Ignis Asset Management

Ignis Investment Services Limited
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Company type	Private
Industry	Financial Services, Investment Management, Asset Management, Fund Management
Headquarters	Glasgow, London, United Kingdom
Key people	Clive Bannister, Chairman; ; Chris Samuel, Chief Executive; ; Chris Fellingham, Chief Investment Officer; ; Tim Roberts, Chief Operating Officer; ; Jonathan Yates, Group Finance Director ; ; Ian Paterson Brown, Corporate Development Officer;
Website	http://www.ignisasset.com/

Ignis Asset Management is an asset management company with head offices in Glasgow and London. Ignis, formerly Resolution Asset Management^[1], manages around £78 billion* of assets. *Source: Internal at 30 September 11 (including £10.6bn of stock lending).

Ignis, which is the Latin word for fire or spark, merged with Axial Investment Management in November 2008.^[2]

Joint ventures

The Ignis joint ventures, Argonaut and Cartesian are 50 percent owned by their fund managers and 50 percent by the company.

Argonaut Capital Partners: [1] A European high alpha boutique set up as a joint venture between top fund managers Barry Norris and Oliver Russ and Ignis Asset Management. Argonaut Capital Partners have management control, owning 60% while Ignis has an equity stake of 40%.

Cartesian Capital Partners: [2] A UK equity boutique launched at the end of 2005. Cartesian is a 50/50 joint venture between investment managers David Stevenson and Andrew Kelly and Ignis Asset Management

Sponsorship

Middlesex County Cricket Club [3] Ignis Asset Management Women's 10K [4]

References

^ Business week: Ignis Asset Management http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8121978
^ Resolution and Axial to rebrand as Ignis http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/1357905/resolution-axial-rebrand-ignis

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[1] Business week: Ignis Asset Management http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=8121978

[2] Resolution and Axial to rebrand as Ignis http://www.investmentweek.co.uk/investment-week/news/1357905/resolution-axial-rebrand-ignis

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