John Asher

John Asher is a seasoned investment professional who served as a Portfolio Manager at LMR Partners starting in 2017, following several years of quantitative and strategic roles at Pine River Capital Management. At LMR Partners, Asher held senior responsibilities in managing multi-asset portfolios with a strong focus on equity derivatives, leveraging his quantitative background to drive risk-adjusted returns. His remit at LMR centered on absolute return strategies across global markets, with expertise in equities, equity derivatives, and multi-strategy hedge fund investing.

Before joining LMR Partners, John Asher was a Strategist and an Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analyst at Pine River Capital Management, where he developed and implemented trading strategies for complex derivatives and contributed to the firm's systematic research efforts. His analytical work supported portfolio risk management and the development of innovative trading algorithms, primarily within the equity and equity derivatives space.

John holds a degree in Japanese from Sophia University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater, equipping him with international and cross-disciplinary insights valuable to global investment management. His significant career achievements include acting as a key quantitative strategist, enhancing risk frameworks, and building robust trading models for hedge funds specializing in equities and derivatives. John Abraham Asher’s tenure and identity at LMR Partners are independently confirmed by official Hong Kong SFC licensing records.