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Robert Brown died in November 2008 after a short illness.
He worked in investment management for family wealth, charitable endowments and institutional funds since 1972 with Phillips & Drew, NM Rothschild and UBS.
Between 1998 and 2004 he was the Managing Director of Chiswell and subsequently the Chief Executive of Sarasin Chiswell.
He was a regular speaker and writer on investment matters.
For ten years he wrote the Chiswell Compendium of Investment for Charities, a work of reference highly regarded for its long-term perspective on investment and for the breadth and depth of its comparative analysis of global asset classes.
He was a member of the Charity Finance Directors Group, a member of the Management Committee of the Charity Investors’ Group, a member of the Stock Exchange Speakers Panel and the Visiting Fellow in Charity Investment at the South Bank University Business School.
He was a Fellow of the Securities Institute and chaired the City Circle of the Forum for European Philosophy.
Anciens postes connus de Robert Alan Brown
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Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd.
Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Evercore Pan-Asset is an active, long-term manager which believes that asset allocation decisions are the most important part of the investment management process and that successful asset allocation is the key to good investment performance. They aim to ensure that clients and investors are exposed to attractive asset classes using transparent, low-cost, liquid instruments which are normally listed on the London Stock Exchange. The firm concentrates on the big picture and takes long-term views about the likely performance of an asset. They move more into cash if there is substantial economic and market disruption and if an asset class becomes unattractive they sell it. If they cannot find enough attractive assets to buy because markets are difficult they will temporarily hold cash instead to avoid losses and preserve capital. Their investment universe covers over 30 asset classes across all geographic regions. Their asset allocation team constantly monitors each asset class to find the best investment opportunities around the world. Evercore Pan-Asset's mantra is 'Keeping it Simple'. They believe that complexity nearly always adds cost and will sometimes add risk as well. They aim to ensure that everyone understands what is in their portfolio and how their money is being invested. Most of all, they believe that by driving down the cost of investment at all levels they can help clients and investors to improve their long-term returns. They avoid complex ETFs and do not use ETFs which use short-selling or leverage techniques. | President | 01/11/2008 |
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Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd.
Evercore Pan-Asset Capital Management Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Evercore Pan-Asset is an active, long-term manager which believes that asset allocation decisions are the most important part of the investment management process and that successful asset allocation is the key to good investment performance. They aim to ensure that clients and investors are exposed to attractive asset classes using transparent, low-cost, liquid instruments which are normally listed on the London Stock Exchange. The firm concentrates on the big picture and takes long-term views about the likely performance of an asset. They move more into cash if there is substantial economic and market disruption and if an asset class becomes unattractive they sell it. If they cannot find enough attractive assets to buy because markets are difficult they will temporarily hold cash instead to avoid losses and preserve capital. Their investment universe covers over 30 asset classes across all geographic regions. Their asset allocation team constantly monitors each asset class to find the best investment opportunities around the world. Evercore Pan-Asset's mantra is 'Keeping it Simple'. They believe that complexity nearly always adds cost and will sometimes add risk as well. They aim to ensure that everyone understands what is in their portfolio and how their money is being invested. Most of all, they believe that by driving down the cost of investment at all levels they can help clients and investors to improve their long-term returns. They avoid complex ETFs and do not use ETFs which use short-selling or leverage techniques. | Finance |
















