Hedge funds
From cyclical booms to structural strength
Emerging markets
'Mega-deals' serve to vindicate excess money in the marketplace
Mergers and aqcuisitions
Practical relative-value volatility trading
The rapid growth of fixed-income hedge funds has resulted in increased interest in identifying relative-value trade opportunities. Here, the author presents a consistent framework for finding value within interest rate options markets.
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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