Who are we?
Phocus1 is a Luxembourg based AIF
Launched in 2017, Phocus1 has continuously evolved to align with Luxembourg’s legal and regulatory framework, refining its model to offer an optimal solution for cash investment and liquidity management. Through our Luxembourg-based alternative investment fund, you gain access to high-yield investment opportunities.
THE GENESIS OF PHOCUS1
Phocus1 originated from a collaboration and has been continuously evolved to enhance its value proposition.
With its unique performance engine and its fiscally attractive legal framework it has become an alternative investment fund registered in Luxembourg.
The story began with a meeting initiated by a shareholder of a previous real estate fund in Florida, in which I had invested after the 2009 subprime crisis.
This meeting took place in New York in 2015, where two Frenchmen, one a trader on Wall Street at a small brokerage firm and the other a Harvard graduate working for a major U.S. bank, presented to Jean-François Chauffeté their strategy for arbitrage and operations on the currency market
"After my investments outside the eurozone, it became clear to me that there was a superior way to create value: through currency.
I founded Phocus1 when I realized that this was the best approach to combine profitability, fund availability, and independence from states or traditional markets."
Jean-François Chauffeté soon decided to structure a fund where he could invest his own money alongside a small group of trusted partners. Over the next three years, he focused on:
- Understanding performance mechanisms, particularly the performance engine, to invest in currency markets under optimal conditions with balanced risk and volatility.
- Finding the best legal and tax structure to allow both companies and individuals from various countries to invest alongside him.
- Creating an initial structure called Moneynci, which gathered multiple traders and offered varying risk levels. However, this structure and its trust arrangement were abandoned for not meeting the team's ambitions.
In 2020, Phocus1 was officially established with the features you can explore on this website. The first investments were launched in August 2021.
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Phocus1: Your Goals, Our Goals
By joining Phocus1, you are not just an anonymous subscriber to a financial product. You become part of a shared investment strategy, alongside Jean-François Chauffeté, who also commits his own capital to the fund.
Behind Phocus1 :
a founder
« I have a special appreciation for this photo, taken on the streets of New York during one of my trips to discuss currency trading strategies and develop the remarkable performance engine of Phocus1.
It was captured by one of the Wall Street traders who introduced me to the forex market.
As a multiple marathon runner (under 3h30, for those who can relate) and a passionate admirer of NYC, I would walk between 15 and 50 kilometers each day, alternating between meetings and sightseeing. »
FAQ
Of course! We can arrange a meeting at your convenience, whether in Paris at our offices in Saint-Augustin (8th arrondissement), in Brussels, where Jean-François Chauffeté has lived for nearly 10 years, or at Phocus1’s headquarters in Luxembourg.
We are a team of 5 people, including 4 administrators.
For the past 15 years, Jean-François Chauffeté has created three investment funds across various sectors and countries. Each time, he had the opportunity to collaborate with leading experts in their fields, which led him to personally invest alongside them.
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