Neilson Capital Hires Distressed Assets Specialist for Asia

Neilson Capital today announced that Jacob Randall will join the Firm's Currency Division in August 2014 as a Director to head the sourcing and distribution platform in Asia for distressed and stressed assets. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) March 20, 2014 - Most recently, Mr. Randall was a Senior Director at a Wealth Management firm in Toronto. In his new role, Mr. Randall will be based in Hong Kong. The appointment is part of Neilson Capital's ongoing expansion in Asia.

Neilson Capital's Director of Operations and Finance, Mr. Alistair Neilson said: "With Jacob's global experience in stressed and distressed products, we are delighted he is joining Neilson Capital. This is an important senior hire as we continue to expand our fixed income platform in the region to offer clients the very best in terms of products, ideas and execution."

Neilson Capital's Director of Risk and Compliance, Mr. Francis Knight said: "With global bank balance sheets shrinking, stressed and distressed products assume new importance. As such, Jacob's appointment is significant as we seek to fulfil the needs of our clients and trading books."

Jacob Randall joined Scotia Bank in 1996. Between 1999 and 2008 he held various roles in Risk Management and Syndication, based in Toronto. He was made a Managing Director in 2005.

Mr. Randall received a BSc (Hons) from York University in Toronto and an MBA from the University of Toronto. Mr. Randall also speaks fluent Cantonese.

Neilson Capital was founded by our 4 Senior Directors; Brothers Richard Neilson (Managing Director) and Arthur Neilson (Director of Operations and Finance), together with Michael Tsang (Director and Head of Treasury) and Francis Knight (Director of Risk and Compliance).

Neilson Capital opened in January of 1997 in Hong Kong with nearly 100 years of operational investment experience within our four founding fathers alone and the company has blossomed ever since. Their experience alone affords a deep expertise and previously proven ability and know-how in providing high-class offshore wealth management services to private retail investors, high-net-worth individuals and families. This was an invaluable foundation on which the company has been built on and continued to flourish to this day.

After the economic collapse in late 2008 we had to reassess our business model despite not being directly affected as unlike many of our competitors we had no exposure to sub-prime investments. We did however start actively seeking private retail investors who wanted the same levels of service, solid returns and access to otherwise traditionally been the preserve of institutions, sovereign wealth funds and family trust. At this time we also changed the name of our firm from Neilson, Neilson, Tsang and Knight & Company to Neilson Capital.

As part of our expansion, we have added branch offices in Shanghai (2009), Taipei (2010) and Tokyo (2013) following acquisitions of regional firms with an established footprint in these important markets.

From this proactive approach, Neilson Capital have steadily grown our private retail investor division with it now accounting for nearly 60% of our overall business and growing. The majority of this growth has been down to word-of-mouth business which is a fact that we are very proud of and testament to the quality of service we provide each and every one of our clients no matter who they are.

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