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Former Carmignac Partner Launches Seafield Capital Partners
The new firm plans to change the conventional fund distribution and marketing model across the fund industry by offering an innovative alternative to large-scale in-house operations.
Nick White, a former partner at Paris-based asset manager Carmignac with over 25 years’ experience, has just launched Seafield Capital Partners, a specialist investment sales and marketing consultancy.
With offices in London and Dublin, the company plans to change the conventional fund distribution and marketing model across the fund industry by offering an innovative alternative to large-scale in-house operations.
Seafield aims to establish long-term partnerships with investment boutiques, accelerating their asset growth and brand footprint. The firm said it has already onboarded three managers – Blue Diagonal Emerging Market Debt, Crossborder Kintore Systematic Gold Strategy and the Halo Asian Consumer fund.
Seafield offers an outsourced solution covering all aspects of asset expansion and brand development. At the heart of Seafield's mission is a cost-effective model that uses technology combined with a robust distribution process, the firm said in a statement.
“Our goal is to rebalance the economics of fund distribution without compromising on service quality,” Nick White, founding partner, added.
White has over 25 years’ experience working in the asset management industry. Starting his career with Invesco in Dublin, he moved to London in 2006 to join Martin Currie Investment Management. In 2012, he moved to Carmignac to help establish their UK business where he was head of discretionary distribution and latterly was made a partner. Most recently, he was head of UK and European distribution at Nedgroup Investments before leaving to establish Seafield Capital Partners.
Seafield said its approach is characterised by its consultancy suite, an offering where asset manager partners can refine their distribution strategy, create new products to meet local market demands, establish their brand footprint, and plan their client and asset expansion. The company also plans to expand its team and fund offering over the coming months.
