Sparrows Capital
We are a private investment firm servicing family offices, wealthy individuals and selected institutions. We are experienced in managing wealth in the liquid global capital markets, having started by managing the wealth of our founding family. We believe that investment decisions should be taken on the basis of clear, persistent, unimpeachable evidence backed by robust academic research. We are passionate about evidence based investing, and about providing investors with the tools to make rational, consistent decisions.
We are a private investment firm servicing family offices, wealthy individuals and selected institutions. We are experienced in managing wealth in the liquid global capital markets, having started by managing the wealth of our founding family.
We believe that investment decisions should be taken on the basis of clear, persistent, unimpeachable evidence backed by robust academic research. We are passionate about evidence based investing, and about providing investors with the tools to make rational, consistent decisions.
Evidence Based Investing
Our investment philosophy reflects the objective lessons of over a century of investment history, applied systematically and unemotionally.
Analysis of the data reveals six key findings: that return is primarily a function of risk; that certain risks attract a persistent premium; that stock picking and market timing seldom add value; that it is critical to remain invested across the full cycle; that diversification improves risk-adjusted performance; and that costs matter.
People
Our people reflect our deeply held beliefs. Sparrows Capital brings together a wealth of knowledge and expertise spanning the academic, technical and practical elements of evidence based investment management.
Yariv Haim, CEO
Yariv is a passionate entrepreneur who brings global perspective and innovative thinking to ventures he undertakes. He has over 20 years of experience within the investment sector and his expertise spans across investment philosophy, risk management and asset allocation. Prior to establishing Sparrows Capital he founded two Israeli firms while serving as a Single Family Officer for the Eliashar Family since 2006. He is an alumnus at Saïd Business School (University of Oxford) and Coller School of Management (Tel Aviv University).
Rupert Dickinson, Chair
Rupert acts as a Strategic Adviser to global Private Equity firms, and serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on the boards of Schroders Personal Wealth and Killik & Co LLP.
He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, with a LLB (Hons) Law Degree and over 20 years’ experience in the Wealth and Investment Management industry.
Previously he served as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of JP Morgan Elect plc (LSE listed Investment Trust) and the Investment Committee of the National Trust for Scotland.
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, Rupert joined Barclays in 2000, where he spent 11 years in a number of senior roles ranging from Finance, Commercial and Product Development to Chief Operating Officer. In 2012 he became the CEO of Barclays Stockbrokers, leading one of the UK market’s largest online stockbroker and investment platforms through transformational strategic change and unprecedented market turbulence.
Over 15 years he has served on 12 Boards as an executive director, and 8 Boards as a non-exec.
David Ogden, Compliance officer
David joined Sparrows Capital in 2020 and is responsible for the firm’s compliance function.
He was previously head of compliance at Seven Investment Management LLP since 2007. Prior to that headed compliance at ABN Amro Private Bank and AXA Investment Managers UK.
David is a Chartered Fellow (by Diploma) of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment.
Dr. Raymond Backreedy, CIO
Raymond combines PhD level mathematical, statistical and engineering skills with honed logic and reasoning. His experience includes hands-on research, development and management of quantitative models and portfolios in both the traditional passive and alternative asset classes. He was a founding partner at Evolutionary Trading and Tekio Capital.
Raymond acted as consultant to the executive committee and board of trustees of a large Dutch pension fund, where he was involved in quantifying the impact of regulatory changes on their investment processes.
He has a PhD and MEng from the University of Leeds in Fuel and Energy Engineering.
Arnie Millington, Head of Business Development
Arnie leads our business development team at Sparrows Capital.
He joined us in July 2024 from 7IM, where he had been responsible for business development in the North Central and North West regions.
He previously worked for Benchmark Capital and AJ Bell.
Arnie holds the IMC and is Level 4 QCF. He holds a HND in Economics from Coventry University.
Mrs. Helen Mason, Marketing Manager
Helen joined Sparrows Capital in September 2024.
She is CIM certified, with a proven track record in financial services.
She has previously held senior marketing roles at Floreat Group, and at Rathbones Group.
Address: Office 7, 35-37 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JN, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 3745 7675
Email: info@sparrowscapital.com
