Management |
Domicile | Ireland | Legal Structure | Open Ended Investment Company | UCITS | Yes | Inception Date | 28/11/2003 | | Fund Advisor(s) | Comgest Asset Management Intl Ltd |
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Fund Manager | Alexandre Narboni | Manager Start Date | 02/07/2019 | Career Start Year | 2003 |
Education | Columbia University, M.S. | National School of Statistics and Economic Administration |
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Biography |
Alexandre Narboni joined Comgest in 2009 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.
Alexandre is also responsible for developing and supervising Comgest’s Flex strategies, the firm's first investment strategies to employ hedging techniques with the objective of reducing volatility and drawdowns. He previously worked in the Group’s US equity team. Before joining Comgest, he worked in New York in asset-backed securities at Société Générale from 2005-2007 and then as a hedge fund credit Analyst at HSBC.
Alexandre graduated from the National School of Statistics and Economic Administration (ENSAE) in Paris and Columbia University in New York where he was awarded a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics. |
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Fund Manager | Laure Négiar | Manager Start Date | 31/03/2013 | Career Start Year | 2009 |
Education | Stanford University, B.A./B.S. | HEC Business School, M.S. |
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Biography |
Laure Négiar joined Comgest in 2010 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. She is also a non-executive member of the Board of Partners and the Global Equity Team manager.
Laure co-manages Comgest's Global and EAFE (Global ex-US) strategies as well as the team’s segregated accounts. Before joining Comgest, she worked at BNP Paribas Equities & Derivatives in Paris and London, and prior to that worked in several roles within the US government.
Laure obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Stanford University (with Honours and Phi Beta Kappa) before graduating on the Dean's list with an MSc in Management from the HEC business school in France. She is also a CFA® charterholder. |
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Fund Manager | Zak Smerczak | Manager Start Date | 30/06/2017 | Career Start Year | 2006 |
Education | University of Cape Town, B.B.S |
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Biography |
Zak Smerczak joined Comgest in 2016 and is an Analyst and Portfolio Manager specialising in Global equities. He is also a member of the Comgest Group's Investment Committee.
Zak started his career in 2006 at Deloitte in London, initially in Assurance & Advisory Services before moving to Transaction Services where he was responsible for operational and financial due diligence. In 2011, Zak joined Mirabaud Asset Management where he worked as an Analyst covering global equities. In 2015, he moved to Polar Capital Holdings where he held the position of Analyst / Portfolio Manager for the firm’s global multi-asset income strategy.
Zak holds a Bachelor of Business Science Degree with Honours in Finance from the University of Cape Town. He is a CFA® charterholder and has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland since 2009. |