Christopher Rossbach, an experienced European hedge fund manager who previously ran a $1.5 billion European equities portfolio for the US-based hedge fund firm Magnetar Capital and established the firm's London business, has set up his own London-based firm called Merian Capital Partners.
The firm's debut Merian European Equities long/short fund launched in June. Rossbach and his team are targeting annualised returns of 15%, with moderate volatility, from fundamentally based, long and short investments in large...