About us

BlueStar Investment Managers SA is a specialised investment management company founded in 2016, authorised by FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority) pursuant to Art. 24 para. 1 of the Federal Act on Financial Institutions (FinIA) and a member of the Asset Management Association Switzerland.

It is a boutique offering quality solutions and exploiting the complementary skills and different approaches of the professionals within the team. This complementarity makes it possible to cover all the different areas of the investment markets.

Partner of BlueStar is Veco Invest SA, a long-established wealth management company.

Team

Olivier Baggi, CFA
CEO, Partner

Olivier is the CEO of BlueStar, which he set up with the other partners in 2016. His career began in the trading room of Lemanik SA, Lugano, in 2004. Between 2005 and 2006, he joined the founding team of Casa4Funds SA in Luxembourg, where he held the position of COO and risk manager. Since 2006, he has been active in the field of asset management, first as fund manager with Banca del Gottardo and BSI (2006-2010), subsequently as portfolio manager with Podium Wealth SA, Lugano, (2010-2013). In 2013, he moved to SWM SwissWealth Management SA, Lugano, as fund manager.

Olivier graduated in Economics at University College London, and has a Master’s degree in Finance and Economics from the London School of Economics. He is also a CFA charter holder.

Massimo Colnago
Fund Manager

Massimo launched his professional career as a summer intern with Zurich Capital Markets London in 2001. From 2002 to 2008, he worked as an equity and derivative products trader at MBI SA, Lugano. In 2009, he was recruited by Onelife Advisors SA, later Onelife SA, Lugano, as co-advisor for the specialised fund in life sciences. Since 2015, Massimo has specialised further in the field, becoming a senior analyst for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies. As a result of the cooperation between Onelife and BlueStar, in 2018 Massimo was appointed manager of Onelife Fund.

Massimo graduated in Economics at Università Bocconi, Milan.

Giulia Comerio
Portfolio Manager

Giulia started her career at BSI (later EFG Bank) as part of the Portfolio Advisory team, then moved on to the Portfolio Management division for discretionary mandates as Junior Portfolio Manager. In November 2017, she joined the BlueStar team as portfolio manager, supporting the activities of risk management, third-party fund analysis and thematic research.

Giulia graduated in International Economics of Financial Markets at University of Trieste, and subsequently obtained a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance from Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano.

Mario Cribari, CFA
Head of Investment Strategy and Research, Partner

Mario co-founded BlueStar, as a partner, in 2016. He is responsible for the Investment Strategy and Research area. He launched his career in 2000 at Banca del Gottardo, Lugano, int he role of financial analyst in charge of the technology and defence sectors in the US market. In 2003, he was put in charge of the US stock market within the wealth management team. He sat on the bank’s investment committee. In 2008, he was appointed head of classic mandates in the wealth management team at BSI, Lugano. In 2009, he joined Veco Invest SA, Lugano, as head of wealth management

Mario graduated in Political Economy at Università Cattolica, Milan, and later obtained a Master’s degree in Economics and Finance from Università Federico II, Naples.  He is also a CFA charter holder.

Juan Luis Mallo
Head of Institutional Portfolio Management, Partner

Having co-founded BlueStar with the other partners in 2016, Juan is in charge of the Institutional Portfolio Management area. He launched his career in 2004, as portfolio manager and fund selector in the wealth management unit at Banca del Gottardo, Lugano. Between 2008 and 2013, he held the positions of portfolio manager and client advisor in Podium Wealth SA, Lugano. Later, he moved to SWM SwissWealth Management SA, Lugano, as head of asset management, where he also supervised the management of UCITS investment funds.

Juan graduated in Economics, with a Master’s degree in Finance at Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano.

Board of Directors
Stefano Fiala
Chairman
Juan Luis Mallo
Vice-chairman
Mario Cribari, CFA
Member
Flavio Amadò, attorney at law LL.M. (LSE)
Member
Rainer N Grünig, PhD
Member

BlueStar Investment Managers SA
Via G.B. Pioda 8
CH-6900 Lugano
CHE-366.189.869 VAT

T +41 91 260 36 70
F +41 91 260 36 71
info@bluestar-im.ch