Company Profile

Asterias, established in London in 1999 by Sophie van Straelen, is a leading hedge fund specialist, analysing the development in hedge funds in Europe. Since 2004, Asterias has been providing hedge fund training capability to the asset management sector.

  • Asterias works through a network of 10 local consultants in Europe and the US, in order to access specific markets.
  • Asterias has published several market studies on hedge funds in France, Spain, Italy, and Germany.
  • Asterias data are used as basic references by both fund managers and investors.
  • Asterias opened representative offices in Paris in 2003, and has since become a leading source of data and information on hedge funds managed from France.
  • Asterias is independent, and is therefore not subject to conflicts of interest.

Services Provided

  • Hedge Fund Data and Analysis: Asterias gives investors and fund managers access to hedge fund data from onshore markets such as France, Italy, Luxembourg, and Spain.

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  • Strategic Marketing Plans: Asterias helps hedge fund managers identify sources of market changes in Europe.

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  • Events: Asterias organizes Webinars and conferences.

Sophie van Straelen

Managing Director and Founder of Asterias Limited

Sophie van Stralen

Sophie van Straelen founded Asterias in 1999 to respond to a growing interest from institutional investors to allocate assets into hedge funds.

Prior to founding Asterias, Sophie worked at UBS Warburg Dillon Read in the Exchange Traded Derivatives Group, part of the management committee, overseeing marketing efforts, business development and client relationship management with hedge funds.

From 1991 to 1994, she headed Paris' Exchange Derivatives' sales team at JP Morgan, building and developing their institutional and hedge fund clientele.

Sophie van Straelen started her career at Fimat in 1988, in charge of the OTC and then exchanged options desk on the MATIF.

Her broad experience in client and product management in fixed-income derivatives has greatly contributed to the development of Asterias as a leading professional practice in the hedge fund industry.

She has an economics degree from the French University Paris II Assas.

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