equity hedge fund founded 1999 founder r. james breiding dr. francois mayer headquarters zurich switzerland switzerland website naissancecapital.com naissance capital is a swiss investment boutique that finds or creates niche investment opportunities . naissance capital was founded in 1999 with the assistance sir john templeton and several families of considerable means . contents 1 overview 2 funds 3 other works 4 recent history 5 references 6 external links overview edit naissance was founded in switzerland in 1999 by r. james breiding and the late dr. francois mayer with the assistance of sir john templeton and a few families of considerable means . james breiding has considerable experience in investment management most recently as managing director of templeton in switzerland . he served in prior positions as a director of rothschild corporate finance and as vice president of bank julius baer responsible for alternative investments . he qualified as a chartered accountant and served as a senior manager with price waterhouse coopers . he graduated with a masters degree from the john f. kennedy school of government at harvard university and international institute for management development lausanne . he was awarded a fellowship from harvard s center for international development he is responsible for the day to day management of naissance and for identification and execution of its investment projects . dr. francois mayer was formerly chief executive of j. rothschild holdings controlled by lord jacob rothschild and senior executive of other companies owned by the rothschild family . he graduated from the university of st gallen hsg where he received his doctorate degree . 1 naissance provides service to small number ultra high net worth clients . clients are viewed as sparring partners that provoke the organization to higher expectations . 2 funds edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message naissance has organised investment vehicles around carefully researched themes offering two characteristics 1 opportunities for superior capital appreciation and 2 not readily available through traditional banking and investment channels . the themes of the funds thus far have included generic pharmaceuticals 2002 ; emerging india 2004 ; natural resources 2006 ; a vehicle to invest in local shares of gazprom selling at a considerable discount 2006 ; naissance is also targeting investment themes to support positive public policy and or to bring attention to deficiencies in the public s understanding of sound investment criteria . naissance collaborated with the ifc to demonstrate that companies that recruited employees based on merit and irrespective of gender substantially outperformed companies following more prejudiced policies . naissance also supported a task force from the harvard kennedy school that showed that companies run by those who have distinguished themselves in the military services outperformed their peers . other works edit r. james breiding is a founding board member for shiksha sankalp together with mikul bhatia and professor deborah hughes hallet . shiksha sankalp is a program designed to provide access to equal opportunity education to underprivileged children in india . the model is based on conditional cash incentives to encourage parents to promote their children s education . it was conceived by mikul bhatia a classmate of breiding s at the harvard kennedy school with the help of professor deborah hughes hallet . naissance capital has committed to a certain level of donations and will assist with further capital raising . 3 james breding has published articles for the economist the neue zuercher zeitung and the eth . he is co author with dr. gerhard schwarz the ceo of avenir suisse switzerland leading think tank of a book entitled wirtschaftswunder schweiz the swiss economic miracle . 4 recent history edit naissance hosted a gathering of influential women during clinton global initiative to discuss the importance of meritocracy as a means of securing and keeping the most talented employees . 5 references edit http www.naissancecapital.com nc fileadmin factsheet about us naissancecapitalfactsheeten.pdf http www.naissancecapital.com nc fileadmin factsheet about us naissancecapitalfactsheeten.pdf http www.shikshasankalp.org http www.nzz libro.ch de detail.php actuel 1 & pagenum articlegroup & totalrows articlegroup & up oberkatnr 0 & up katnr & up oberartikelnr & up oberartikelnr 772 & phpsessid t00n889m06b4h7gv6mubp3pc64 http static .85 broads.com documents towards a level playing field.pdf external links edit naissance capital women s leadership fund retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title naissance capital & oldid 713228021 categories private equity and venture capital investorsfoundations based in the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 2 april 2016 at 19 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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