Richard Simpson

Richard Simpson is Master Fund Co-Portfolio Manager and Portfolio Manager, Equity Strategies at DLD Asset Management, L.P., headquartered in New York. In this role, he leads the firm’s equity trading and investment strategies, with a particular focus on relative value investing across global equities and related derivative instruments. He collaborates closely on the firm's multi-asset investment mandates, seeking to identify and capitalize on market inefficiencies within equities and convertible securities.

Simpson’s expertise draws on over 30 years in financial markets, including a significant tenure at UBS as Managing Director in the Fundamental Investment Group, where he was responsible for convertible and credit activities, as well as for running the convertible bond trading desk. At Manikay Partners, he served as Partner and Head of Global Trading, overseeing the Global Equity Capital Markets business and managing risk across a variety of trading book strategies, solidifying his reputation in equity and credit markets.

He was educated at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School in England, obtaining advanced level qualifications in economics, computer science, and chemistry. Notable in Simpson’s career are leadership roles in both buy-side and sell-side institutions, alongside a longstanding commitment to relative value and arbitrage strategies within the equity and convertible bond sectors.