Simon Luhr
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Co-Founder & CEO
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Simon Luhr has extensive experience in investment banking and is Founder and CEO of the FinEx group of companies.
A distinguished entrepreneur with a talent for identifying new opportunities, Simon has built many successful businesses over his 35 year career. He is highly experienced at establishing and running companies on a global scale and leads FinEx as CEO, providing clients with a wide range of investment opportunities. FinEx has a proven track record of providing high returns for clients.
As Founding Partner and CEO of hedge funds SW1 Capital and Marble Bar Asset Management, Simon was responsible for all aspects of their management. He played a crucial role in business development, which resulted in the successful sale of both firms.
Simon was Managing Director of global financial services group, Nomura, where he was also a member of the international management, capital commitment and risk committees. During his time at Nomura he built and oversaw the securities lending, delta one swap and prime brokerage divisions globally.
In his earlier career, Simon was Head of Europe and a member of the global management committee of MSServices, a division of Morgan Stanley that housed prime brokerage, equity finance, global custody and MSCI. Simon co-founded the equity finance business and played a key role in developing Morgan Stanley’s prime brokerage operations, which became the largest of its kind in the world.
Simon was involved in establishing FundClear and successfully led its sale to Capco in 2006. He was a Partner at Execution Limited and Crosby Capital Partners and started his career at Citicorp Scrimgeour Vickers.
Simon is NED and investor at Asterisk Networks, MDX Technology Limited and INQDATA. He has invested in various companies, including Privitar, Exogenesis Corp, Everything, Algarve Rocks and Track & Treat. He is a founding investor at LA-based software company, InvestCloud Inc., recently valued at over $1 billion.
The Record
Background
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2011 — Present
Co-Founder & CEO
FinEx Group of Companies
FinEx manages investment in private equity, hedge funds and exchange traded funds. ETFs are investment tools that help track the performance underlying financial indexes and commodities. With a highly skilled and diverse group of Partners, FinEx has a proven track record of providing high returns for clients.
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2008 — 2011
Managing Partner / Founding Partner & CEO
SW1 Capital LLP
SW1 Capital LLP is an investment firm based in London. It was founded by Simon and he was actively involved until its sale.
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2001 — 2004
Founding Partner & CEO
Marble Bar Asset Management LLP
Marble Bar Asset Management LLP was a hedge fund that Simon co-founded and eventually successfully sold.
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1992 — 1997
Managing Director
Nomura International
Nomura Holdings is a Japanese financial holding company, and a principal member of the Nomura Group. The firm provides investment, financing and related services to clients globally with a focus on securities.
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1986 — 1992
Head of MSService Europe and Global Head of Equities Finance
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley is US-based investment bank and financial services firm founded in New York in 1931.
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2004 — 2006
Founder
FundClear
FundClear provided hedge funds with managed services. The company was established by Simon and successfully sold to Capco in 2006. This formed part of Capco’s goal to expand its consulting and managed services activities in the hedge fund sector. FundClear was integrated into their new division, Capco Hedge Fund Services (CHFS).
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2003 — 2004
Partner
Execution Limited
Execution Limited (now part of Haitong International (UK) Limited) is a brokerage firm founded in 2002 by Nick Finegold who previously served as Head of European Sales Trading at Deutsche Bank.
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2007 — 2008
Partner
Crosby Capital Partners
Crosby Capital Partners provides investment banking and asset management services internationally and primarily trades out of Hong Kong.
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2008 — 2010
Co-Founder
ETF Exchange
ETF Exchange provided a platform to launch ETF products. It was successfully sold to ETF Securities and became Go ETF Solutions LLP and is now part of Legal & General Investment Management.
In The News
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27 March 2024 · INQDATA
INQDATA announces that Bloomberg’s Tick History Data is available via its cloud-based data solutio
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28 February 2022 · Finextra
Rathbones picks InvestCloud for client lifecycle management
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28 February 2022 · EU-Startups
8 GenZ startups to watch in 2022 and beyond
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25 January 2022 · Finextra
Everything raises €2m to reinvent Premium Bonds
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11 January 2022
MDX Technology secures investment from ex IHS Markit executives
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17 November 2021 · Finextra
Bloomberg: InvestCloud eyes $10 billion float
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