Ian Lancaster Email and Phone Number

Ian Lancaster is an award-winning fund manager with experience of setting up operations as HoD and CEO for international institutions and the founder of Cogent Asset Management Ltd., a regulated fund management company advising public funds and private clients.Cogent currently advises the WSF Global Equity Fund. Since its launch in August 2010, the Fund is the No 1 performing Shariah-compliant Global Equity Fund.Cogent has managed public equity funds, a range of European-regulated specialist investment vehicles, and structured products that provide investors access to income-producing assets.The catalyst for the rigorous equity investment process created by Ian was a distinction-graded dissertation on quantitative investing written while studying for an MBA degree at Imperial College, London.The marriage of fundamental understanding, quantitative data base expertise and the knowledge gained from the MBA dissertation lead to the creation of the proprietary ‘Cognition’ Investment Process.In 2002 the Elite Money Guru Income and Growth Unit Trust launched using this process. Citywire AAA and S&P 5-star awards were gained, and Ian was twice listed in the Citywire top 70 UK fund managers. The fund was bought by Norwich Union in 2006 and ranked 3rd out of 67 UK equity income funds over the 5-year 7-month period from launch until Ian ceased managing it.In 2009, Reliance Capital Asset Management asked Ian to lead its Islamic operations in Malaysia as CEO. Within 5 years, the company was able to offer top-performing Shariah-compliant equity and Sukuk portfolios.In 2013, Ian founded Cogent Asset Management Ltd.Ian is an innovative thinker with the skills to combine the demonstrated success of conventional asset management with the needs of Shariah-compliant investors.