Anker has moved from multi-strategy hedge fund Paloma Partners, which is based in Greenwich Connecticut, and has held senior positions at the Blackstone Group and Citigroup Alternative Investments.
His appointment follows the integration of Pareto, another BNY Mellon boutique, into Insight Investment earlier this year in a deal that took the combined group’s AUM to £212.3bn.
Earlier this month Insight Investment brought its Buy and Maintain Bond strategy to the retail market for the first time, a strategy that has £7bn in assets through institutional segregated money.
In his new role Anker will lead the newly-enlarged business’ expansion into new markets, drawing on his previous experience working for Deutsche Bank in New York and London where he was latterly co-head of DB Absolute Return Strategies for Europe and the Middle East.
Abdallah Nauphal, CEO of Insight Investments, said: “This newly-created role reflects both the increasingly global nature of our business following the integration of Pareto. Anker has extensive experience in working with investors and intermediaries around the world and a deep understanding of the alternative investment spectrum.”
