Hedge Funds Review/Profile
Latitude Fund - July 2005
The Latitude fund made 40.21% in the 12 months to 30 April 2005. Johan Jonson, risk manager at Latitude, explained how.
General Motors AM, Ed Sullivan - July 2004
General Motors Asset Management explained at Hedge Funds Review's 2004 Bermuda conference its move into absolute return. Ed Sullivan was the speaker.
Latitude lights up Europe
The Latitude fund is one of the best new funds in Europe and won last month's Hedge Funds Review performance award in the global macro category. It was also shortlisted in the newcomer category, suggesting just how well it has performed since its launch…
Taking the high road to absolute advocacy
While a lot of pension funds still dither over whether or not to invest in hedge funds, General Motors Asset Management's head of research, Edgar Sullivan, puts the case and reasons for GMAM's step into absolute return in 2001
Maxam CM, Sandre Manzke - June 2005
Sandra Manzke has built an enviable reputation over decadeson thinking differently. So it is little surprise that, as the hedge fund universe homogenises, she set off to ventures new at Maxam CM.
Smart money
Sandra Manzke has built an enviable reputation over decades on thinking differently. So it is little surprise that, as the hedge fund universe homogenises, she is setting off to ventures new
Michael N Trading, Michael Neundlinger - June 2005
Michael N Trading developed three systematic trading models in its Bond/Bund programme, and has since applied the philosophy to FX, at Sagio Investments in Switzerland.
In the futures perfect
Malta's Michael N Trading is employing three systematic trading models in its Bond/Bund programme, then picking the best performer at the time to run the money
What's on investors' minds…
Some US institutions are asking where the alpha will come from, whether a pyrrhic victory will result if their 1.5% in hedge funds is the portfolio's sole performer, what will shake their colleagues out of hedge funds, and are hedge funds truly "monsters…
Rivoli - May 2005
Rivoli has applied algorithmic trading techniques to the fixed income market – with some interesting results, as Hedge Funds Review explains.
Park Place Polaris Prime Europe - May 2005
Park Place Polaris Prime Europe Fund investors have lived ininteresting times, swooping from 430% in 1999 to –37% in2002. Jean Marc Fraysse and Peter Schell explain how they reversed the fund's fortunes in 2005.
Park Place's Polaris missile
Park Place Polaris Prime Europe Fund investors have lived in interesting times, swooping from 430% in 1999 to -37% in 2002. The recruitment of two new faces in 2003 to address such reversals of fortune has paid dividends
Fixed income gets algorithmic
Rivoli has applied algorithmic trading techniques to the fixed income market - with some interesting results
Gartmore, AlphaGens Avior, Regulus, Martin Phipps - April 2005
Gartmore's Martin Phipps on Japanese distribution, AlphaGen Avior, AlphaGen Regulus, and what it's like to work with Roger Guy. Includes then full list of single hedge funds.
Customer is king
For Ramon Koss picking a good hedge fund for a client can only come after the client fully understands the product
Gartmore growth heads for the stars
While Gartmore may be known best for its star manager Roger Guy and sales head Martin Phipps, it has sought out other stars to boost its team and array of funds
Forsyth Partners, Alternative Income Fund, Rossen Djounov - March 2005
Aiming for an annual dividend yield of 7% for its investors,Forsyth Alternative Income fund of hedge funds takes a different tack on hedge-fund investing, as manager Rossen Djounov, explains.
Defence the best form of attack for funds of funds
Some allocators are shying away from higher risk strategies as they fear America's "moribund" economy could provide shocks to the financial system
From alpha to gamma
French hedge fund ADI entered the incubation business by launching subsidiary New Alpha Advisors in late 2003. Solomon Teague talks to chief executive Nicholas Gomart
ADI, New Alpha Advisors - March 2005
French hedge fund ADI entered the incubation business by launching subsidiary New Alpha Advisors in late 2003. Solomon Teague spoke with chief executive Nicholas Gomart.
The income alternative
Aiming for an annual dividend yield of 7% for its investors, Forsyth Alternative Income fund of hedge funds takes a different tack on hedge-fund investing. The fund's manager, Rossen Djounov, explains the philosophy and process behind it
Coronation FM - Global Equity Alternative Strat Fund - Feb 2005
Conceived in August 1996, Coronation Fund Managers’ Global Equity Alternative Strategy Fund's primary objective was to produce absolute returns and to outperformthe MSCI World Index with lower volatility. Coronation’s then-CIO Arne Hassel explained the…
Griffin Capital Management, European HF, Harald Wengust - Feb 2005
London’s Griffin Capital Management launched into Western Europe with Griffin European Hedge Fund in May 2004, then made 12.3% in its first eight months, as Griffin's Harald Wengust explains
Clear run for China spurs hopes for global macro
Continued growth in China and the return of trends bodes well for commodities and global macro