Understanding alternative strategies

Stuart Davies, Managing Director for Ramius, explains the range of strategies used in the Advance Alternative Strategies Multi-Blend Fund.


About About Stuart Davies, Managing Director, Chief Investment Officer and Head of the Investment Management Committee, Ramius Alternative Solutions LLC

Stuart joined the firm in January 2009. Prior to joining Ramius, Stuart was a Managing Director and Global Head of Investments at Ivy Asset Management in New York and was a member of Ivy’s Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Earlier in Stuart’s career, he was a member of the International Investment Committee of Coronation Fund Managers. He also spent three years at Nedcor Investment Bank as Head of the off-shore multi-manager investment team. Stuart started his career in 1992 with Deloitte and Touche in both their audit and corporate finance divisions. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a Bachelor of Commerce and Post Graduate Diploma in Accounting. He is also a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder.

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