NEW YORK – M.D. Sass, a prominent NY-based investment management firm, has launched Denahi Global Investments, LLC (Denahi), a new San Francisco-based investment management company. Denahi will seekto achieve superior, risk-adjusted returns through investments focused primarily on Asian equities. Both Sass and Denahi believe rapid growth, increasing free-markets, a burgeoning middle classsupporting local markets and pro-competitive regulations are creating profitable opportunities through long and short investments in Asia.
Eswar Menon, Principal and CIO of Denahi, will leverage his 10 years of experience as a lead Portfolio Manager at Loomis Sayles, Nicholas Applegate and Koeneman Capital Management (Singapore). He has been a successful international and emerging markets manager by identifying relative value opportunities through rigorous fundamental research, due diligence and frequent on-site visits. M.D. Sass Investors Services will provide investment expertise, marketing, client service, legal and compliance, administrative and infrastructure support along with operating capital and initial investment capital. M.D. Sass is an active seed partner for start-up and nascent investment management companies.
Mr. Menon has also worked as a Senior Engineer in the semiconductor industry. Mr. Menon grew up in India and graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, before moving to the United States to pursue higher studies. He attended the University of California, Santa Barbara where he obtained an M.S in Electrical Engineering and later received an MBA with High Honors from the University of Chicago.
Mr. Menon will be supported by Robert Goulburn and Glow Nair, both of whom have lived and worked as investment professionals in several Asian countries. Mr. Goulburn was a proprietary trader for UBS and Credit Lyonnais. Additionally, he was an Assistant Portfolio Manager/Trader at Pan Asia Partners, an Asia ex- Japan hedge fund from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Nair was an Assistant Vice President at Citibank’s Asset Finance Group and later at the Asset Lending Group at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Nair also functioned as the Vice President of Hosting and Corporate Development at iAsiaWorks, a publicly traded internet data center company headquartered in Hong Kong.
About M.D. Sass
M.D. Sass has been a leading name in investment management since 1972. Today the M.D. Sass Organization has $6.5B in assets under management and employs over 90 people. M.D. Sass offers both traditional and alternative investment strategies. Its clients include major corporations, financial institutions, state and local governments, endowment funds, foundations, Taft Hartley funds and high net worth individuals. For more information please see our web site http://www.mdsass.com or contact Ari D. Sass at asass@mdsass.com.
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