The purple patch is in stark contrast to last year, when some of its fund tripped up, leading revenues and profits at CQS down. Revenues fell to $165.3 million from $229.7 million, while pre-tax profits also plummeted to $33.9 million from $122.6 million, the accounts show.
Hintze, one of Britain’s best-known financiers, is a well-known Tory party donor and a big figure in philanthropy circles.
Since starting CQS in 1999, he has turned it from a small Mayfair boutique into one of Britain’s biggest money managers with $12.3 billion under management.
The company has come under fire in recent years for basing its holding company in Luxembourg.
However, the accounts show CQS paid about £11 million of tax in 2014 and £3.5 million in 2015.
