Stenham is pleased to announce three senior appointments to further strengthen its Asset Management team.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Shyam Moorjani Chief Operating Officer, London. His primary focus will be to further develop institutional markets and ensure the highest level of client servicing. Shyam was previously at Key Asset Management as Head of Client Services and prior to that Head of Institutional Client Reporting at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management. Shyam is a Chartered Accountant, a Corporate Treasurer and holds an MBA from London Business School.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Francis Kidd Chief Operating Officer, Guernsey. He will enhance Stenham\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s back office capabilities to meet the increasingly sophisticated requirements of its institutional client base. Prior to joining Stenham, Francis worked for a number of other leading Funds of Hedge Funds – most recently as a Director at Gottex Fund Management operations, Switzerland and prior to that as a Vice President at FRM, London.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sameer Saifan Head of Quantitative Research and Risk. Prior to joining Stenham, Sameer worked as a Quantitative Research Analyst at NewFinance Capital, a London Fund of Hedge Funds group which later became part of Schroders. He was responsible for analysing hedge funds and portfolio construction. Sameer previously worked at FRM. He obtained his M.Sc. Operations Research from The London School of Economics and Political Science. He also holds a B.Eng. (Mechanical) from Walchand Institute of Technology in India.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Kevin Arenson, CIO of Stenham Advisors, said: \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThe appointments of Shyam, Francis and Sameer reaffirms our commitment to our client-driven business and demonstrates our intention to continue growing Stenham\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s Institutional and Private Client asset base. The Fund of Hedge Funds industry is becoming increasingly competitive and it is essential to have a team of the highest calibre.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n
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Michael Fienberg, Group CEO, said, “We have been managing multi-manager hedge fund portfolios and Funds of Hedge Funds since the 1980\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s and commercial property investments since the 1990\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s on behalf of our family office clients. Investments in these asset classes are now finding increasing appeal with sophisticated private banks, trust companies, asset managers and institutions, resulting in strong growth of our assets under management. To support this growth we are constantly building our investment and operational teams and investing in improved systems. After more than 30 years in our current offices we will be moving to larger premises in the West End in July.”<\/p>\n
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