Niall Brown (BCom, CA(SA)) Niall was a director, and for a number of years, head of research at HSBC Securities (formerly Simpson McKie Inc).
He was subsequently chief investment officer of HSBC Asset Management (South Africa) and was also the portfolio manager for the Nedbank Entrepreneur Fund which was the top performing smaller companies fund during his tenure. After an 18-year career at HSBC and its predecessor firms, he left the group in December 2000.
From 2001 to 2004 he managed a private investment company with great success before deciding to return to the business of managing third-party funds. This led to the formation of Osborne Capital, which subsequently merged with Hermes Asset Management.
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