{"id":17565,"date":"2010-09-07T06:52:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-07T10:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/?p=17565"},"modified":"2010-09-07T07:01:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-07T11:01:56","slug":"people-moves-graham-stock-joins-insparo-hedge-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2010\/people-moves-graham-stock-joins-insparo-hedge-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"People Moves: Graham Stock Joins Insparo Hedge Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/footerleft.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17567 alignleft\" title=\"Frontier Hedge Funds\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/footerleft.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"152\" \/><\/a>Stock will join the core management team, led by CIO Mohammed Hanif, which will be responsible for plotting the firm\u2019s 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\u2019s high growth potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI 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\u2019s expansion.&#8221; Stock said, &#8220;I am convinced that the frontier markets of Africa and the Middle East offer very attractive investment opportunities, particularly when deploying Insparo\u2019s multi-strategy approach, and look forward to adding value for the fund\u2019s investors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insparo\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Stock\u2019s appointment represents a further step in Insparo\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>Editing by Alex Akesson<br \/>\nFor <a title=\"hedge funds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alex@hedgeco.net\">alex@hedgeco.net<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.Net<\/a> is a premier <a title=\"hedge fund database\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">hedge fund database<\/a> and community for qualified and accredited investors only. Membership in <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">HedgeCo.net<\/a> is FREE and EASY. We also offer FREE LISTINGS for <a title=\"hedge fund\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\">Hedge Funds<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York (HedgeCo.net) &#8211; 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. 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