Four ex-Close property specialists have united to launch Stellar Asset Management and will unveil an Emerging Europe real estate fund in the coming weeks.
The new company was founded by former Close Brothers investment director, Jonathan Gain, who is now chief executive. He felt Close was losing its entrepreneurial spirit as it grew in size and it was harder to launch new products quickly to meet changing client needs. Members of the Close team have now been reunited at Stellar AM including Craig Reader, the founder of Close Brothers Investment as chairman, Stephen McKeever as property director and Gordon Pugh as sales and marketing director. The team will work in the same way as it did at Close by entering into joint partnerships with s...
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