Ignis Asset Management
File:Ignislogo.jpg | |
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Financial Services, Investment Management, Asset Management, Fund Management |
Headquarters | , 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 £76 billion* of assets. *Source: Internal at 31 March 11 (including £9bn 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 50/50 joint venture in 2005 between top fund managers Barry Norris and Oliver Russ and Ignis Asset Management.
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
External links
- Ignis Asset Management website
- Ignis Argonaut Capital Partners website
- Ignis Cartesian Capital Partners website