How we’re managing the COVID-19 pandemic…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused deep concern and has brought unexpected challenges to everyone on a global scale. At South River, we remain committed to our clients whilst also ensuring the health and well-being of our team members. We are highly conscious of the trust you place in on us to protect and grow your assets, especially during these unpredictable times. Our investment team remains focused on making high-quality decisions in a rapidly changing market and we have a well-tested and effective business continuity plan in place to meet your needs.
To help minimise the spread of coronavirus, we are carefully following the latest Government and health experts’ recommendations, which means all of our staff are working safely from their homes. South River team members are in a position to connect securely to all of our systems and applications we need to perform our day-to-day activities remotely for an extended period. We have not experienced any disruption to our operations as a result. We are in regular contact with our third-party service providers and continue to work closely with all of our stakeholders to ensure business operates at the same high level you have experienced in the past.
Here at South River, we provide the highest level of transparency and open communication with you during these unprecedented times. We appreciate your trust and patience during this unparalleled period and encourage you to contact us with any concerns or questions. We are constantly monitoring the situation as it evolves and we will continue to keep you informed on an ongoing basis.
Please see our letter to investors for additional information.
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.
* 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
Director of Marketing
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.