A new generation of investment management

IMQ incubates the premier emerging investment talent by taking a pure end-investor perspective.

Capitalised in January 2009 with €250m from APG, the asset manager for Dutch pensions giant Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, IMQubator is leading the change for the new generation of alternative investment management.

IMQubator is a cornerstone investor in emerging manager funds matching talent and capital in a unique moment of long term alignment of interests.

The goal of IMQubator is to connect institutional investors with the premium return potential of emerging asset management talent in a cost-efficient, transparent and controlled risk environment. The initiative offers pension funds, insurance companies, asset managers, family offices, sovereign wealth funds and other institutions an opportunity to invest in (hedge) funds set up by experienced and ultimately motivated investment talent at attractive costs.

IMQ leverages its strong negotiating position to ensure that the balance of power between IMQ’s investors and managers is totally aligned to that of the investors. IMQ is the first hedge fund investment platform taking a pure end-investor perspective on all aspects of the investment process.

The IMQubator initiative is designed to give an impulse to modernisation in the field of asset management. With this widely supported initiative, innovative starting asset managers can not only request start-up capital for their investment strategies, but can also receive expert support in Amsterdam. Support available: advice from experts in the fields of accountancy, administration and legal & fiscal services.
The IMQubator initiative gives promising new asset managers a flying start!

Roderick Munsters, chairman HFC working group
Innovative Asset Management

Established by Jeroen Tielman, a 25-year veteran of the global institutional investment industry, following a recommendation of a working group from the Holland Financial Centre (in which Tielman participated), IMQ offers a platform where professional investors can gain exposure to the funds (and management company economics) of emerging managers selected by the team through the IMQubator multi-manager fund.

IMQubator’s focus is on innovative and absolute return oriented managers with asymmetric return profiles and strong risk discipline.

The IMQ Investment Management team consists of Jeroen M. Tielman (CEO), Rikard Lundgren (CIO), Remco J. Zomer (COO/CFO), Quirijn van de Weg, Hamlin Lovell and Theo Tol.