September 2011 - February 2013 Addvision Alternative Management Geneva, Switzerland
Head of Research
- Development and implementation of the Addvision’s due diligence process (investment & operational due diligence)
- Hedge fund strategy and manager identification
- Onsite due diligence
- Portfolio construction and risk management
- Development and implementation of a specific due diligence process aimed at analyzing investment risks and non-investment risks in hedge funds
- Optimization of the data gathering through a collaboration with an Indian company
- Creation of a Microsoft Access database to support the due diligence process
- Editor of the company’s monthly Due Diligence Bulletin and blog (http://hfappraisal.blogspot.com/)
- Realization of over 100 due diligence projects on single manager hedge funds and fund of hedge funds
- Co-manager of the internal fund of hedge funds. The fund of funds was a multi-strategy fund investing in about 20-30 hedge funds with assets of around €100ml
- Senior analyst responsible of the selection of new managers and member of the bank’s internal fund selection and investment committees
- Construction of tailored-made hedge fund portfolios for private clients. The department was responsible for around $500ml investments in hedge funds
- Development of a thorough due diligence process for the selection of hedge fund managers
- Responsible of the hedge fund back-office internal control team (4 persons)
- Re-organization of the department to stream line the transactions process
- Development of a Microsoft Access database for the management and control of the transactions
- Development of procedures to improve and control the transactions’ execution quality
- Development of joint-projects with local home builders
- Structuring of mortgage deals for real estate companies and retail clients
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