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The Polar Capital European Forager Team

One of two specialist hedge funds at Polar Capital, co-managed by Michael Vise, Ali Amiri-Garroussi and Daniel Marshall. Michael started at Polar Capital in 2003 before joining the European team in 2005. He has been a co-manager of the Fund since 2007. Ali joined Polar Capital in 2007, before joining the team in 2012. He has been a co-manager of the Fund since 2017. Daniel joined the team in 2014 and has been a co-manager of the Fund since 2020.

Total AUM (as at 29.02.2024)

2003

Established

49

Combined years of experience

3

Team members

None

Michael Vise, CFA

Fund Manager
None

Ali Amiri-Garroussi, CFA

Fund Manager
None

Daniel Marshall

Fund Manager

Michael Vise, CFA

Michael joined Polar Capital in April 2003 as Operations Manager where he further developed and managed the trade support, investment compliance, performance and risk management functions. He joined the European team in October 2005 where he has focused on company research and idea generation. Prior to joining Polar Capital he gained five years' audit and accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche in the Cape Town, San Francisco and Dublin offices.

  • Bachelor of Commerce degreePostgraduate Diploma in Accounting, University of Cape Town
  • Chartered Accountant and CFA Charterholder
  • 20 years

Ali Amiri-Garroussi, CFA

Ali joined Polar Capital in 2007 as part of the Operations team and subsequently from 2009 worked as a Macro Analyst for the Discovery Fund, responsible for global macroeconomic research and analysis with a particular focus on the G10 currency space. He then joined the European team in 2012 as an Investment Analyst with a focus on company research and financial modeling. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he was with HSBC as a graduate recruit in their Corporate, Investment Banking and Markets division.

  • BA (Hons) Economics, University of Nottingham
  • CFA Charterholder
  • 16 years

Daniel Marshall

Daniel joined Polar Capital in 2014 as an Investment Analyst on the European team, with a focus on company research and financial modelling. Prior to joining Polar Capital, he was an Associate with The Carlyle Group's private equity real estate multi-manager, Metropolitan Real Estate, in their New York office. Whilst at Metropolitan, Daniel was responsible for analysing current and prospective investments. Previously, Daniel worked at Ernst & Young in London for three years as a graduate recruit in Assurance Asset Management, where he covered asset managers, hedge funds and private equity clients.

  • BA (1st Class Hons) Economics and Management, University of Oxford
  • Chartered Accountant
  • 11 years

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