23/05/2016
Syz AM appoints a new head of research and alternative investment
p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 120%; } Syz Asset Management (Syz AM), the institutional asset management division of the Syz group, has appointed Cédric Vuignier to the position of Head of Manager Research & Alternative Investments. He will begin on 1 June 2016, and will replace Michaël Malquarti, “who has decided to give a new direction to his career,” the firm has announced in a statement. Syz AM states that a transitional period is planned between the two directors until the end of June. In his new role, Vuignier will take over management of funds of funds previously managed by Malquarti, with the assistance of an experienced team of seven people. Vuignier, who will be based in Geneva, has over 14 years of experience in alternative investment research and selection, including 12 years at HSBC (2000 to 2012) in New York and Geneva. At HSBC, for eight years, from 2004 to 2012, he led an alternative portfolio management team and was responsible for 400 mandates. Before joining Syz, Vuignier served as head of alternative investments at AppleTree Asset Management.Meanwhile, from 1 May, Syz Am has recruited Bertrand Dord as senior analyst on the manager research & alternative investments team. Dord had previously worked as senior hedge fund analyst at Lyxor Asset management for seven years (from 2009 to 2016), where he was a specialist in event-driven strategies, hedge fund analysis and the selection and launch of new funds. Dord had previously served in several positions at Société Générale in London and Paris, including positions related to hedging interest and currency and mortgage-backed securities (from 2006 to 2009).
