Reto Gehring and Alexandre Potelle have joined SYZ Fund Research, Swiss bank SYZ & CO’s fund analysis and “long only” manager selection service. The two new staff members join the team of Katia Coudray Cornu, who was appointed Head of SYZ Fund Research in June 2011. Gehring has been appointed Head of Research, while Potelle is Senior Analyst.
Prior to joining SYZ & CO as Head of Research for SYZ Fund Research, Gehring spent ten years working at UBP in Geneva in the multi-manager and manager selection team established by Cornu in 2001, where he had held the position of Head of Research since 2009. Gehring has 14 years’ experience in finance, 12 of which in fund and manager selection. Before joining UBP, Gehring had set up the fund selection team at Banque Cantonale Vaudoise. He is a Certified Financial Analyst and a member of the Swiss Financial Analysts Association.
Potelle had also worked for UBP’s multi-manager and manager selection team, since 2006. He was primarily responsible for selecting US managers and managers in the commodities, global equities and high yield sectors. Potelle is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and began his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining ING Banque Suisse as a Portfolio Manager.
The SYZ Fund Research department offers third-party funds to private banking clients and independent asset managers, complementing the hedge fund selection which is already provided by SYZ & CO. Additionally, the team is in charge of identifying and launching new strategies, in order to continue the development of the OYSTER funds range.
