Overview
Westbeck Capital Management LLP (“Westbeck” or the “Firm”) is a London-based fund management firm
founded by Will Smith and Jean-Louis Le Mee. The Firm was authorized by the UK Financial Conduct Authority
in April 2016 to conduct investment management activities and is principally owned by Mr. Smith and Mr. Le
Mee, along with other employees.
Westbeck is an absolute return asset manager focusing on the energy and energy transition space. The Firm
currently advises and manages assets on behalf of private funds (collectively, the “funds”):
• Westbeck Volta Fund
• Westbeck Macro Fund
As of October 1, 2023, the Firm manages approximately regulatory assets under management of
$252,442,000.
The Westbeck Volta Fund, launched in July 2019, is a private fund focused on investment opportunities with
respect to the energy transition from carbon
to renewables. The Firm believes that batteries and renewables
are key to fighting climate change and improving air quality and to that end, the fund is a concentrated
portfolio of 20-40 listed equities in five key segments: Batteries, End Markets, Renewables, Intermediates,
Critical Materials with ESG screening core to the investment approach.
The Westbeck Macro Fund is a private fund that targets short-term cross-asset mis-pricing with a particular
focus on short-dated index options ahead of macroeconomic catalysts and flow driven dislocations. The
strategy operates a framework to define the current macroeconomic regime:
• Growth vs Inflation
• Volatility vs Correlation
Westbeck’s emphasis is placed on analyzing daily and weekly flows which influence macro asset prices and
changes in central bank balance sheets.