Guillaume Rambourg’s eagerly anticipated return to the hedge fund world is taking shape, with plans for his big new Paris-based European equity operation Verrazzano Capital starting to build momentum ahead of the firm’s launch in the first quarter of next year.
Rambourg has already hired 10 of the planned 15-strong day-one team. Key figures on the investment side include former Gartmore colleague Tomas Pinto, who will be head of research and a portfolio manager, and Karim Moussalem, formerly...