| Cyrus Amaria, Director, Senior Product Specialist – Managed Account Development Lyxor Asset Management Cyrus Amaria is a Senior Product Specialist on Lyxor’s Managed Account Development team, overseeing the strategic development of Lyxor’s managed account capabilities and alternative investment offerings to investors. Mr Amaria joined Lyxor in February 2013 from Man Group where he spent the last nine years as a Senior Portfolio Manager for their multi-manager business and was Executive Director for Man Investments SG Pte Ltd. He worked in Switzerland, London, and Singapore during this period. Mr Amaria has longstanding experience in investing in hedge funds and managed accounts and was responsible for some of Man’s largest clients globally with a particular focus on Japan. Amaria started his career with Hedge Fund Intelligence in 2003 where he worked on data analysis of the hedge fund industry. He graduated from the London School of Economics with an MSc in Economic History (2002) and is also a CFA and CAIA charterholder. |
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Jeanne Asseraf, Head of Cross-Asset Research, Lyxor Asset Management Jeanne Asseraf-Bitton is Head of Cross-Asset Research at Lyxor Asset Management. She joined Lyxor in 2011 as a Strategist and Portfolio Manager. Prior to that, she held various positions at Rothschild & Cie Gestion, including Head of Research from 2003 to 2011, Portfolio Manager from 1999 to 2003, Economist and Strategist from 1990 to 1999, and Financial Analyst from 1986 to 1990. She was appointed Head of Cross-Asset Research at Lyxor in 2012. Jeanne holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts (1985), an Engineer's degree from the “Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris” (1983) and a Master’s degree in analytical chemistry (1983). |
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Yuri Bender, Editor-in-Chief, PWM Yuri Bender is a financial journalist specialising in international asset management, private banking and capital markets. He joined the Financial Times group in 1992 and launched FT Mandate, a newspaper for the institutional investment industry, in 1999. He has since moved to concentrate more on private banking, launching the pan-European magazine and website, Professional Wealth Management, in 2001 followed by a separate Asian edition, PWM Asia, in 2008, and is editor-in-chief of both titles. He is particularly interested in comparing business and distribution models of private banking and asset management groups. He chairs industry panels on these topics and writes regularly on them for the FT newspaper. Yuri studied Investment Management at the London Business School. |
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Antonio Meroni, Senior Fund Manager, Pengana Capital Mr. Antonio Meroni is the Senior Fund Manager for the Pengana Asia Special Events strategy. He has over 20 years experience in financial markets including 14 years experience in Asian equities and convertible bond markets having worked in senior positions in Singapore, Tokyo, Zurich, Milan and London. Previously, Antonio was the senior portfolio manager at Rubicon Asset Management where he managed the RHA Asia Special Events Fund. Antonio has a degree in Business from the KV Zurich Business School and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Antonio is based in the Sydney office. |
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Andrew Sandler, Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Sandler Capital Management Andrew Sandler joined Sandler Capital in 1991. Mr. Sandler is head of the firm’s hedge fund business and has served as portfolio manager for the firm’s flagship hedge funds since June 1997. Prior to that, Mr. Sandler served as an analyst on the hedge fund team. Prior to joining Sandler Capital, Mr. Sandler began his career as a research analyst with Perry Partners. He has a B.S. in Finance from the School of Business of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. |
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