CQS (Asset Manager)

CQS
IndustryHedge fund
Founded1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founder
AUMUS$ 7.4 billion
(as of Dec 31, 2019)[1]
Owner
Websitecqs.com

CQS is a London-based global multi-strategy credit-focused asset management firm.[2] It launched its first credit strategy in 2000 and now manages a range of investment mandates. Specific investment capabilities include convertibles, asset backed securities, credit, loans, structured credit, and equities.

Their investors include pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, funds of funds, endowments and foundations, and private banks.[3] CQS had successful bets on the US subprime mortgage market.[4]

  1. ^ "The largest managers of hedge funds (P&I Sep 2019)". No. Special Report Hedge Funds. United States: Pensions & Investments. Crain Communications Inc. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Home". CQS. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Who We Are". CQS Website. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "CQS shuts fund built on subprime to newcomers". ft.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2019.