Fisch AM appoints co-head of £2bn convertible bonds business
Ivan Nikolov (pictured) will join the firm on 1 January.
Ivan Nikolov, an experienced convertible bond specialist, will take up the role from 1 January 2024. He will manage Fisch AM's five-strong convertible bond team with Thomas Fischli Rutz. The team runs five strategies across the entire convertible bond risk spectrum.
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Nikolov was previously senior portfolio manager at NN Investment Partners in London, where he co-managed convertible bond portfolios in excess of $2bn.
Before then, for four years he was a convertible bond portfolio manager at Aberdeen Asset Management. He has also held positions as a convertible bond trader at a hedge fund and at a securities broker.
«I am thrilled to be joining one of the most well-known managers of convertible bonds globally, and I am very much looking forward to contributing my experience to Fisch Asset Management and working with this well-established team,» he said.
«I gladly accept the challenge of continuing Fisch's almost 30-year success story in the area of convertible bonds.»
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Torsten von Bartenwerffer, CEO of Fisch, added: «Ivan is an expert and veteran in the convertible bonds business. With his support and that of the entire team, we will continue to build on our success. I look forward to working closely and successfully with him.»
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