Source, a leading provider of European exchange traded products, is pleased to announce that Nicolas Samaran will be joining the company to add expertise and head up its overall product offering and so meet the needs of its expanding client base….
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Reporting to Peter Thompson, Head of Distribution and Strategy, Nicolas will have responsibility for the search for and selection of new and innovative investment content from external providers.
Source building on a differentiated product offering
Source prides itself on its differentiated content offering which offers a number of unique partnerships with ‘best-of-breed’ asset managers and solution providers. These partnerships span a number of the leading names in financial services including Man GLG, PIMCO, Legal & General IM (LGIM), Nomura and J.P. Morgan. The innovative ETFs offered through these partnerships include products providing exposure to volatility, fixed income, broad-based commodities and smart beta outperformance. Content developers are encouraged to approach Source with new investment strategies.
Nicolas Samaran – Executive Director and Head of Investment Content
Nicolas’ focus will be to identify differentiated content, implement those strategies and weave it into the fold of Source’s existing product range. He joins from Man Investments where he was a senior member of the product structuring and financing group in Switzerland. Prior to joining Man, Nicolas was an Executive Director in the fund derivative structuring group at UBS Investment Bank in London. Nicolas started his career at Commerzbank Securities in London where he worked in the fund derivative structuring team and before that as a fund derivative trader. Nicolas holds a Master in Management from ESCP Europe and a BA in economics and accounting from the University of Paris-Assas.
Peter Thompson, Head of Distribution and Strategy at Source commented, “We are delighted to have Nicolas joining us in order to bring an enhanced focus and deeper expertise to the product development process at Source. He will enhance the dialogue we have with our partners and the ETP market in general. We see a real opportunity to continue building and growing our business through the delivery of differentiated content”.
Source, a leader in European ETPs
Source’s AUM at the end of September stood at US$ 11.5 billion, following particularly strong inflows in 2012. The third quarter has seen robust growth as equity and commodity products continue to gather assets and investor interest in volatility and fixed income investment solutions grew considerably. Source has continued to cement its leading position in the European ETP industry, capturing net new assets of over US$3 billion year to date boosted by the launch of innovative products in alternative, fixed income and commodity asset classes.
Source: ETFWorld.co.uk – Source
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