Currency manager Record appoints pension fund veteran as CIO
Record, a specialist currency and alternative asset manager, has appointed Andreas Dänzer as group chief investment officer, a newly created role.
Dänzer will join Record, which provides its service to institutional clients, including private credit managers, over the summer.
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He brings with him extensive experience in the investment sector.
Dänzer was most recently chief investment officer of the pension fund of Credit Suisse (Switzerland). Prior to that he oversaw the capital investment division of Asga Pensionskasse, where he was a member of the executive board.
Before that he spent eight years as head of asset management and investment committee chair of the pension fund of UBS. Earlier in his career, he spent several years at PUBLICA, the pension fund for Swiss public employees.
As part of his new role with Record, Dänzer will travel widely to support the investment teams based across New York, London and Frankfurt as well as the company’s international client base.
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“I am delighted that Andreas will soon join Record, allowing our clients and staff to benefit from his extensive institutional investment experience,” Dr Jan Hendrik Witte, Record chief executive, said
“Andreas is the ideal candidate to maintain and enhance our best-in-class suite of currency strategies and alternative products. I am confident Andreas’ multi-asset class experience will be instrumental in supporting our diverse product offering.”
Dänzer said he was joining the company at an “exciting time”.
“Record is well known for its expertise, and I am a firm believer in its customised approach to fulfilling the complex needs of its institutional clients, differentiating them from many in the industry,” he added. “I look forward to being a part of Record’s continued growth.”
Record manages over $100bn (£77bn) of assets for 140 institutional clients worldwide across FX risk management and alpha solutions, EM debt, infrastructure equity, and alternative credit.
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