Keyrouz on board at Investec Prime

Michael Keyrouz has joined the Investec Prime Broking team as of early November, taking the role of sales and relationship manager based in the Johannesburg office.

Keyrouz takes the role previously held by Marc Cross, who is making a direct move into the hedge fund industry, and the pair will work together in a handover process.

Keyrouz was previously at i capital Fund Managers in Johannesburg, joining in May 2007 as a hedge fund analyst to work on the i capital nitrogen Fund. He took a sabbatical earlier this year to experience life in Argentina while studying Spanish at the University of Buenos Aires.

He has a B.Com Honours from the University of Johannesburg and has completed all three levels of the CFA qualification in June 2009.

Keyrouz’s appointment follows a couple of other recent changes at Investec, with Paul Farah and Nadia Turton both leaving the team at the end of October to pursue other opportunities.Copyright.  HedgeNews Africa – November 2010