Key Takeaways
- • Gottex Fund Management appoints Laurent Chevallier as senior portfolio manager at its Swiss subsidiary, Gottex Asset Management (Suisse), strengthening the firm's capabilities in alternative risk premia strategies.
- • Chevallier brings 16+ years of experience in alternative investment analysis and management, including macro hedge fund strategies, alternative beta approaches, and factor-based investment methods.
- • His most recent role involved managing the Vasken macro fund, which deployed systematic macro trading strategies across forex, yield curves, commodities, and index spreads with a focus on tail risk protection.
- • Gottex, with $8.5 billion in assets under management, is pursuing a strategic initiative focused on alternative risk premia, positioning Chevallier's expertise as critical to this expansion.
- • Chevallier's career spans trading S&P 500 futures at a $1 billion hedge fund, co-founding Quest Partners in New York, serving as co-CIO at Bucephale Investment Management, and leading hedge fund investments at Unigestion.
Summary
Gottex Fund Management has strengthened its portfolio management team by appointing Laurent Chevallier as a senior member based at Gottex Asset Management (Suisse). The appointment reflects Gottex's strategic focus on alternative risk premia, a growing segment within the hedge fund and alternative asset management industry. Arpad Busson, executive chairman of Gottex, emphasized that Chevallier's hands-on experience managing macro hedge fund programs and factor-based investment approaches will significantly enhance the firm's capabilities in this area.
Chevallier joins Gottex with more than 16 years of specialized experience in analyzing and managing alternative investment strategies. His career demonstrates progressive responsibility across multiple segments of the alternative asset industry. He began his career in 1998 as a trader of S&P 500 futures for a $1 billion hedge fund, subsequently advancing to director of hedge fund research and head of asset allocation. He later co-founded Quest Partners in New York, where he served as managing partner and portfolio manager overseeing emerging managers strategies.
His recent professional background includes roles as co-chief investment officer at Bucephale Investment Management and head of hedge fund investments and manager selection at Unigestion. For the past four years, Chevallier managed the Vasken macro fund, implementing systematic macro trading strategies with emphasis on tail risk protection. His investment approach encompasses directional positioning in forex, yield curve trading, commodity exposure, and index spread trading, combined with an alternative beta component designed to capture factor-based returns.
Gottex, managing $8.5 billion in assets under management, positions Chevallier's appointment as foundational to its expansion within alternative risk premia—a space increasingly attractive to institutional investors seeking diversified return sources uncorrelated to traditional equity and fixed-income markets. The hire demonstrates Gottex's commitment to building experienced teams capable of implementing sophisticated factor-based and systematic strategies in this competitive segment of the alternative asset management landscape.
Chevallier joins Gottex with more than 16 years of specialized experience in analyzing and managing alternative investment strategies. His career demonstrates progressive responsibility across multiple segments of the alternative asset industry. He began his career in 1998 as a trader of S&P 500 futures for a $1 billion hedge fund, subsequently advancing to director of hedge fund research and head of asset allocation. He later co-founded Quest Partners in New York, where he served as managing partner and portfolio manager overseeing emerging managers strategies.
His recent professional background includes roles as co-chief investment officer at Bucephale Investment Management and head of hedge fund investments and manager selection at Unigestion. For the past four years, Chevallier managed the Vasken macro fund, implementing systematic macro trading strategies with emphasis on tail risk protection. His investment approach encompasses directional positioning in forex, yield curve trading, commodity exposure, and index spread trading, combined with an alternative beta component designed to capture factor-based returns.
Gottex, managing $8.5 billion in assets under management, positions Chevallier's appointment as foundational to its expansion within alternative risk premia—a space increasingly attractive to institutional investors seeking diversified return sources uncorrelated to traditional equity and fixed-income markets. The hire demonstrates Gottex's commitment to building experienced teams capable of implementing sophisticated factor-based and systematic strategies in this competitive segment of the alternative asset management landscape.
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