Dario Benes

Dario Benes

About Dario Benes

Managing $1.55M in live equity capital at FGCU's Eagle Fund, generating 230 bps of S&P 500 outperformance. Founder of the Business Ethics Society and the Alternative Investing Club. Board member at Little Angels Worldwide. Building DB Capital, systematic, factor-based strategy targeting the Russell 2500.

My Work

A practitioner's record built across live markets, student organizations, and community leadership; from managing institutional equity capital to founding clubs that expand financial literacy and ethical leadership on campus.

FGCU Eagle Fund
Portfolio Manager
Aug 2025 to Present
  • Managing $1.55M in live equity AUM
  • 230 bps S&P 500 outperformance
  • Factor-driven equity selection process
  • Presented pitches to investment committee
DB Capital
Founder
2025 to Present
  • Systematic, factor-based strategy
  • Targeting Russell 2500 universe
  • Proprietary multi-factor model
  • Backtested vs. benchmark since 2019
Business Ethics Society
Founder & President
Aug 2025 to Present
  • Established FGCU's first ethics-focused club
  • Speaker series with industry professionals
  • Case competition programming
Alternative Investing Club
Founder & President
Aug 2025 to Present
  • Coverage of PE, hedge funds, real assets
  • Curriculum on derivatives and credit
  • Guest lectures from practitioners
Little Angels Worldwide
Board Member
Jan 2022 to Present
  • Governance and strategic oversight
  • Fundraising campaign contributions
  • Community outreach initiatives
Student Investment Group
Equity Analyst
Aug 2025 to Present
  • Fundamental bottom-up research
  • Sector coverage: Financials & Tech
  • Quarterly stock pitch presentations
NYSE Trading Floor

Strategy

DB Capital

DB Capital is a systematic, long-only equity strategy targeting the Russell 2500 universe. The approach scores each stock on four factors: FCF Yield, Gross Margin T12M, EPS Revisions 3M, and P/E Inverted, combined into a single composite score, rebalanced monthly. Position sizing is proportional to factor conviction, with a hard cap on individual weights to limit idiosyncratic risk. The portfolio targets 40 to 50 holdings and is benchmarked against the Russell 2500 Total Return Index.

Factor Model Weights

  • FCF Yield
    30%
  • Gross Margin T12M
    25%
  • EPS Revisions 3M
    25%
  • P/E Inverted
    20%

Performance Track Record

Month DB Capital Russell 2500 Relative Outperformance
March 2026 +1.18% -5.20% +6.38%