Ramius Appoints Head of Liquid Alternative Products

Ramius, the global investment management business of Cowen Group, has hired Bradley Sussman as managing director and head of liquid alternative products.
By Jake Safane(2147484770)
Ramius, the global investment management business of Cowen Group, has hired Bradley Sussman as managing director and head of liquid alternative products.

In this role, Sussman will be responsible for the firm’s mutual fund platform and growing its suite of liquid alternative products. Prior to Ramius, Sussman served as managing director, hedge fund strategist, at Merrill Lynch where he was been a member of the Investment Committee for Alternative Investments and head of non-traditional mutual fund due diligence. Before Merrill Lynch, Sussman was a portfolio manager at Ivy Asset Management for over a decade. He previously served as
vice president of research for Bear Hunter Specialists and began his career as a financial advisor associate at Sanford Bernstein.

“Brad, a veteran in the alternatives space who has spent his career constructing and overseeing portfolios of hedge funds and more recently leading the sourcing and diligence of alternative mutual funds, is uniquely qualified to lead our liquid alternatives business. He has been at the forefront of the movement to offer contemporary liquid alternative strategies to retail and mass affluent investors, products historically in the domain of sophisticated institutional investors only. Brad’s mandate will be to develop bolt on products to existing firm investment capabilities and onboard talented investment teams in order to deliver to the market the right liquid products in the right space managed by the right teams,” says Michael Singer, chief executive officer of Ramius.

“As a broader universe of investors begin to allocate meaningful assets to daily liquid alternative strategies, it is crucial that those who understand these underlying strategies best offer top quality products to this marketplace. With two decades of expertise in alternatives, Ramius has been a leader in sourcing skilled investment teams, developing innovative products and bringing these capabilities and solutions to all investors. There is a tremendous opportunity for the firm to educate investors and create access to these liquid products, and I am very pleased to be joining Ramius at this exciting time,” says Sussman.

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