Hedge Funds Review/Profile
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
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.
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
Standing out from the crowd
Hugh Hendry has achieved great success at Odey Asset Management by applying his own personality to the firm's Eclectica Fund - and by not following the crowd
CSFB, Ramon Koss - April 2004
For Ramon Koss picking a good hedge fund for a client can only come after the client fully understands the product, he explains to Hedge Funds Review
Spreading the net: in search of the best fund managers
RMB International's Global Spread Capture Fund, a fund of hedge funds, has added value by taking significant decisions about which market to be in at particular times.
Making thesystem workfor you
Zbigniew Hermaszewski,co-founder of AltisPartners, explains thestrategy of the firm'sglobal futures portfolio
European funds bounce back
The trends revealed by our survey last month seem now to be reversing as managers observe better opportunity in European long/short than in Asia and emerging markets
Altis Partners, Global Futures Portfolio - March 2004
Zbigniew Hermaszewski,co-founder of Altis Partners, explains the strategy of the firm’s Global Futures Portfolio.
HSBC Republic Investments, Paul Dunning - March 2004
Paul Dunning from HSBC Republic Investments explains the industry's move to institutional investors, the importance of good distribution and the usefulness or otherwise of capital guarantees on FoHFs.
move with the times
Paul Dunning has brought a wealth of high-level experience to what is now HSBC Republic Investments and, having seen first-hand how institutional attitudes have changed towards hedge funds, shares his view of the future
RMB International, Global Spread Capture Fd, Richard Atkinson - Feb 2004
Finding the right managers in the right geographical andinvestment sectors, and rewarding the best performers,is the key to healthy returns for funds of hedge funds, says RMB International's Richard Atkinson of RMB International.
funds look east as euro rises
As the global economy strengthens, Hedge Funds Review's survey of fund managers suggests they are switching European long/short for similar strategies in Asia and the US
finding brahman: in search of the best fund managers
Finding the right managers in the right geographical and investment sectors, and rewarding the best performers, is the key to healthy returns for funds of hedge funds
onwards and upwards
Analysts are predicting another good year for hedge funds, although managers will not have it all their own way - innovation will again be an essential factor in generating returns
Honeyguide proves profitable diversifier for global macros
Fund looks for long-term match of risk and reward in underlying managers
Patience pays off
Platinum Capital Management has launched a new distressed debt fund after a long process of analytical research
Japan comes of age
As the economic climate changes in the Land of the Rising Sun, hedge funds are rapidly expanding to become a high-profile investment option
The long and the short of it
Early signs of improving global economic conditions are causing fund managers to reassess their portfolios - with all eyes on US long/short