Welcome to South River Asset Management
“both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute”.
South River Asset Management* is a specialist fund management company which brings together a team of highly experienced investment managers. Based in the City of London, we manage a range of mixed asset, bond and equity funds. We are passionate about the investments we make and, as a boutique fund manager, we have the ability, flexibility and agility to react quickly to market anomalies which also enables us to invest in companies regardless of their size. We are investment specialists with dedicated expertise across a range of themes and sectors. Our experience and track record has come from managing money through many different market and business cycles and our ethos is purely investment focused which aligns our interests with those of our clients.
We offer our clients the benefits of boutique, specialist fund management with the reassurance of stable ownership with the backing of Zhejiang Zhongnan, one of China’s top 500 companies. Founded in 1984, Zhejiang Zhongnan Holdings Group philosophy is “Build Business through Integrity, Achieve Development through Innovation”.
* As of 11th January 2018, Peterhouse Asset Management and Peterhouse Capital (Guernsey) Ltd (formerly Hume Capital Ltd) were renamed South River Asset Management and South River (Guernsey) Ltd
*If you’re an investor in our South River Guernsey Funds (formerly Hume Funds), please click here to learn more about the restructuring and renaming of our Funds.
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19-May-18: Amanda van Dyke presents at LSE’s Natural Resources Evening
Our Team
Amanda van Dyke
Managing Director & Portfolio Manager
Amanda van Dyke is a Managing Director of the South River group of companies and a senior investment manager. She has been previously with the mining teams of GMP, Pareto, and Dundee Securities, as an analyst and mining specialist sales person. She is also a former Chairman of Women in Mining UK, and a member of the advisory board of Mines and Money London. She has authored numerous research reports as well as articles on the mining sector. She is a professional gemmologist, and holds an MBA and MA in International Economics, from SDA Bocconi and China Europe International Business School.
Rob Steele
Operations Manager
Rob Steele is a portfolio administrator. He has over 20 years experience in the industry. Before EPIC he worked for Threadneedle Asset Management, which he joined from Zurich Investment Management. Previously he worked for an investment management company and a stockbroker which were both based in Edinburgh. Rob holds the UKSIP Investment Management Certificate.
Stephen Watson
Chief Investment Officer & Managing Director
Stephen Watson is Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of South River Asset Management Ltd. He manages international multi-asset and equity portfolios and previously he co-ran the 4* Morningstar rated international equity funds at Northern Trust and was responsible for pan-European and Eurozone accounts at Northern Trust Global Investors. Before that he was a Director at Framlington Investment Management where he was head of European equities. Stephen has a BA Hons degree in Politics from Durham University.
Lisa Pickering
Marketing Manager
Lisa Pickering is a highly experienced media, communications and asset management professional with over 15 years’ experience in communications, business development and marketing. Lisa is a key resource at South River AM in London as we look to build out the business following the restructuring of the funds, both in Guernsey as well as Dublin and here in London.
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Interesting find... https://t.co/HN9BRuLaiA
Scientists at @TIFRScience have tinkered with the chemistry of gold and have turned it into ‘black gold’. This could have potential applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater. Find out more: https://t.co/pAbRR45dOk pic.twitter.com/LCvkB6krrf
— World Gold Council (@GOLDCOUNCIL) July 29, 2019
Scientists at @TIFRScience have tinkered with the chemistry of gold and have turned it into ‘black gold’. This could have potential applications ranging from solar energy harvesting to desalinating seawater. Find out more: https://t.co/pAbRR45dOk https://t.co/LCvkB6krrf
What do Boris Johnson and the Proclaimers have in common? Check out this week's blog to find out...
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What do Boris Johnson and the Proclaimers have in common? Check out this week's blog to find out...https://t.co/19TZngbXMG pic.twitter.com/QvPthIwXWt
— South River AM (@SouthRiverAm) July 31, 2019
Saw UK student accommodation leader UNITE GROUP plc https://t.co/SbXi2Rpm86 The acquisition of rival LIBERTY LIVING for £2.2bn including debt makes them clear market leader…student accommodation is a growth market with student numbers at record high and supply crimped…
Saw UK student accommodation leader UNITE GROUP plc https://t.co/SbXi2Rpm86 The acquisition of rival LIBERTY LIVING for £2.2bn including debt makes them clear market leader…student accommodation is a growth market with student numbers at record high and supply crimped…
— South River AM (@SouthRiverAm) July 30, 2019
Saw UK fintech group @AugmentumF today. They’ve announced a placing of up to £30m today. They’ve invested £70m to date in 15 private companies including funds’ platform INTERACTIVE INVESTOR and P2P lender ZOPA…
https://t.co/9XElYg42vj #digitalbanking #digital #onlineplatform
Saw UK fintech group @AugmentumF today. They’ve announced a placing of up to £30m today. They’ve invested £70m to date in 15 private companies including funds’ platform INTERACTIVE INVESTOR and P2P lender ZOPA…https://t.co/9XElYg42vj #digitalbanking #digital #onlineplatform
— South River AM (@SouthRiverAm) June 19, 2019
#ThursdayThoughts According to the World Gold Council, as of the end of 2018 – gold outperformed most global assets. Central banks bought the largest amount of gold in 2018 since 1967, which was 650 tonnes. #gold #investing #Commodities #investingingold
#ThursdayThoughts According to the World Gold Council, as of the end of 2018 – gold outperformed most global assets. Central banks bought the largest amount of gold in 2018 since 1967, which was 650 tonnes. #gold #investing #Commodities #investingingold
— South River AM (@SouthRiverAm) June 13, 2019
Interesting interview with #IAMGOLD's Steve Letwin...here's a taste but you can check out the full interview on @CruxInvestor's youtube channel https://t.co/y7luP0ig3O Leave us your thoughts!!
#gold #mining #commodity #investing https://t.co/WvrcmiNvRi
Put the 🐊CASH Alligator 🐊on the table. WHAT? Steve Letwin's mantras. If you are serious about investing, watch the full in-depth interview here: https://t.co/dQkRn221c3 SUBSCRIBE to https://t.co/vIfu44c2ry & YouTube.$IMG $IAG #IAMGOLD #Gold #MiningNews pic.twitter.com/FcSVtq1xj7
— CRUX Investor (@CruxInvestor) June 4, 2019
Put the 🐊CASH Alligator 🐊on the table. WHAT? Steve Letwin's mantras. If you are serious about investing, watch the full in-depth interview here: https://t.co/dQkRn221c3 SUBSCRIBE to https://t.co/vIfu44c2ry & YouTube.
$IMG $IAG #IAMGOLD #Gold #MiningNews https://t.co/FcSVtq1xj7