Agecroft Partners, the global hedge fund consulting and third-party marketing firm, has appointed Bill Barnes as managing director and head of Public Pension Fund Marketing.
Barnes has held senior marketing roles at Schroders, AXA Rosenberg and Neuberger Berman. At Agecroft Partners, his responsibilities will include assisting with due diligence on potential managers the firm may represent and managing the firms U.S. public pension fund strategy.
As public pension funds increase their exposures to hedge funds, Agecroft Partners aims to advise clients on hedge fund asset allocation, manager selection, hedge fund industry trends, industry survey results and liaising between investors and hedge funds.
Bill is a wonderful addition to our firm. Our business model is to introduce top quality hedge funds in a consultative manner to large institutional investors, says Don Steinbrugge, managing partner of Agecroft Partners. It is imperative that the members of our firm are highly technically competent. In addition, Bill has a reputation of having high integrity and strong ethical standards which are vital characteristics to build the long term reputation of our firm.
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