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Pharos Asset Management
Pharos opened in 2018 under Nicole Zhou Yuan, previously CEO of Global Frontier Asset Management, with what the firm describes as 63 combined years of industry...
Pharos Asset Management
Pharos opened in 2018 under Nicole Zhou Yuan, previously CEO of Global Frontier Asset Management, with what the firm describes as 63 combined years of industry experience across its three founders. The firm operates from Singapore's financial district, targeting affluent clients in Greater China and the wider Asia-Pacific region with a multi-generation wealth-management approach rather than a single-source pool of family capital. Pharos runs a broad mandate spanning private equity directs, fund of funds, private credit, hedge funds, and philanthropic allocations. Confirmed sector concentrations include healthcare services, digital health, data analytics, fintech, and energy transition, with a technology overlay across AI/ML and enterprise software. The firm deploys across Africa, Asia, the Middle East & Central Asia, and North America — a geographic spread supported by banking partnerships that the firm says provide investment-deal access and full-spectrum wealth solutions. A specific Private Credit Fund-of-Funds portfolio is global in scope, and the Pharos Global Dynamic Real Estate Opportunities Fund covers mixed-use assets across Asia Pacific. CEO Dr. Rams Kanouni joined from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, where he led private markets strategy; his institutional background contrasts with Yuan's single-family-office origins at Global Frontier. The firm holds a Capital Markets Services License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore — the regulatory perimeter that separates it from unregulated family offices — and uses it to distribute cross-border insurance solutions alongside discretionary portfolio management. The former CIO, known only as Kelvin, subsequently moved to SuPra Fund Management, a transition that alters the investment-committee composition tracked by external allocators. Pharos's architecture blends a regulated Singapore manager with the intimacy of a founding-partner circle, making it a hybrid that can accept external capital while preserving the service model of a multi-family office. The key differentiator is a leadership team split between Yuan's wealth-management pragmatism and Kanouni's sovereign-wealth discipline, creating a dual lens that few boutiques its size sustain across both direct co-investments and fund commitments.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
2018
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
Asia
Country
Singapore
City
Singapore
Corporate office
Singapore, Singapore
Principals
Nicole Zhou Yuan
Founder, Chairperson, COO & Deputy CEO
Dr. Rams Kanouni
CEO of Pharos Multi Family Office
Altss tracks 1 additional named team member for this firm — including direct investment leads, IR, and operating principals not listed on the public website.
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Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Pharos?
Investment oversight sits with the founding team led by Chairwoman Nicole Zhou Yuan and CEO Dr. Rams Kanouni. The firm previously listed a Chief Investment Officer, identified only as Kelvin, but he has since departed for SuPra Fund Management, making Kanouni's private-markets background at ADIA the dominant institutional influence on current portfolio construction.
Does Pharos operate exclusively as a family office?
No. Pharos combines a multi-family office service model with a Capital Markets Services License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, allowing it to manage assets for multiple external families and offer regulated fund products. This structure puts it in a different category from a pure single-family office.
What investment stages does Pharos typically target?
Pharos concentrates on growth and late-stage opportunities across private equity, supported by fund-of-funds commitments that extend its reach. The firm does not publicly emphasize seed or early-venture exposure, aligning its stage preference with the capital-preservation mandate expected by multi-generational Asian families.
Does Pharos participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Both. The firm maintains a private credit fund-of-funds portfolio and manages a dedicated real estate opportunities fund alongside direct co-investments. This hybrid model gives smaller family-office clients access to institutional-quality fund managers while retaining the option to co-invest directly alongside Pharos.
Which regions does Pharos actually deploy into?
Pharos targets Africa, Asia, the Middle East & Central Asia, and North America. Its real estate fund focuses specifically on Asia Pacific mixed-use assets, confirming deployment across both developed and emerging markets within the firm's stated geographic footprint.
How does Pharos source proprietary deal flow?
The firm leans on strategic partnerships with private banks and insurers in Singapore, a network reinforced by Yuan's prior role as CEO of Global Frontier Asset Management and Kanouni's institutional relationships from his tenure leading private-markets strategy at ADIA.
Does Pharos maintain philanthropic structures?
Yes, philanthropic and mission-related investing is a confirmed allocation strand, though the firm does not publicly disclose a separate foundation or donor-advised vehicle. The family-office structuring service includes guidance on philanthropic capital, consistent with the multi-generation wealth-planning mandate.
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