Profile
Halbis - February 2008
There has been much talk of late about the acquisition by large banks of smaller hedge fund boutiques, and just how independent the latter remain after their subsuming by the former.
Global Maritime Investments - September 2007
M2M has made quite a splash in its first year with its Global Maritime Investments shipping hedge fund, making 31% and raising $111m in barely 10 months.
Gems Advisors = December 2007
This year has been a good one for Gems investors. Gems Recovery (up 33.87% year to date to 31 October) recently won the Hedge Funds Review European Hedge Funds award as the Best Performing Specialist Fund of Hedge Funds over three years. Gems Multi…
GAM Frontier Opportunities Equity Hedge (USD) - July 2008
GAM Frontier Opportunities Equity Hedge aims to deliver capital appreciation by investing in companies listed in the frontier emerging markets or those with significant exposures to the frontier economies. The fund invests primarily (80%-100%) in the…
Frontier Capital Management - February 2008
Frontier Capital Management’s Michael Azlen is not just a self-confessed alpha sceptic, he is also a sceptic armed with a plethora of statistics to support his stance on why the majority of managers in traditional asset classes do not provide alpha and…
FRM Credit Alpha - December 2007
FRM launched into the permanent capital sphere with an in-house product, FRM Credit Alpha, in April, a month which may to some sound a somewhat ominous time to have raised capital for a credit strategy.
Fitzwilliam Commodity Plus Fund - July 2008
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management believes it has a forward-thinking approach. This is displayed in its compelling macro and micro case for allocating to commodities via a diversified fund of hedge fund (FoHF) format.
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.
Financial Risk Management - December 2007
Financial Risk Management’s Blaine Tomlinson has been ahead of the curve in hedge funds for almost as long as the curve itself has existed.
Explorer Emerging Europe Fund - July 2008
Explorer Capital, set up in October 2006, as a London based Financial Services Authority registered investment manager launched the Explorer Emerging Europe Fund on November 1, 2006.
Ermitage - September 2007
Jersey’s Ermitage has made a name for itself investing in leading managers, finding and mixing them to avoid the worst of market downturns goes far further than a good contact book.
Ermitage - August 2008
Founded in 1975 in Jersey, Ermitage Group boasts a long history in wealth management.
Equity Insurance Group - July 2006
Equity Insurance Group chose Union Bancaire Privée for hedge funds, and JP Morgan for long-only, for its £500m mandate in May.
Epsilon Futures - May 2008
Mathematical and statistical models are the way to predict futures trends in the market, according to Phillippe Balthazard, head of managed futures and systematic funds at Barep Asset Management.
EnTrust Capital - May 2007
ENtrust Capital’s equities fund has been turning a profit for over eight years by sticking to what it knows best.
Ecofin Special Situations Utilities Fund - July 2008
The Ecofin Special Situation Utilities Fund combines two complementary strategies, investing in special situation opportunities and an active long/short strategy.
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.
Dexion Trading - April 2008
Dexion Trading was originally launched in November 2004 following the success of Dexion Capital’s previous listed fund of hedge funds, Dexion Absolute Limited and Dexion Equity Alternative.
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…