THAMES River Capital will bring together its hedge fund capabilities and the skills of Gary Potter and Robert Burdett, to launch a multi-asset portfolio combining long-only and alternative strategies.
The fund house plans to roll out a series of funds in the autumn for both managers, who left Credit Suisse in February. They will be joined at Thames River by three colleagues who also left the Canary Wharf fund house this year Kelly Prior, Anthony Willis and Paul Green. Michael Warren, Thames River investment director, also a relatively-new recruit who was brought in from HSBC to expand the fund house's retail client base, said the initial funds would be similar to those Potter and Burdett ran at Credit Suisse, with the likes of equity income, growth, balanced products and a global...
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