Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management (AWM) has appointed Mihir Meswani and Nicolas Laporte as portfolio managers for its hedge fund advisory business, reports Hedgeweek.
In their new role, the duo will advise clients on custom portfolio solutions and employing liquid alternatives including managed accounts, UCITS and ’40 Act funds.
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Prior to joining this firm, New York based Meswani was a consultant to Mount Yale Capital Group.
Before that, he worked at Sandalwood Securities in the role of chief investment strategist, where he was a member of the investment committee and was responsible for portfolio management of Sandalwood’s fund of hedge funds and alternative mutual fund portfolios.
In his early career, he served as director of public investments at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as well as held positions at Bank of America, JP Morgan and Bankers Trust.
London based Laporte joined Deutsche AWM from British Airways Pension Fund where he served as a senior portfolio manager of alternative investments.
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By GlobalDataHe earlier held positions at Novartis’ pension fund, where he was responsible for managing alternative investments, emerging markets and commodities and HSBC Private Bank, where he was responsible for management and performance of a large number of discretionary and tailor-made hedge fund mandates.
Earlier in his career, Laporte was in the investment analysis and advice group of Citi Private Bank.
