Who is Ignis?

Ignis provides the stability of a well-capitalised investment business with some £78bn* in assets under management and distributes a range of global investment services.

Investment performance, and the risk taken to achieve it, is at the heart of the business model. Ignis believes that entrepreneurial teams operating in standalone business units are best placed to meet, or exceed, clients’ performance needs. These Ignis business units, each focused on a particular investment capability, are able to devise their own process while sharing a common pool of resources.

• Ignis Fixed Income – a strong, experienced team employing a flexible, innovative approach. Led by Ignis Chief Investment Officer, Chris Fellingham, the team manages £52bn**, comprises more than 30 investment professionals and focuses on liquidity, rates, credit and specialist fixed income.
• Ignis Equities – Ignis Equities comprises five teams managing UK, European, Far East, US, Global and Emerging Market portfolios. The team is headed by CIO Ignis Equities and Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Mark Lovett, and manages £9.7bn** of assets.
• Ignis Real Estate – a highly experienced and well-resourced team, with core strengths in actively searching out properties and adding value to real estate portfolios, focusing on asset management and maintaining high and stable income streams. The team is headed by Gary Hutcheson, Managing Director and CIO of Ignis Real Estate, and manages £3.3bn**.
• Ignis Advisors – a specialist Fund of Funds team with capabilities spanning the alternative investments spectrum. The Advisors range includes a successful Fund of Hedge Funds, Real Estate and Private Equity fund investments and retail Multi-Manager funds. Managing £2bn**, the Ignis Advisors team is led by Michiel Timmerman.
• Ignis Solutions – Ignis has extensive experience of working in partnership with its parent company, the Phoenix Group, to manage assets alongside liabilities. This provides a unique perspective from which to develop innovative new approaches to address the longstanding and evolving challenges facing institutional clients. Ignis Solutions specialises in Liability Driven Investment (LDI), Asset Liability Management (ALM) and related risk mitigation.
• Ignis Partners – provides entrepreneurial fund managers with a more independent legal structure and the support of a large organisation through the early stages of their business development. Ignis partners include; Argonaut (European equities); Cartesian (UK equities); Castle Hill (credit); and Hexam (Emerging Markets). Collectively, Ignis Partners manage £2.2bn**.

  
  
  *Source: Ignis at 30/09/11 (including £10.6bn of stock lending)
  **Source: Ignis at 30/09/11