Hedge Funds Review - 2004-05-01
Articles in this issue
'Mega-deals' serve to vindicate excess money in the marketplace
Mergers and aqcuisitions
From cyclical booms to structural strength
Emerging markets
The iconoclast of Brooklyn
Victor Niederhoffer was one of the world's best-performing hedge fund managers. Then he lost it all. But now the renowned speculator and five-times US squash champion has bounced back. Navroz Patel talks to him about his return from the brink
Brunswick AM - May 2004
Brunswick AM - May 2004
HDF, Giles du Fretay - May 2004
Gilles Du Fretay, head of HDF was the first to offer an onshore French fund of hedge funds. He explains why he left the private banking world to design, not present, hedge fund products.
Euro's rally proves costly while yen offers chance to go short
Foreign exchange
Synchronised global growth drives demand for metals and energy
Specialist: energy and resources
keeping everybody happy
Funds of funds
Pioneer spirit
Business Profile
The fund of hedge funds reporting quandry
Performance reporting
Energy sector heats up as japan offers returns
Managers are enthusiastic about Japanese long/short and the yen, while demand for energy and metals is helping global macro
It needn't be taxing
Tax regulation
Russian renaissance
Russia was once regarded as a risky play in thin markets of a deeply indebted nation. however, Brunswick's Russian Directional Fund finds otherwise
Wayne's WirelessWorld
Playing to the strengths of its management team, the Perennial Growth Fund is finding opportunity in the technology and media sectors
Matador Fund, Victor Niederhoffer - May 2004
Victor Niederhoffer was one of the world’s best-performinghedge fund managers. Then he lost it all. But now the renowned speculator and five-times US squash champion hasbounced back, as Navroz Patel explains
Ampere CM, Perennial Growth Fund, Wayne Wilkey - May 2004
Playing to the strengths of its management team, Ampere Capital Management's Perennial Growth Fund seeks opportunity in the technology and media sectors, as John Butcher explains.