About Us

Partnering with exceptional talent.

Eschler is a growing multi-manager firm. Built on a long-standing track record and currently overseeing multi-manager and single-strategy equity and macro strategies, we provide the foundation for talented managers to thrive.
OUR Purpose

At Eschler, we partner with the next generation of talent to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors.

ENDURANCE

Long-term relationships, long-term thinking.

Delivering enduring investment results requires resilience, discipline and long-term thinking.

AGILITY

Focused teams, fast decision-making.

Focused teams deliver the best results. We protect performance by limiting capacity, prioritising liquidity and remaining nimble.

Alignment

Clear incentives, a culture of collaboration.

Autonomous decision-making with aligned incentives. Shared infrastructure and a culture of collaboration.

Theron de Ris

Founder

Theron is the founder of Eschler and a member of the investment committee. He was formerly a senior research analyst at Indus Capital Partners. Prior to Indus he was an executive director at Morgan Stanley in Milan and London, having begun his career at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt. A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), he holds a degree in International Politics & Economics from Middlebury College and has completed specialist courses at Harvard University and Oxford University.

John Pryce-Robertson

COO/CCO

As Chief Operating Officer, John is a member of the investment committee and oversees non-investment related functions at the firm including compliance, IT and middle office. John began his career at Fisher Investments and later worked for Cognition Investment Partners as head of business development working across investor relations, business strategy and marketing. He holds a BSc degree in Genetics from The University of Manchester.

Richard Rothwell

Non-Executive Advisor

Richard brings a wealth of experience across the investment profession, having established Stoneware Capital, an FCA-regulated investment manager, in 2006. Richard is a prior Chairman of the Board of CFA UK, one of the largest member societies of the CFA Institute, which promotes professionalism and the highest ethical standards. He has acted as an expert witness, including for the FCA, and graduated from Cambridge University.

Ivan Ivanov

Risk Consultant

Ivan brings a wealth of macro investing and equity derivatives experience over multiple decades. He has acted as a CIO, portfolio manager and strategist at multiple hedge funds and family offices including Millennium Capital Partners, GAM UK and Rokos Family Office. He began his career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers in NY. He holds a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and took classes taught by Nobel Laureate Bob Merton.  He graduated Middlebury College with a BA in Mathematics, and International Politics &  Economics (double major, summa cum laude, 1995 ).

Empowering exceptional talent

We provide the robust institutional foundation so our managers can focus on investing. Discover our multi-manager capabilities designed to scale talented managers and safeguard investor capital.
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