Hedge Funds Review/Profile
Cazenove UK Equity Abs Return Fund, Tim Russell - Feb 2006
Cazenove’s Tim Russell was on the wrong end of M&A activity in late 2005 and missed the resources boom in his UK Equity Absolute Return fund. Even so, the manager met his target of achieving 10% returns as he explains to Hedge Funds Review.
Institutional-strength firepower
Neill Brennan's trading focus now is on European equities for Armajaro AM's market-neutral Coolum fund. However, his first focus upon joining Armajaro was to establish an institutional-strength company, says David Walker
Armajaro AM, Coolum Fund, Neill Brennan - Jan 2006
Neill Brennan’s trading focus is on European equities for Armajaro AM’s market-neutral Coolum fund. However, his first focus upon joining Armajaro was to establish an institutional-strength company, says David Walker
Standing up and being counted
fund of funds fees
Stenham Advisors, Kevin Arenson - Dec 2005
Risk, not returns, governs the way Stenham Advisors look atmanaging money. And after a century in the business, who‘s to say they’re wrong.
Beyond Universal appeal
Risk, not returns, governs the way Stenham Advisors look at managing money. And after a century in the business, who's to say they're wrong - certainly not investors, whose assets with Stenham have just passed $1billion.
Positive engagement
Phillip Goldstein makes a habit, and a living, out of taking on corporate managers through his activist hedge funds at Bulldog Investors in the US. But has this activist bitten off more than he can chew by taking the Securities and Exchange Commission to…
Bulldog Investors - November 2005
Phillip Goldstein makes a habit, and a living, out of taking on corporate managers through his activist hedge funds at Bulldog Investors in the US. He has also taken the SEC to court over registration. He explains how his fund and activism make money.
Fleming Family & Prtnrs, Julian Rogers-Coltman - March 2005
Fleming Family & Partners has grown to launch hedge funds and manage other families' money since its inception under railroad construction entrepreneur Robert Fleming at the end of the nineteenth century. Julian Rogers-Coltman and Gavin Rochussen explain…
Many happy returns as Observatory Capital fund enjoys its first birthday
In a grizzly year for credit, Observatory Capital's Credit Markets fund has celebrated its first birthday with a 27% gift for its early investors
Rita's silver lining sees fund of hedge funds managers barrel into energy
Fund of funds managers have seen target funds fill their boots via all manner of trading variations on two linked themes - storms and energy
On the right track
When Robert Fleming started financing railroad construction in the US at the end of the nineteenth century, he may not have realised his legacy would set a series of single-strategy hedge funds running, in London, more than 100 years later.
Marketing your hedge fund in the UK
special report
Analysing commodities trends is just one Aspect of Capital success
Aspect Capital is best known for its commodities hedge funds. While this sector is a central pillar of the firm's trading strategy, there are other strings to the Aspect bow, as Solomon Teague discovered
Danish hedge fund saga enters new chapter
special report
Unlocking the future
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Risky business - fund of hedge fund managers tackle the thorny issue of non-investment risk
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Aspect Capital, Aspect Diversified, Anthony Todd - Sep 2005
Aspect Capital is best known for its commodities hedge funds. While this sector is a central pillar of the firm’s trading strategy, there are other strings to the Aspect bow, as Solomon Teague discovered
Observatory Capital, Credit Markets Fund - October 2005
In a grizzly 2005 for credit, Observatory Capital’s Credit Markets fund celebrated its first birthday with a27% gift for its early investors. Shazad Ghaffar and John Bishop blew out the candles.
The manager's advocate
Morgan Creek Capital Management's Mark Yusko spoke strongly in favour of hedge funds at Hedge Funds Review's recent Bermuda conference. At Morgan Creek, his views are not unusual
Estlander & Rönnlund, Global Markets Fund - August 2005
Martin Estlander, chief executive officer and co-founder of Estlander & Rönnlund, tells Hedge Funds Review about the firm’s flagship Global Markets Fund, the company’s ongoing research programme to maintain profits, and tireless focus on R&D for…
Convertibles and M&A given a breath of new life, managers say
The two hedge fund strategies least likely to bounce back have been given a new lease on life, fund of fund managers say
Morgan Creek CM, Mark Yusko -- August 2005
Why dip toes in hedge fund waters if you can jump straight in, asks Morgan Creek Capital Management’s Mark Yusko at Hedge Funds Review’s 2005 Bermuda conference.
Steady success in a volatile world
Martin Estlander, chief executive officer and co-founder of Estlander & Rönnlund, talks to Hedge Funds Review about the firm's flagship er Global Markets Fund, the company's ongoing research programme to maintain profits, and tireless focus on R&D for…