PRIME is an econometrics-driven asset management and art market information business specialising in the primary market for emerging art. We manage PRIME ART FUNDS, the first and only investment instrument focussing exclusively on emerging art, and offer bespoke art market analytics and consulting services to art market professionals, collectors and the press. PRIME aggregates and monitors first-hand primary market sales data across the globe. Having developed the first robust econometric framework for modelling pricing mechanisms in this market, we set new standards in the analysis and accurate anticipation of market developments in a field previously inaccessible to systematic investing.

Directors Heiner Boehmer, BBA Director Investment Banker with a wide background in various finance, operational and management functions. Currently CFO and Managing Director for the Global Capital Market activities of a London-based investment bank. Boehmer has worked and lived in Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, China and the UK, holding senior management positions including CFO and COO. He has been an active art collector with special focus on Chinese contemporary art since 1995 and has excellent connections to major players in the Asian art market. Manuel Gerber, PhD MSc MA Managing Director Gerber has a broad background in strategy consulting and academia. He has advised and directed private sector and government projects in Europe, the US, the Middle East and Asia, is a former lecturer at the University of Berne and a Sloan Fellow of London Business School. He collects European and American contemporary art and pioneered quantitative research on primary art market economics at LBS - the basis of the econometrics underlying our business model and investment strategy. He holds a PhD (summa cum laude) in Assyriology from the University of Berne and an MSc (Sloan Fellowship) in Management and Business Administration from London Business School. Paul Thompson, MSc, ACA, B.Bus, GDipAppFin Director Investment banker with 10 years international experience in the banking industry. Director, Specialised Funds Group, WestLB, London. FSA-approved and currently involved in the management of a CLO fund and the leveraged loan portfolio for the bank balance sheet in the alternative investments area. Thompson was previously responsible for the strategic design and implementation of a reporting systems platform globally; including FX, Money Market, Securities and ledger systems. A chartered accountant from Australia, he has business services, audit and taxation experience across a number of private and public companies. He is a Sloan Fellow, London Business School, collects Asian contemporary art and has done in-depth research at LBS on art as an alternative asset class in funds.