GAM Global Rates Hedge Fund: GAM

Shortlist: Best global macro hedge fund

With a management style described as an eclectic, pragmatic investment approach, Adrian Owens, fund manager of the GAM Global Rates Hedge Fund, combines a range of fundamental and technical methodologies to get the best out of government bonds and currencies.

The fund was launched in January 2004 since when Owens has been using an entirely discretionary approach to investing, central to which is understanding of how macro factors drive market behaviour. The aim is to achieve net absolute returns