GAM has entered an agreement with Arcus Investment to distribute its Japanese hedge fund strategy, Arcus Zensen.
The fund, which has been headed up by Arcus co-founder Mark Pearson for more than 20 years, will hold both long and short positions in Japanese equities across the market cap spectrum.
It is one of three funds managed by Arcus: the firm, which was founded in 1998 and specialises in value-focused opportunities in Japan, also runs Arcus Japan and Arcus Japan Value.
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The former, which is the firm’s flagship offering, resides in the IA Japan sector. It is a long-only portfolio focused on large and mid-cap Japanese equities. The latter is also long-only but focuses on companies further down the cap spectrum. All three funds are managed by Pearson. Arcus currently runs $1.3bn of assets from offices in London, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur.
Elmar Zumbuehl (pictured), group CEO of GAM, said: “This exciting new collaboration between GAM and Arcus will continue to expand GAM’s alternatives product offerings and significantly enhance GAM’s Japan-focused investing capabilities for clients.”
Edward Cartwright, CEO of Arcus, added he is “delighted” that GAM will assist with the distribution of Zensen.
“Since its inception in late 2001, our proprietary quantitative analysis allied with a rigorous fundamental research process and Mark Pearson’s portfolio management prowess has allowed the fund to deliver compelling returns,” he said. “With GAM’s assistance, we hope to introduce it to more institutional investors around the world.”
