New York (HedgeCo.net) – Frontier market hedge fund Insparo Asset Management has appointed emerging markets veteran Graham Stock as Chief Strategist. Graham will play a decisive role in continuing the success the firm has enjoyed since launching in 2008.
Stock will join the core management team, led by CIO Mohammed Hanif, which will be responsible for plotting the firm’s strategic investment direction as it enters its third year. Primarily, Stock will be responsible for generating trading ideas and thematic strategies to capture the opportunities presented by Africa and the Middle East’s high growth potential.
“I have long admired the professionalism and dedication of the team at Insparo and I am excited to be joining them for the next stage of the company’s expansion.” Stock said, “I am convinced that the frontier markets of Africa and the Middle East offer very attractive investment opportunities, particularly when deploying Insparo’s multi-strategy approach, and look forward to adding value for the fund’s investors.”
Insparo’s Africa and Middle East Fund has registered outstanding performance since launch, returning over 43% in the last 18 months and significantly outperforming the MSCI Frontier Market Index over the same period.
Stock spent the last twelve years at JPMorgan in a range of senior roles with responsibility for areas such as CEEMEA FX Strategy in London and Latin American Sovereign Strategy in New York. For the last three years at JPMorgan, he has led an expansion of the research output and business activity in frontier markets in Africa.
Stock’s appointment represents a further step in Insparo’s rapid growth plan. He becomes the sixth hire in the last 12 months, as Insparo has moved to reinforce its investment, operations and strategy teams.
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