Toscafund is an established asset manager based in London and Dubai. The firm was founded in 2000 by Martin Hughes and is part of Old Oak Group, a large, well capitalised, financial services business. This includes Cheviot, a private client asset manager and Penta, a private equity business. Toscafund’s investment team, many of whom have been top rated in their analytical careers has long standing and in-depth industry experience. Currently, the firm employs 34 people of which 19 are partners. Toscafund is well-capitalised and has invested in a robust infrastructure with effective monitoring, evaluation and risk management. Toscafund manages a range of investment funds: Tosca; global long/short equity; launched October 2000 Tosca Opportunity; global equity event driven; launched May 2005 Tosca Mid Cap; long/short equity fund, UK; launched February 2008 Tosca Mid Cap Equity Fund (UCITS); Please click here for details on this fund via the DB funds website Tosca Metriks; global long/short equity, proprietary methodology forecasting; launched November 2007 Oversight and governance is provided by the holding company’s independent board which includes Sir George Mathewson (ex-Chairman of RBS) and John McFarlane (ex- CEO ANZ Bank, current Vice-Chairman RBS).