Hedge Funds Review
Euro's rally proves costly while yen offers chance to go short
Foreign exchange
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.
Brunswick AM - May 2004
Brunswick AM - May 2004
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
From cyclical booms to structural strength
Emerging markets
'Mega-deals' serve to vindicate excess money in the marketplace
Mergers and aqcuisitions
take it to the city
Exchanges
Odey AM, Eclectica Fund, Hugh Hendry - Apr 2004
Hugh Hendry achieved great success at Odey AM before branching out on his own, applying his own personality to Eclectica Fund – he explained how it worked, before leaving Odey AM.
AXA Investment Managers - April 2004
AXA Investment Managers' Antoine Josserand explains Axa draws on existing expertise within the group - in long-only or derivatives, for example - to build out its single hedge fund program.
Emergent AM, Ballistic Fund - April 2004
David Murrin from Emergent AM explains how the firm's Ballistic Long/Short Emerging Equities Fund hit 50.35% in 2002, then 111% in the three years to December 2003.
Tailor-made money makers
Bespoke products
Strong euro likely to determine where the best opportunities lie
European long/short
Managers' concern for distressed sees them acquire more merger
Shortage of debt opportunity has caused managers to look to equity and M&A
Dynamically self-propelled capital gains
The Ballistic Long/Short Emerging Equities Fund has achieved impressive returns in recent years. Its manager, David Murrin, shares some of the secrets of his success
play to your strengths
Business profile
The evolution of european exchanges
Exchanges
Seek and ye shall find...
Derivatives