia Alpha Portfolio MY · MYR Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Indonesia Alpha Portfolio ID · IDR Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Thailand Alpha Portfolio TH · THB Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Philippines Alpha Portfolio PH · PHP Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Vietnam Alpha Portfolio VN · VND Southeast Asia (ASEAN) Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS Australia Alpha Portfolio AU · AUD Oceania Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —
FIBCOS New Zealand Alpha Portfolio NZ · NZD Oceania Not Yet Incepted — — — Not established —

Portfolios express conviction.
Research produces it.