Chief Executive of BZ Bank AG to Join the Market Neutral Specialist
PFÄFFIKON SZ, Switzerland -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Rose & Sky Group, a specialist for market neutral investments and strategies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Manuel Ebner as CEO of Rose & Sky Investments AG and as Managing Partner of Rose & Sky Investments (Cayman) Ltd. as of 1 st May 2009. Mr. Ebner has more than two decades of extensive leadership experience in banking and IT, both as CEO and senior strategy consultant.
At Rose & Sky, Mr. Ebner takes a senior position in both the Group's fund manager, based on the Cayman Islands and the Group's fund adviser, based in Switzerland. Mr. Ebner will help lead the Group in addressing the expected regulatory and investor needs and requirements. Rose & Sky Investments is preparing to launch a new market neutral fund for institutional investors in May 2009.
At Rose & Sky, Mr. Ebner benefits from his extensive experience in banking, consulting, and as a technology entrepreneur. Since 2006, he has been CEO of BZ Bank AG, a Swiss private bank, focused on Equities Brokerage, Fund Management and Corporate Finance. Prior to his time at BZ Bank AG he was a Partner at McKinsey & Company and at the Boston Consulting Group, specialising on Private Banking and Asset Management. In addition, Mr. Ebner was CEO of two software companies in Switzerland. Mr. Ebner holds a B.A. in Economics and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University as well as an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.
Mr. Ebner assumes his responsibilities at Rose & Sky together with Mark Rosiefsky, Managing Partner of the Fund Manager and Chairman of Rose & Sky Investments AG.
ABOUT ROSE & SKY INVESTMENTS
Rose & Sky Investments is a group of companies specialising on the development and implementation of market neutral strategies and fund management within a broad range of investment services.
The fund manager, Rose & Sky Investments (Cayman) Ltd, based in Cayman Islands, has created a proprietary suite of market neutral trading strategies. Rose & Sky is a founding member of the Cayman Islands' chapter of AIMA.
The fund adviser, Rose & Sky Investments AG, based in Switzerland, provides its clients with a comprehensive set of investment fund advisory services, which include choice of vehicle, legal structure, fund implementation, research, trading, compliance, risk management and reporting.
Rose & Sky is planning to launch a new fund for institutional investors in May 2009 - Rose & Sky Europe Fund.
The style of the Rose & Sky Europe Fund is a hybrid of a long-short and market-neutral strategy, which combines the positive aspects of both, while maintaining market neutrality. The Rose & Sky Europe Fund is positioned to be a low-risk investment, delta hedged during non-trading hours. The fund is designed to generate attractive returns with low volatility, independent from market trends and conditions. It is mainly based on tested, well-defined rules and processes. The fund is highly transparent, with daily liquidity for its investors, and operates with the best business partners of the industry.
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