Hedge funds
QM Multi-strategy Fund -- October 2008
QuantMetrics is a London-based quantitative investment manager founded in 2003. The company was established by Mushtaq Shah and James Fowler who have worked as a team for over 11 years in quantitative investment management.
Porcupine Global Macro Plus
One of the more unusual animals in the global hedge fund jungle is Castlestone Management’s Porcupine Global Macro Plus fund.
Peconic Partners -- November 2008
Naming a company after a Native American tribe may seem to some a bit eccentric, but to William ‘Bill’ Harnisch, chief investment strategist at Peconic Partners, it seemed the perfect solution. The name, he says comes from a tribe resident in east Long…
Caduceus Capital hedge fund -- November 2008
OrbiMed is the world’s largest healthcare-dedicated investment firm, with over $5 billion in assets under management. OrbiMed’s investment business, founded in 1989, invests across the spectrum of healthcare companies – from private start-ups to large…
Moonraker Global Opportunities Fund -- October 2008
Moonraker takes its name from sailing. The moonraker or moonsail is the sail flown immediately above the skysail on the very top of the royal mast on large, squarerigged sailing ships of the clipper era. The sail enabled the ship’s master to achieve…
Moonraker Commodities Fund -- October 2008
Moonraker takes its name from sailing. The moonraker or moonsail is the sail flown immediately above the skysail on the very top of the royal mast on large, squarerigged sailing ships of the clipper era. The sail enabled the ship’s master to achieve…
Global Maritime Investments -- September 2007
London-based M2M Management has tamed the notoriously volatile shipping market. The company’s Global Maritime Investments (GMI) Fund, a relative value arbitrage fund investing in the dry freight shipping sector, has returned 27.9% since inception in…
Japan fund
Boyer Allan Investment Management’s the Japan Fund was launched in February 2000 with assets under management of $12 million. The new co-managers, Andrew Callender and Nick Tanner who took over running the fund in April 2008, have high hopes of improving…
Fivemore Fund -- November 2008
As a man who was once the youngest specialist trader on a German stock exchange, Johannes Minho Roth, partner, co-founder and head of trading operations at Five T Capital, is one of those rare cases of a person who has fulfilled early potential and…
Finch Africa Fund -- June 2008
Jenni Chamberlain, portfolio manager of Finch Africa Fund, spent 12 years working in African markets in a variety of investment banking and corporate advisory roles. This experience convinced her that Africa was ripe for investment
Fairtree long/short fund and Fairtree market neutral fund -- October 2008
Decillion Fund Management (DFM) was one of the first companies to launch a hedge fund in South Africa. Andre Malan, a member of the initial investment team, first became involved in the hedge fund industry in January 1999 when Decillion launched the Big…
EnTrust Capital Global Long/short equity strategy -- November 2008
EnTrust Capital is an independent investment manager specialising in managing alternative investments for public, corporate and Taft-Hartley pension funds, foundations, endowments, funds of hedge funds and high net worth individuals and families.
Chromium Multi-Strategy Credit Fund -- October 2008
The Chromium Multi-Strategy Credit Fund aims for a consistent alpha generation by investing in credit, credit relative value, convertible bonds and capital structure strategies.
Alkeon Capital Management -- November 2008
Sticking to your strategy and maintaining risk parameters is essential, particularly during a dislocated market. This is the view of Panayotis ‘Takis’ Sparaggis, president and chief investment officer of Alkeon Capital Management.
Alkeon Capital Management
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OrbiMed
Diverse talents at core of healthcare investment success
Van Eck Hard Assets 2X strategy: Van Eck Global
Strategy focuses on natural resources and commodity sectors
Entrust Capital Global: EnTrust Partners
Ex Goldman Sachs team finds value by keeping to what it knows best
Peconic Partners
Teamwork and robust trading help fund in chaotic market
DSAM Kauthar Natural Resources Fund: Zweig-DiMenna International Managers
Natural resources stock picking focus creates success
DSAM Kauthar Energy Fund: Lucas Capital Management
Value found in owning as much oil in the ground as possible
DSAM Kauthar Gold Fund: Tocqueville Asset Management
Tocqueville strikes gold
Funds offer investment strategies for wide range of market conditions
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008
Middle Eastern investors keen to access hedge fund absolute returns
Access to Islamic Hedge Funds: November 2008