{"id":3376,"date":"2005-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"prs-groups-adds-investment-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2005\/prs-groups-adds-investment-professional.html","title":{"rendered":"PRS Group Adds Investment Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>Miami<\/span><span>,<\/span> <span>FL<\/span> <span>(September 27, 2005) \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 PRS Group announced today that Mr.<\/span> <span>Martin Loeser<\/span> <span>has joined the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s alternative investment  team as a Portfolio Manager, Fund-of-Funds.&nbsp; Prior to joining PRS, Mr. Loeser was Senior Investment Analyst at Ivy Asset Management, a $15 billion hedge fund-of-funds manager in<\/span>  <span>New York<\/span><span>.&nbsp; At Ivy, Mr. Loeser was directly responsible for sourcing and selecting new equity managers, with a focus on emerging managers.&nbsp; Previously, he was a Vice  President at The Mayfair Group and Senior Analyst at Tower Capital, conducting manager due diligence, risk management and portfolio management for each firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s fund-of-funds program. &nbsp;Prior to  these roles, Mr. Loeser worked as an investment banker in the global telecommunications group at Salomon Smith Barney.&nbsp;<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>Mr. Loeser received an MBA from The Wharton School at the<\/span> <span>University<\/span> <span>of<\/span> <span>Pennsylvania<\/span><span>.&nbsp; He completed his undergraduate work at<\/span>  <span>Duke<\/span> <span>University<\/span><span>, earning a BA in Economics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>Mr. Loeser will serve as Portfolio Manager to all of the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s fund-of-funds products, reporting directly to<\/span> <span>Mark Casa<\/span><span>, Director of Investments.&nbsp; In this role,  he will support Mr. Casa in the formation of top-down strategic allocation, allocate capital to managers approved by the team\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Investment Committee, source new managers, oversee due diligence,  manage desk research by analysts and monitor managers in all equity-related and event-driven strategies.&nbsp; Mr. Loeser fills the role previously held by Jerry Levin, who recently relocated back  to<\/span> <span>New York<\/span> <span>for personal reasons.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>Mr. Casa was very enthusiastic about the quality of his team\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s newest addition, saying, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cwhile we were very dismayed by Jerry\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s decision to return to New York, we wish him the very best and  appreciate the outstanding contributions he made to PRS Group since his arrival over three years ago. &nbsp;At the same time, we are very excited to have someone of Martin\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s caliber join the  investment team.&nbsp; Martin brings extensive fund-of-funds experience and sharp due diligence and manager selection skills.&nbsp; He will be a valuable asset to our fund-of-funds group.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>About PRS Group:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>PRS Group was founded in 1981 and has been dedicated exclusively to hedge fund investing since 1987.&nbsp; PRS Group currently manages over $1.5 billion in funds of hedge funds and  convertible bond arbitrage for institutional and high net worth clients through proprietary funds, structured products and separate accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>Please visit the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s website at <a title=\"http:\/\/www.prsint.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prsint.com\/\">www.prsint.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  <span>A member of the PRS Group, PRS International Investment Advisory Services Inc<span>.<\/span> (\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cPRS\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d), is an SEC registered investment advisor located in<\/span> <span>Miami<\/span><span>,<\/span>  <span>Florida<\/span><span>.&nbsp; This press release does not constitute an offer of, or an invitation to, subscribe for shares or interests of any fund or other investment vehicle managed by PRS,  nor does it constitute investment or other advice.&nbsp;&nbsp;For further information&nbsp;related to PRS, please contact Medon Michaelides at&nbsp;(305) 459-5394.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">  &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, FL (September 27, 2005) \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u0153 PRS Group announced today that Mr. Martin Loeser has joined the firm\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s alternative investment team as a Portfolio Manager, Fund-of-Funds.&nbsp; Prior to joining PRS, Mr. Loeser was Senior Investment Analyst at Ivy Asset Management, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedgeco-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}