SYZ Asset Management, the institutional management division of SYZ Group, has clubbed alternative and long-only strategies into one entity to strengthen its analysis and manager selection unit.
Michael Malquarti has been named head of the Manager Research & Alternative Investments team. He will also retain his role as the manager of funds of funds and multi-manager-mandates, the company said.
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The Manager Research & Alternative Investments team of specialists selects and controls external managers for the OYSTER Funds range, manages multi-manager products and mandates and selects third-party funds for institutional clients and for the private client’ needs of SYZ Wealth Management.
Michael joined the SYZ Group in 2005, initially developing quantitative and qualitative tools to support the alternative investment process and subsequently, as head of risk, institutionalizing its risk management process.
In 2010, he joined the Alternative Investments team as senior portfolio manager. He subsequently co-headed this team from 2012 to 2015.
Prior to working in the financial sector, Michael carried out research in the field of theoretical cosmology and is the author of several publications in professional journals. Michael holds a Diploma in Mathematical Physics from the University of Geneva and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Sussex (UK).
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By GlobalDataSYZ Asset Management CEO Katia Coudray said: "With an integrated team fully dedicated to research and talent selection, SYZ Asset Management will be able to meet all of our clients’ needs, taking into account their preferred method of access to our investment management and portfolio construction expertise."
