Cheyne Capital Management

Cheyne Capital was founded in 2000 by Jonathan Lourie (CEO & CIO) and Stuart Fiertz (President). Cheyne is a leading Alternative investment fund manager investing across the capital structure, focusing primarily on corporate and real estate assets.^[2]

Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP.

Industry	Finance
Founded	2000
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Jonathan Lourie (CEO) Stuart Fiertz (President)
AUM	US$ 13.5 billion (as of 31 March 2025)[1]
Number of employees	173
Website	www.cheynecapital.com

The Cheyne group currently employs approximately 173 people in its 12 offices world-wide.^[3]

The firm's co-founder, Stuart Fiertz, was a member of the 14-person Hedge Fund Working Group, which devised best practice policies regarding financial valuation, transparency, and risk management.^[4][5] Those guidelines evolved into what is now the Standards Board for Alternative Investments, a self-regulatory body of which Cheyne is a member.^[6] It is also a member of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA),^[7] the global representative of the alternative investment industry. In April 2014, Stuart Fiertz was appointed as a Director of the AIMA Global Council and is Chair of AIMA’s Alternative Credit Council, a committee of alternative asset management firms which are financing the real economy.^[8]

History

Cheyne Capital was founded in 2000 by Jonathan Lourie and Stuart Fiertz who are currently the CEO and President of Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP respectively.^[9] At its launch it was authorised and regulated by the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA). Today Cheyne Capital Management (UK) LLP is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is an Alternative Investment Fund Manager (AIFM). The firm is also registered in the United States with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Investment Adviser. Cheyne was one of the initial signatories to the Standards Board for Alternative Investments and is a signatory to the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).^[10]