Hedge Funds Review - 2008-11-04
Articles in this issue
DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund: Tocqueville Asset Management
Strong commodity focus dominates first funds chosen for Al Safi
Fairtree long/short fund and Fairtree market neutral fund -- October 2008
Decillion Fund Management (DFM) was one of the first companies to launch a hedge fund in South Africa. Andre Malan, a member of the initial investment team, first became involved in the hedge fund industry in January 1999 when Decillion launched the Big…
Alkeon Capital Management -- November 2008
Sticking to your strategy and maintaining risk parameters is essential, particularly during a dislocated market. This is the view of Panayotis ‘Takis’ Sparaggis, president and chief investment officer of Alkeon Capital Management.
Finch Africa Fund -- June 2008
Jenni Chamberlain, portfolio manager of Finch Africa Fund, spent 12 years working in African markets in a variety of investment banking and corporate advisory roles. This experience convinced her that Africa was ripe for investment
Global Directional Portfolio: Welton Investment Corporation
Wide range of strategies brings value to California hedge fund
Fivemore Fund -- November 2008
As a man who was once the youngest specialist trader on a German stock exchange, Johannes Minho Roth, partner, co-founder and head of trading operations at Five T Capital, is one of those rare cases of a person who has fulfilled early potential and…
Porcupine Global Macro Plus
One of the more unusual animals in the global hedge fund jungle is Castlestone Management’s Porcupine Global Macro Plus fund.
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund: Zweig-DiMenna International Managers
Natural resources stock picking focus creates success
Peconic Partners -- November 2008
Naming a company after a Native American tribe may seem to some a bit eccentric, but to William ‘Bill’ Harnisch, chief investment strategist at Peconic Partners, it seemed the perfect solution. The name, he says comes from a tribe resident in east Long…
Japan fund
Boyer Allan Investment Management’s the Japan Fund was launched in February 2000 with assets under management of $12 million. The new co-managers, Andrew Callender and Nick Tanner who took over running the fund in April 2008, have high hopes of improving…
QM Multi-strategy Fund -- October 2008
QuantMetrics is a London-based quantitative investment manager founded in 2003. The company was established by Mushtaq Shah and James Fowler who have worked as a team for over 11 years in quantitative investment management.
Sokol Russian Equity Opportunity Fund -- October 2008
Despite the recent upheavals on the Russian markets, ParusKreml Capital, a Russian- German company owned by funds managers and German private bank MM Warburg & Co, manages the Russian based Sokol Russian Equity Opportunity Fund.
DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund -- November 2008
The DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund is the first Shariah compliant hedge fund of its kind and the first in a family of commodity-linked funds offered by DSAM
Chromium Multi-Strategy Credit Fund -- October 2008
The Chromium Multi-Strategy Credit Fund aims for a consistent alpha generation by investing in credit, credit relative value, convertible bonds and capital structure strategies.
Trafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund
DTrafalgar Capital Specialized Investment Fund-FIS is a European-based alternative investment fund focusing on privately-negotiated funding transactions for small and mid-cap publicly traded companies in Europe and overseas.
Van Eck Hard Assets Hedge Strategy -- November 2008
Launched in 1996, Van Eck’s Hard Assets hedge strategy focuses on energy, metals and mining, paper and forest products, agriculture and other hard asset sectors. The portfolio employs a long/short strategy, using fundamental research to capitalise on mis…
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund
The DSAM Kauthor Natural Resources Fund, the third fund operating on the Al Safi platform, offers investors exposure to the natural resources sector. The fund invests exclusively in units of the Zweig-DiMenna Natural Resources Fund, a subtrust of the Al…
Global Maritime Investments -- September 2007
London-based M2M Management has tamed the notoriously volatile shipping market. The company’s Global Maritime Investments (GMI) Fund, a relative value arbitrage fund investing in the dry freight shipping sector, has returned 27.9% since inception in…
Sourcecap Primary Research Fund -- September 2008
Sourcecap International, established in 2006, is a multi-product platform of absolute return strategies.
Moonraker Global Opportunities Fund -- October 2008
Moonraker takes its name from sailing. The moonraker or moonsail is the sail flown immediately above the skysail on the very top of the royal mast on large, squarerigged sailing ships of the clipper era. The sail enabled the ship’s master to achieve…
Caduceus Capital hedge fund -- November 2008
OrbiMed is the world’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with over $5 billion in assets under management. OrbiMed’s investment business, founded in 1989, invests across the spectrum of healthcare companies – from private start-ups to large…
RAB Gold Fund -- October 2008
In times of monetary uncertainty, the world turns to the only reserve currency it believes holds value, gold. So it is no surprise RAB Capital has set up the RAB Gold Fund. While the timing is advantageous, the group has always believed there is value in…
EnTrust Capital Global Long/short equity strategy -- November 2008
EnTrust Capital is an independent investment manager specialising in managing alternative investments for public, corporate and Taft-Hartley pension funds, foundations, endowments, funds of hedge funds and high net worth individuals and families.
Moonraker Commodities Fund -- October 2008
Moonraker takes its name from sailing. The moonraker or moonsail is the sail flown immediately above the skysail on the very top of the royal mast on large, squarerigged sailing ships of the clipper era. The sail enabled the ship’s master to achieve…
Ramius -- October 2008
Ramius is a privately owned global alternative investment company with over 14 years experience and around $11 billion in assets. The company has a highly evolved platform for the institutional and private investor that includes three alternative…
Wessex Global Water Fund -- September 2008
Water is essential for human survival and is also necessary for nearly every sector of human activity – agriculture, industrial production and power generation and as a way to transport people and goods. According to the United Nations, an estimated 10%…
Melchior European Fund -- November 2008
Good management skills have made a big difference to Melchior European Fund. Dalton Strategic Partnership (DSP) launched the Melchior European Fund on October 2, 2006. The fund is a pan-European long/short all-cap equity fund. It aims to achieve…
