{"id":18659,"date":"2011-05-04T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/news\/nexar-capital-group-a-global-alternative-investment-manager-acquires-ermitage\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T15:00:22","slug":"nexar-capital-group-a-global-alternative-investment-manager-acquires-ermitage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/news\/nexar-capital-group-a-global-alternative-investment-manager-acquires-ermitage\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexar Capital Group, a global alternative investment manager, acquires Ermitage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"post_excerpt\">Nexar Capital Group SCA announced yesterday the acquisition of Ermitage Limited, one of Europe\u2019s pioneering alternative asset management organizations, from Caledonia Investments plc<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nFounded in 1975, Ermitage has successfully served its long standing client base with a diverse offering of innovative investment solutions, which include customized hedge fund portfolios, multi- and single<br \/>\nmanager hedge funds as well as wealth management services. Ermitage has also developed OPTICS, a highly advanced portfolio construction and risk management software tool.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Cadby, Chief Executive Officer of Ermitage said, \u201cWe are excited to be joining Nexar\u2019s accomplished team and share their vision for building a premier alternative investment manager focused on alpha generation, risk management, transparency and innovation together with a strong institutional infrastructure. Over recent years, Ermitage has made significant advances as an innovative solutions provider, a specialist area we are now better placed to expand thanks to our combined resources and market reach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cErmitage\u2019s world class capabilities in delivering customized portfolios and services to sophisticated investors complements Nexar\u2019s proven investment and risk management processes,\u201d said Eric Attias,<br \/>\nFounding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Nexar. \u201cFurthermore, Ermitage\u2019s UK-based expertise and network will benefit Nexar&#8217;s fund of hedge funds group located in New York and Paris.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nexar Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer Ari\u00e9 Assayag added, \u201cAs Nexar continues to invest selectively in order to build a leading independent alternative investment platform, Ermitage represents a well regarded investment manager and a valuable addition. We are pleased to welcome Ermitage\u2019s team to the Nexar Capital Group and we believe the synergies of Ermitage and Nexar will create a dynamic global group capable of meeting investors\u2019 varied needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The transaction, the terms of which were not disclosed, is subject primarily to requisite regulatory approvals. Berkshire Capital Securities Ltd acted as financial adviser to Ermitage in this transaction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexar Capital Group SCA announced yesterday the acquisition of Ermitage Limited, one of Europe\u2019s pioneering alternative asset management organizations, from Caledonia Investments plc<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":18657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1470],"tags":[1656,1687,1655,1723,1836,1690,1651,2007,2064,2065,2243,2063,1917],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18659"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/beta.next-finance.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}