Hedge Funds Review/Profile
How Manly Stanley raised a healthy hedge fund family
As Stanley Fink announces the forthcoming resignation of his CEO seat at Man Group in 2007, those who have seen the industry grow with him reflect on his achievements, and assess his legacy both for Man Group, and for the broader hedge fund industry
PIPEs smoking as they head east
PIPEs are set to become more popular outside the US as firms list overseas to steer clear of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, PIPE fund managers Cornell Capital Management explain to Solomon Teague
Merrills sets sail for ever-expanding horizons
prime broking
The weight of true institutional firepower...applied with a deft touch
Russell Investment Group runs more than $5bn in its funds of hedge funds, making it quite a hefty hitter in the FoHF universe, writes Solomon Teague. However, as Alex Trichot explains, size has not stopped the group from diverging from its peers on some…
Taking good care of investors' money
CARE Capital Group's CARE Offshore fund of hedge funds has produced 14.55% net annualised returns since inception. David Walker found out how
Why it pays to split the pot, or how to hedge your pension fund's bets
Equity Insurance Group chose Union Bancaire Privée for hedge funds, and JP Morgan for long-only, for its £500m mandate in May. Solomon Teague investigated how the deal was done
A Mediterranean marvel from Malta
While Valetta Fund Management's Mediterranean Rim Fund does not go short, VFM's Kenneth Farrugia explained to David Walker its absolute return approach is applied interestingly to countries bordering the Mediterranean's shores
"Let them eat cake," say investorsHSBC GH fund of funds turns 10
GH Fund's managers and investors have not suffered from the law of diminishing returns as HSBC Republic's GH Fund has grown to $1.3bn
Forget 'toes in the water' - how to win a pension's full 100%
highway insurance
Eton Park joins Paternoster to cut itself a bigger slice of the UK pension pie
Eton Park and other hedge funds have backed Paternoster in what is becoming a highly competitive UK pension buy-out marketplace.
On the global hunt for income
When markets are choppy and gains hard to find, Platinum Capital Management's Craig Reeves tells Hedge Funds Review, dividends can become a manager's prize possession
Key Recovery, Key Europe, Chris Jones - April 2006
Key Asset Management’s funds of hedge funds have generated healthy returns, satisfied investors and, in the case of Key Recovery, won Hedge Funds Review’s award for the bestperforming specialist FoHF over three years on a risk-adjusted basis (2005)…
Key's home-ground advantage
Key Asset Management's funds of hedge funds have generated healthy returns, satisfied investors and, in the case of Key Recovery, won Hedge Funds Review's award for the best performing specialist FoHF over three years, on a risk-adjusted basis. David…
Platinum CM, Craig Reeves, Global Dividend Income Fund - April 2006
When markets are choppy and gains hard to find, Platinum Capital Management’s Craig Reeves tells Hedge Funds Review,dividends such as those from the Platinum Global Dividend Fund can become a manager’s prize possession.
FMG Fund Managers, Rising3 Fund, Russian FFM Fund, Charlie Cantlie - March 2006
FMG Fund Managers has built an unusual mix of single hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, including specialist sector funds and a Russian absolute return portfolio, managed by Yuri Lopatinski, explains Charlie Cantlie from the group
London & Capital, European FoHFs, Magnus Olsson - March 2006
London & Capital has never shied away from launching products the market wants. Magnus Olsson, head of funds at the London firm explained to David Walker the thinking behind the company’s European fund of hedge funds, which won Hedge Funds Review’s 2005…
London firm reveals its capital ideas
London & Capital has never shied away from launching products the market wants. Magnus Olsson, head of funds at the London firm explained to David Walker the thinking behind the company's European fund of hedge funds, which won Hedge Funds Review's…
Macro spat hits FoHF community
While equity long/short is the top of the strategies, fund of funds managers are split over how to view global macro
Eclectic boutique opens a multifarious box of tricks
FMG Fund Managers has built an unusual mix of single hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, including specialist sector and regional portfolios, says David Walker
Equities are the best bet for 2006
Back to basics, back to long/short stock funds, say many fund of hedge funds managers
The long and short of M&A
Cazenove's Tim Russell has been on the wrong end of bidding activity and has missed the resources boom in his UK hedge fund, each theme beguiling many of his peers. Even so, the manager has met his target of achieving 10% returns in his UK Equity…