Dejan Knezevic joins Spartan |
Date: Friday, November 23, 2012
Author: News Release
Toronto, Ontario – September 19, 2012 – Spartan Fund Management Inc. is pleased to announce
that Dejan Knezevic1 has joined the firm as Vice-President, National Sales, responsible for the
distribution of the full suite of Spartan funds to investment advisors in Canada, effective October 2, 2012.
Mr. Knezevic has over 8 years of experience in the financial services industry, including a senior
sales position with a well-known Canadian hedge fund. He brings extensive experience with
alternative asset managers as well as with the Canadian investment advisor community.
Gary Ostoich, President of Spartan Fund Management Inc. states “We are pleased to add Dejan
Knezevic to the Spartan team. This will broaden the availability of Spartan’s suite of investment
strategies to Canadian investors, which will benefit both investment advisors and their clients by
offering investment alternatives that are not only excellent investments on their own but are also
powerful diversifiers for Canadian investors.”
“At this time I would also like to thank Andrew Mitchell for his contribution to the growth of
Spartan’s AUM from less than $10mm 2 ˝ years ago to over $75mm today. We wish Andrew
nothing but the best as he embarks on a new career in an exciting opportunity for him.”
Spartan Fund Management Inc. is a Toronto-based private wealth management firm advising a
number of private funds on behalf of high net worth and institutional clients. Spartan aims to
attract the most talented investment managers and analysts from a variety of backgrounds -
typically institutional money managers or proprietary bank traders - that have proven expertise
within a well defined investment strategy. Spartan provides the operational and risk management
infrastructure that enables our investment professionals to focus on what they do best: optimize the
balance between risk and reward for clients.
Spartan manages a number of funds, including:
Spartan Multi Strategy Fund, a Morningstar award winning fund
Scale Opportunities Fund, a special situations fund
ElevenFund, a short term directional trading fund
Humber Global Opportunity Fund, a global long-short equity fund
Teraz Fund, a diversified Canadian micro-cap fund
Heaps Multi Strategy Fund, a quant oriented fund
To find out more about all of the Spartan funds, please visit www.spartanfunds.ca.
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Contact: Gary Ostoich
gostoich@spartanfunds.ca
100 Wellington Street West, Suite 2101
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1J3
T: (416)601-3171