Robert Anton has been active in the financial services industry for over 20 years beginning his career as an Investment Advisor at various Canadian Financial Institutions. Prior to the formation of Next Edge Capital via a management spin-out of the business, Robert was the Executive Vice President, Sales for Man Investments Canada, responsible for the distribution of the firm’s hedge fund products and involved in setting-up Man’s Canadian office. Prior to Man, he served as Executive Vice President, National Sales Manager of BluMont Capital, a Toronto-based hedge fund company, joining the company in 2001 as a start-up operation, and overseeing its asset growth until his departure to join Man in 2006.
Robert holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, as well as the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designation. He continues to be an active member of both CAASA (Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets) and AIMA Canada (Alternative Investment Management Association).