Industry | Equity investment |
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Founded | 2002 |
Founder | Pieter Taselaar |
Headquarters | Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Key people | Thijs Hovers (Partner)[1] |
Products | Hedge fund |
AUM | $1.107 billion (March 2019) |
Website | www |
Lucerne Capital Management is a long-short equity investment firm, founded in 2000 by Pieter Taselaar, that specializes in bottom up stock selection with a focus on European markets.[2][3]
Pieter Taselaar founded Lucerne Capital Management after leaving investment bank ABN in 2002.[4][3] Lucerne is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut and the company has a research office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[5] The firm has 12 employees (excluding clerical workers) and in March 2019 reported $1,107,764,000 in assets under management.[6] Lucerne Capital invests in companies with strong free cash flow.[3]
Lucerne Capital ranked 25th in Barron's 2016 list of "Best 100 Hedge Funds".[7]
In the 4th quarter of 2017, Lucerne Capital purchased a new stake in Altice USA, valued at about $129,721,000, bringing its total shares to 7,455,917.[8][9]