Rod Barker is a Partner at Toscafund Asset Management, one of London's leading multi-asset managers with $4 bn in assets under management. He has worked as a hedge fund executive in CEO and Business Development roles since 2005 and has built a substantial network of institutional and private investors.
Prior to 2005, he was a Managing Director at Credit Suisse with responsibility for International Prime Services (2002-2005), after spending 15 years at Morgan Stanley where he was Managing Director in International Prime Brokerage and Institutional Equity Sales (1987-2002). Rod is a graduate of First Chicago's ‘First Scholar Programme’ and has an Honours Degree in Economics from Durham University.
Toscafund, founded in 2000 by Martin Hughes, has evolved into a leading multi asset manager. Funds managed total over $4bn which includes global equity, activist strategies, UK private debt and commercial property. Clients of the firm include pension funds, international institutional funds, family offices and high net worth individuals. Rod focuses on business development within the group.
RiverCrest Capital
Founding Partner and CEO
Feb 2011 - Jun 2015
London, UK
Founded the company in partnership with Pacific Investments, the private investment company of Sir John Beckwith, as a hedge fund management business managing offshore and regulated long/short equity strategies.
ISAM
Partner and Director of Business Development
Jun 2009 - Jan 2011
London, UK
ISAM is an alternative investment manager which specialises in quantitative investing. In his role at ISAM, Rod worked closely with the CEO, Stanley Fink, in the establishment, seeding and early stage growth of the firm's flagship fund, ISAM Systematic Trend.
Renaissance Investment Management was the asset and wealth management division of Renaissance Group. Founded in 1995, Renaissance is a leading emerging and frontier markets investment bank with operations focussed on Russia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Rod was responsible for the international fund management activities of Renaissance Investment Management.
Executive Director of Business Development and Distribution
Aug 2005 - Dec 2007
London, UK
Rod was appointed as Board Director and part of the management team which grew RAB Capital into one of London's leading hedge fund businesses. RAB began as a start-up private hedge fund business but became one of the earliest pure alternative asset management firms to list on the stock market. Rod focused on strategic development of the business, product range and global distribution.
Managing Director and Head of International Prime Services
Jun 2002 - Jul 2005
London, UK
Rod joined Credit Suisse to establish and develop a hedge fund relationship management coverage function in Europe and to build an international presence in prime brokerage. He was a key participant in the development of one of the leading multi-asset prime brokerage businesses in Europe and Asia, significantly expanding the firm's client footprint and market share.
Rod spent almost 15 years at Morgan Stanley where he climbed the ranks from Associate to Managing Director. After 13 successful years in institutional equities where he was head of International Equity Sales, Rod became a senior manager in the top ranked prime brokerage division. He began his career at Morgan Stanley in US equity sales and ran the #1 ranked US equity sales business in Europe.
