Tom Munster entered the financial services field as a retail financial advisor with PaineWebber Inc.  in 1993 after spending 10 years at sea as a navigator on oil tankers and other vessels, globally. After a 3.5 year start and approximately $60 million in capital raised in the retail segment, Tom entered the hedge fund space, joining Clinton Group, a mortgage hedge fund. Between November 1997 and March 2004, Tom assisted Clinton Group in raising approximately $6.5 billion, while diversifying horizontally into convertible bonds, fixed income arbitrage, distressed, multi-strategy, and quantitative equity and launching the Firm’s London office.

As an independent alternative marketer, Tom raised approximately $500 million for various hedge fund strategies between 2004 and 2009. In the aftermath of the Financial Crisis, Tom returned to in-house sales and marketing at Metacapital, a relaunched mortgage hedge fund, raising $1.6 billion in approximately 3.5 years. Tom subsequently transitioned back to an independent model to spearhead the asset raise for a startup “quantamental” fund, successfully launching the strategy with approximately $70 million in assets. Between November 2014 and August 2018, Tom was charged with leading the launch of a quantitative equity strategy with Clinton Group in a UCITS format, successfully raising $1.6 billion within 14 months across hedge fund, UCITS, and managed account formats.  

Tom maintains a diverse partnership base which includes UHNW individuals, Family Offices, Endowments, Corporations, Insurance Companies, and Sovereigns and has collaborated with Nationwide to provide product placement and distribution service support for the Nationwide Risk-Managed Income ETF (NUSI).

Tom and his wife, Liz have been married for 33 years and have two grown children, both entrepreneurs. Tom enjoys boating, playing trumpet and trombone, and competitive and home barbecuing.