BCM & Partners the independent fund management business said today that they have concluded their merger with asset manager C-Quadrat.
The combined firm will lead to a Pan-European business that is capable of delivering a broader range of product expertise and will enable BCM to access C-Quadrat’s network and attract new investors across Europe.
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BCM was formed in 2005 by a group of executives from Morgan Stanley and specialised in fixed income projects.
Prior to the time of the merger, BCM had over 1 billion ($1.35 billion) in assets under management (AuM), whose half is from private banks and family offices.
C-Quadrat has now totalled $4.7 billion of AuM, as PBI understood from the groups’ merger announcement conference in BCM’s London office today in the evening.
This specialisation compliments German firm C-Quadrat’s existing expertise in the discretionary, absolute and total return strategies.
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By GlobalDataSpeaking about the merger, Alexander Schuetz, founder and management board member of C-Quadrat said: "With high-quality credit and multi asset funds as well as absolute return strategies, we can now offer institutional investors genuine added value throughout Europe."
BCM will continue to trade under its own name from its headquarters in London.
