JOHCM to launch two Asian funds after boutique acquisition

JO Hambro Capital Management has acquired a Singapore-based boutique with the view to launch two Asian equity retail funds by late September, subject to regulatory approval.

The firm has bought Silver Metis Capital Management, which was set up in 2007 by Samir Mehta who will be joining JOHCM as fund manager but remain in Singapore. Also joining is Cho-Yu Kooi who worked at Silver Metis alongside Mehta. The pair will be launching two retail funds, a concentrated all-cap portfolio and a small-cap portfolio, both investing in the Asia ex Japan region. They will also run institutional segregated mandates. The pair worked at Lloyd George Management prior to Silver Metis where Mehta was responsible for $5bn AUM and was CIO while Kooi managed the Lloyd George As...