Arnoldo Carrete,

Arnoldo Carrete

Location
United Kingdom - London
Education
Master's degree, Executive MBA
Experience
18 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :18 years, 7 Months

  • My current job since October 2018
Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer at Welrex
  • United Kingdom - London
  • My current job since October 2018

Next Gen Multi-Family Office, with direct and indirect investments across equities, bonds, and illiquid/alternative asset classes

- Company director, involved in the setting up of the company and obtaining the FCA licence
- Overseeing all aspects of the business beyond investment functions including fundraising, marketing, IT, operational, and regulatory
matters

Chief Investment Officer at Gimex
  • United Kingdom - London
  • January 2014 to September 2018

Family Office with $500m AUM

- Created investment function, having converted a variety of Private Banking and direct investment relationships into a Family office.
- Responsible for investing across all asset classes within a large family office, with direct and indirect investments across equities, bonds,
and illiquid/alternative asset classes.
- Developing, managing, and implementing the overall investment strategy through the formulation of top-down macro views and
expressing these via asset allocation and bottom up selection.

Head of Portfolio Management, Alternative Investments at Union Bancaire Privee, UBP
  • United Kingdom - London
  • January 2007 to September 2013

Promoted to co-head after two years and head after three years, reporting to the Global Head of Portfolio Management

- Responsible for managing over $3bn across Funds and discretionary customised mandates for European and Asian Institutional and
UHNW clients
- As part of the Investment Committee, directed the dedicated Research team's efforts and met with 50100 managers each year
- Developed and managed new bespoke products based on clients and market demand. Examples of this include structured products with
hedges and overlays and a hybrid discretionary Relative Value + CTA quant fund
- Met with existing and prospective clients to review portfolios, discuss the macro environment and investment outlook, as well as business
development with the Private Bankers and Institutional sales force

Equity Research Analyst at Union Bancaire Privee (UBP)
  • United Kingdom - London
  • August 2005 to December 2006

Converted 3 month internship into a full time role at an EM L/S Equity Hedge Fund, generating long and short ideas

- Performed research in Emerging Markets equities with a focus in Brazil and Mexico
- Formulated and presented ideas on both the long and short side

Education

Master's degree, Executive MBA
  • at Columbia Business School
  • June 2018
Master's degree, Executive MBA
  • at London Business School
  • June 2018
Master's degree, Business & Finance
  • at ESCP-EAP European School of Business
  • December 2005
Bachelor's degree, Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • at Monterrey Institute Of Technology
  • December 2003

Specialties & Skills

Global Macro
Equities
Alternative Investments
Hedge Funds
Asset Management
ASSET MANAGEMENT
BANKING
ENTREPRENEUR
EQUITIES
HEDGE FUNDS
ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS

Languages

English
Native Speaker
French
Intermediate
Italian
Expert
Mandarin
Beginner
Spanish
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

MENSA (Certificate)
CFA level II (Certificate)
CAIA (Certificate)