Grounded in evidence.
Structured for resilience. 

Systematic global equity investing in an efficient structure for lasting performance.

Grounded in evidence.
Structured for resilience. 

Systematic global equity investing in an efficient structure for lasting performance.

Grounded in evidence.
Structured for resilience. 

Systematic global equity investing in an efficient structure for lasting performance.

Grounded in evidence.
Structured for resilience. 

Systematic global equity investing in an efficient structure for lasting performance.

Approach

At Sarto Capital Management, we believe that enduring success is built on structure, not speculation. Our investment philosophy is grounded in evidence, discipline, and consistency. We believe that the most reliable path to outperformance lies in the systematic application of robust, persistent, and economically justified risk premia, rather than from stock-picking or market timing. Our approach is transparent, data-driven, and designed to remove emotion from decision-making. The aim is not to predict markets, but to build a framework that endures through them.

Markets change, narratives shift, and sentiment fades, but structural drivers of return persist. Simplicity, when grounded in substance, has proven more durable than complexity. Our process captures the repeatable patterns in markets and transforms them into reliable, long-term results. Our philosophy is to let data and design do the work, quietly and consistently.

Strategy

Sarto Capital Management takes an integrated, evidence-based approach to equity investing. Our strategy combines broad market participation with well-documented drivers of return, such as value, quality and momentum, within one efficient structure. This design aims to deliver both market participation and consistent excess returns, achieving higher efficiency than separate core and overlay allocations. The result is an equity-like risk profile with better long-term compounding.

The portfolio spans developed markets and holds hundreds of stocks at any time, balancing breadth with precision. It systematically favors high-quality, attractively priced companies while shorting those with weaker fundamentals. Every component, from portfolio construction to execution, is optimized for liquidity, scalability, and cost control. The strategy aims to deliver high absolute and risk-adjusted returns with equity market like risk over the long term.

“The enduring is seldom the most alluring, yet time reveals its quiet strength.”

Viljar Vald, CFA

CIO / Partner

Former Head of Investments at the central bank of Estonia, overseeing one of the country’s largest institutional public market investment portfolios exceeding €1B. Led the development of systematic investment models across asset classes and oversaw strategic asset allocation. CFA charter holder with a background spanning finance, economics, and psychology.

“The enduring is seldom the most alluring, yet time reveals its quiet strength.”

Viljar Vald, CFA

CIO / Partner

Former Head of Investments at the central bank of Estonia, overseeing one of the country’s largest institutional public market investment portfolios exceeding €1B. Led the development of systematic investment models across asset classes and oversaw strategic asset allocation. CFA charter holder with a background spanning finance, economics, and psychology.

Viljar Vald, CFA

“The enduring is seldom the most alluring, yet time reveals its quiet strength.”

Viljar Vald, CFA

CIO / Partner

Former Head of Investments at the central bank of Estonia, overseeing one of the country’s largest institutional public market investment portfolios exceeding €1B. Led the development of systematic investment models across asset classes and oversaw strategic asset allocation. CFA charter holder with a background spanning finance, economics, and psychology.

Andres Rätsepp

Clarity is not simplicity. It is seeing what matters when others see only noise.”

Andres Rätsepp

CEO / Partner

Andres is a veteran entrepreneur and the founder of Sarto Capital. Under his guidance, Sarto Capital has grown into one of the leading investment companies in the region. Over the past three decades, he has raised significant capital for Baltic companies and led numerous IPOs on the Tallinn Stock Exchange. He also helped establish the exchange and has played an instrumental role in developing Estonia’s capital markets since the mid-1990s. A graduate of the University of Tartu, he has pursued additional studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and NYU Stern (M.Sc.).

Andres Rätsepp

Clarity is not simplicity. It is seeing what matters when others see only noise.”

Andres Rätsepp

CEO / Partner

Andres is a veteran entrepreneur and the founder of Sarto Capital. Under his guidance, Sarto Capital has grown into one of the leading investment companies in the region. Over the past three decades, he has raised significant capital for Baltic companies and led numerous IPOs on the Tallinn Stock Exchange. He also helped establish the exchange and has played an instrumental role in developing Estonia’s capital markets since the mid-1990s. A graduate of the University of Tartu, he has pursued additional studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and NYU Stern (M.Sc.).

Andres Rätsepp

Clarity is not simplicity. It is seeing what matters when others see only noise.”

Andres Rätsepp

CEO / Partner

Andres is a veteran entrepreneur and the founder of Sarto Capital. Under his guidance, Sarto Capital has grown into one of the leading investment companies in the region. Over the past three decades, he has raised significant capital for Baltic companies and led numerous IPOs on the Tallinn Stock Exchange. He also helped establish the exchange and has played an instrumental role in developing Estonia’s capital markets since the mid-1990s. A graduate of the University of Tartu, he has pursued additional studies at the Stockholm School of Economics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and NYU Stern (M.Sc.).

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