Articles by Hedge Funds Review editorial
Ecofin - July 2008
Ecofin specialises in the global utility and infrastructure sectors providing discretionary fund management services and advice to institutions and corporations with an interest in utilities and infrastructure industries.
Dexion Trading - July 2007
The rush to launch permanent capital vehicles has not slowed, despite the grandfather of London’s closedended, listed vehicle market replacing the manager of one of its key funds of funds due to what it saw as underperformance.
Dalton Strategic Partnership
One could be easily mistaken for assessing hybrid long-only and long/short house Dalton Strategic Partnership (DSP) as an asset-gatherer.
Dalton Investments - May 2008
Dalton Investments sees value in many places - from distressed companies in the US to the Asian markets. Its latest fund is eyeing the prospects and opportunities emerging from the subprime crisis.
Credit Suisse - May 2007
The future for the hedge fund industry lies with the bespoke advisory business, predicts Stephen Smith, managing director of alternative investments at Credit Suisse.
Cornell Capital Management - September 2006
Cornell Capital Management is one of the world’s most significant PIPE investors: according to Knobias’ pipeTRAC database, Cornell ranked first among its peers in both deal value and number of deals for PIPEs in the year to May 2006.
Coriolis CaTpricorn -- July 2008
This fund invests in natural catastrophe bonds and options related to hurricanes, typhoons, earthquakes and other natural catastrophes. It is diversified geographically. It employs a stringent risk management process to limit the exposures per region and…
Corazon Capital - August 2008
Corazon Capital is an independent asset manager based in the Channel Islands with offices in Guernsey and Jersey, providing tailored investment solutions to private clients and institutions on a discretionary, advisory and execution-only basis.
Collins Stewart Wealth Management Absolute Return Plus Fund - August 2008
The fund is a core multi-manager fund of the company and is widely used in its wealth management division.
Citigroup Alternative Investments - February 2007
Citigroup Alternative Investments (CAI) came close – “reasonably close,” is the way Dean Barr puts it – to buying Amaranth Advisors after the hedge fund imploded last September, losing $6 billion bad energy bets in one week.
Channel Islands Alternatives (The Hurdle Fund) - August 2008
Nick England, founder and director of Channel Islands Alternatives (CIA) is one of the newest entrants to the FoHF world in the Channel Islands.
CDCapital - June 2007
London’s CDCapital, investing in pre-IPO commodities firms, draws its initials from those of its founder Carmel Daniele, but they may just as easily stand for ‘Chinese demand ‘ when it comes to finding profitable exits from trades.
Carrousel Capital - March 2007
Investment trust shareholders may once have been told to take the good of liquidity with the bad of wide discounts to net asset value. London arbitrageur Carrousel Capital takes a different view.
Carpe Diem Group - December 2006
The Carpe Diem Group is setting up to capture the growth of the hedge fund industry in a number of ways, not least of which is building a Swiss bank and listing on London’s AIM.
Cambridge Strategy Asian Alpha Currency Fund - July 2008
The fund aims to profit from short and medium term moves in the Asian market currency pairs. To achieve this, the company employs a systematic approach, designed to perform across diverse market environments. This combines two types of trading strategies.
Caliburn Capital - January 2007
Caliburn Capital’s has a top-down focus on its institutional FoHF products, pursuing themes and those managers it deems most likely to exploit them successfully,
Brevan Howard Master Fund - July 2008
The Brevan Howard Master Fund has a predominant exposure to global fixed income and foreign exchange markets.
Brevan Howard Asset Management - July 2008
Brevan Howard Asset Management (BHAM) is a hedge fund manager authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Services Authority.
BlackRock Natural Resources Hedge Fund - July 2008
The BlackRock Natural Resources Hedge Fund maintains a flexible investment style and seeks to identify and exploit anomalies and investment opportunities across the natural resources sector, including the production of minerals, metals, oil, gas, energy…
Amstel Balanced Fund - May 2008
Alexander van Leyen of Amstel Capital Malta is an advocate of setting up hedge funds in Malta.
Altis Master Fund ICC Global Futures Portfolio - August 2008
Altis Partners, an independent hedge fund, specialises in combining advanced proprietary technology with managed futures.
Alpstar - February 2008
Alpstar has launched a range of credit-related funds and products, and is branching into equity hedge fund management.
AXA Framlington Absolute Return UK Fund - November 2007
George Luckraft, manager of AXA Framlington’s oldest hedge fund, shares his experience, some top tips.
AXA Framlington Absolute Return Gemini Worldview - May 2008
Russia’s privatisation of its energy sector is throwing up some good prospects as Framlington is what could be described as a giant boutique alternative investment manager within the AXA Group, the insurance and pension fund provider.