Welcome to
Cogent Asset Management
About Us
Cogent Asset Management Ltd, a specialist Fund Management boutique, was launched in 2013 by Citywire AAA rated manager Ian Lancaster.
Utilising a proprietary quantitative strategy, Cogent advises international high net worth individuals on asset allocation. The investment team have managed public equity funds, a range of European-regulated specialist investment vehicles, private client portfolios and structured products that provide investors access to income-producing assets.
Cogent has an excellent track-record of generating superior investment returns for clients, with an emphasis on risk management and transparency. Funds managed by the team have received top ratings from Citywire, S&P and Morningstar.
OUR TEAM
Ian Lancaster, ASIP IFQ MBA
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer
Ian has 30 years experience of Fund Management, successfully investing long-only and absolute return equity funds for global institutions such as Reliance, AXA, General Accident and Aviva.
Amos Peter,
MSc
Managing Director, Fund Manager
Amos oversees IT platforms and leads the development and maintenance of the quantitative investment management architecture, ensuring compliance with LFSA requirements. Additionally, Amos oversees the integration of machine learning processes into quantitative asset management data, enhancing analytical capabilities and decision-making.
Joe Henry Obit, Assoc. Prof. Dr
Lead Consultant, Artificial Intelligence techniques within Investment Management
Dr Joe was a former Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Department of Data Science at the University Malaysia Sabah. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Artificial Intelligence models. Practical applications have included addressing a wide range of real-world combinatorial optimization problems. Joe obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, UK. His PhD thesis designed a novel form of Meta-heuristic, Hyper-heuristic and Cooperative Search.
Licensed activities
Management Services
- Acting or offering to act as portfolio manager of a portfolio of securities on behalf of clients.
- Managing activities in the acquisition or disposal of a portfolio of securities.
- Managing clients’ discretionary accounts including Labuan Private Funds.
Investment Advice
- Conducting securities analysis and making investment recommendations based on client’s investment objectives and financial situation.
- Providing advice concerning securities including the issuance of research report and analysis.
- Providing consultancy and advisory services relating to corporate finance and financial planning for corporate clients.
Administrative Services
- Making submissions on behalf of clients to Labuan FSA in respect of securities including any other reporting requirements.
- Issuing documents which are deemed to be a prospectus under the LFSSA/LIFSSA and the LCA.
Dealing in securities
- Quoting two way prices and dealing in securities.
- Arranging for the sale or purchase of securities including those that are not listed on a stock market, issued by, belonging to or on behalf of clients.
- Underwriting of securities and placement out of such underwritten securities.
- Other dealing in securities as permitted under section 2 of LFSSA/LIFSSA.
Achievements
- Ian Lancaster, former Investment Advisor to WSF Global Equity Fund - Morningstar 5 STAR RATED.
- Ian Lancaster, former Investment Advisor to WSF Asia Pacific Fund - Morningstar 5 STAR RATED.
- Ian Lancaster, former Investment Advisor to Norwich UK Income Opportunities OEIC - Morningstar 5 STAR RATED.
- Ian Lancaster, former Investment Advisor to WSF Global Equity Fund, Award Winning Islamic Global Equity Fund.