FPA is a Los Angeles-based institutional money management firm practicing a disciplined approach to value investing, prudently seeking superior long-term returns while maintaining a focus on capital preservation.
As of September 30, 2024, FPA manages approximately $27 billion across multiple strategies. Independently owned FPA has 77 employees, with 20 investment professionals.
We aim to be recognized as a leading practitioner of value investing. We seek to offer our clients a prudent place to invest their capital, and to provide them market-beating returns over the long term, while emphasizing preservation of capital. We also seek to foster a culture of excellence, to maintain high ethical standards, and to adhere to our Core Values.
We are dedicated to value investing. When we invest a client's money, we insist that our assessment of the intrinsic value of the investment exceed the price we pay by an amount that provides a reasonable margin of safety. At all times we maintain a focus on minimizing the probability of permanent capital impairment.
We seek to provide leading rates of return, compounded over time. We recognize and accept that we will periodically underperform indexes and other managers, as poor relative performance for shorter periods is an inevitable part of achieving our longer-term goal.
Solid research is the foundation of our success. We depend on an accurate, timely, and deep understanding of our investments. We are committed to gaining this understanding based on fundamental research, hard work, and intellectual rigor. We will remain open to alternative views and new information, and aim to prevent biases from clouding our judgment.
We form opinions and build conviction based on our own proprietary efforts. We do not rely on validation from the broad investment community to justify our point of view and may, at times, hold investments that are contrary to general opinion, widely unloved, and possibly deeply disliked. We are willing to embrace a non-conforming point of view.
We are committed to excellence in all endeavors. We believe that hard work, preparation, effort and diligence promote success.
We aim to hire and retain the best personnel, treat them fairly, and provide appropriate recognition for consistent success. We seek to cultivate an environment of mutual respect for all Partners, Employees, and Clients.
We endeavor to foster an ownership-mindset among our Partners and Employees because we believe owners make better decisions, put forth a greater effort, and manage superior organizations.
We work together. We challenge each other, collegially. We try to take the most appropriate action with respect to the firm, an investment, or investment process, regardless of where the idea originates.
We aim to lead by example.
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We seek to communicate to our clients openly and honestly, striving to provide the information we would wish to have if our roles were reversed.
The firm's reputation is our most important legacy. We will do all we can to maintain or enhance it.
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