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ITERAM bolsters alternative team with double hire

Friday, October 29, 2021
Opalesque Industry Update - ITERAM Capital SA, an independent alternative asset manager, announced that the company has strengthened and expanded its alternative team. This double hire underlines ITERAM's strong commitment to a rigorous institutional framework and reinforce its role amongst the top Swiss leading alternative players. The company provides investors access to differentiated alternative investments with the potential to generate stable and consistent uncorrelated returns.

Commenting on the hires, Manuel Garzelli, ITERAM's CEO, said: " Moïra and Marouane will further enhance our alternative investment expertise and will be invaluable contributors to ITERAM's growth ambition as well as serving our clients with best-in-class alternative investment solutions".

Marouane Daho joined ITERAM Capital in August 2021 as investment and research analyst within the team that oversees investments across hedge funds, alternative UCITS and private markets. He is responsible for analysing, selecting and monitoring alternative fund managers and actively participating and contributing with investment ideas at the investment committee. Marouane reports to portfolio managers, Manuel Garzelli and Marc Sbeghen. Marouane started his career at Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank before joining Lyxor Asset Management as a Hedge Fund analyst in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Marouane was working as a hedge funds and private equity investment analyst and was a member of the investment committee at Lera Capital in Geneva. Marouane graduated from NEOMA Business School with a Master's in Management and is a CAIA charterholder.

Moira d'Anterroches joined earlier this year, in March 2021, and is responsible for the operational due diligence on alternative investments covering hedge funds, venture capital, private debt and liquid alternatives. Moïra brings a deep knowledge of financial markets and financial products with expertise in quantitative and qualitative market risk analysis. She started her career in 2003 as investment risk analyst for asset-backed securities, corporate debt and credit derivatives at Natixis Capital Markets and Lehman Brothers in New York before joining Nestlé Capital in Vevey as investment risk manager. Most recently, Moïra was an investment analytics consultant at Groupe Heller. Moira graduated with a Master's of Arts in Mathematics of Finance from Columbia University, a Master's in Economics from University of Geneva and is a FRM charterholder.

ITERAM has assets under management of $450 million split across liquid and illiquid alternative strategies. The company offers investors innovative and high-quality alternative investment solutions that encompasses the full alternative spectrum from financing and direct investments to multi-manager portfolios, across private markets and hedge funds.

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