Signia Wealth, the independent wealth management boutique, looking after the wealth management needs of Ultra High Net Worth clients, has announced the appointments of Laurent Jeanmart as a Director and Andrew Larsen as an Associate Director.

Jeanmart joins Signia Wealth from GLG Partners to head up the company’s new hedge fund proposition, which will be exclusively marketed to existing clients of the business. Jeanmart held four different positions during his 5 years at GLG Partners including working as an Investment Director, Portfolio Manager and Senior Analyst in their Fund of Hedge Funds Division. Prior to this, he was an Associate with Lazard Freres in Paris in their Private Wealth Division, spending 4 years working for European based UHNW clients. Jeanmart started his career at BNP Finance (now BNP Paribas) in Paris as a Front-risk Analyst.

Larsen joins from Coutts & Co where he spent 5 years as a Portfolio Manager managing the investment portfolios for UHNW individuals. Before this, Larsen worked for Natwest as a Financial Planning Manager.

Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe, CEO of Signia Wealth, commented: “I am extremely proud of what we’ve managed to achieve at Signia Wealth to date. In the space of a year, we’ve gone from a fledging start-up wealth management business to one that continues to gain high level industry recognition, and attract, and importantly retain, the best talent this industry has to offer.

I am delighted to welcome both Laurent and Andrew to our team. Laurent’s appointment is instrumental in building on Signia’s hedge fund and third party fund capabilities, and to hire someone of his calibre in this field is a coup for us. Andrew’s experience will help us expand our business, continue providing our clients with a first class service and generating absolute returns.”