1. Thayer Brook reinforces management team
London – 2 Feb 2016
London-based quantitative firm Thayer Brook Partners has hired Jamil Ismail as Deputy CEO to work
alongside CEO Philip Stoltzfus. Mr Ismail has extensive experience in the asset management and
alternative industries, having previously held senior positions at IPM Informed Portfolio Management
in Stockholm, Aspect Capital in London and Deutsche Bank in Paris and Frankfurt. Most recently, he
has been working on a quantitative hedge fund start-up.
Thayer Brook CEO Philip Stoltzfus said, “I’ve known Jamil for some time and am delighted to work with
someone of his caliber at an interesting time in our firm’s development”. The Thayer Brook team has
over 30 years’ experience in building and trading quantitative multi-asset strategies. The founders
were initially in charge of Mizuho Bank’s proprietary trading business before setting-up an
independent firm in 2005, with the backing of Mizuho Bank, which remains a strategic partner to the
firm. Thayer Brook has expanded on its original fixed income absolute return strategy with a global
diversified offering launched in 2009.
In 2013 Thayer Brook created a joint-venture with artificial intelligence specialist Titian Global
Investments, a UK firm with over 8 years’ experience in machine learning trading strategies. Together
they have launched QuantBridge, a multi-strategy vehicle combining the existing trading programs and
research expertise of the two firms. Over time, the aim is to expand the concept and become a Quant
Hub to include other managers and teams to provide investors with attractive and stable returns while
offering managers the required infrastructure enabling them to focus on research.
Philip Stoltzfus added, “With monetary policies of the major economies in the process of change and
diverging from one another, we believe the environment is conducive to the Thayer Brook Fixed
Income and FX strategy, which is highly liquid and can benefit from either rising or falling rates.
Furthermore, the QuantBridge strategy that we have launched with Titian gives investors the
opportunity to invest in well-established quantitative methods while gaining exposure to new, cutting
edged technologies. It is a great time to team up with Jamil so he can help us effectively bring our
expertise to market.”
For more information contact:
Philip Stoltzfus
Partner and Chief Executive Officer
+44 (0)20 7766 1582
philip@thayerbrook.co.uk
www.thayerbrook.co.uk
Thayer Brook Partners LLP

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