Hedge funds
Libra Europe Fund - May 2006
The Libra Europe Fund was launched in 2001. Founding partner Bruce Mee began Eton Park and other hedge funds have backed Paternoster in what is becoming a highly competitive UK pension buy-out marketplace.
Libra Europe Fund - April 2008
The Libra Europe Fund was launched in 2001. Founding partner Bruce Mee began the fund with his business partner Roberto Bogon.
Lehman Brothers - January 2008
Gunner Burkhart does not hesitate when asked what a hedge fund should look for when faced with a potentially confusing array of prime brokers, all trying to differentiate themselves.
Kilkenny Capital Management - December 2006
Kilkenny Capital Management has been making healthy returns out of the biotechnology sector for more than a decade.
JB Global Rates Hedge Fund (USD) - July 2008
The JB Global Rates hedge fund follows a macro focusing on fixed income, fixed income derivatives, foreign exchange and currency markets.
JB Currency Hedge Fund - June 2008
Russia’s privatisation of its energy sector is throwing up some good prospects as Adrian Owens is lead manager of the JB Global Rates Hedge Fund.
ION Asset Management - August 2007
ION Asset Management has made quite an impression managing its Israel long/short equity fund, chalking up 34.7% net in its first year to 30 June.
Insch Capital Management - February 2008
FX hedge fund Insch Capital Management AG has joined the growing trend arguably more prevalent in the hedge fund administration world - that of outsourcing a branch of their company to a more cost-effective part of the world.
Investcorp Stoneworks Global Macro Fund - July 2008
The Investcorp Stoneworks Global Macro Fund (Stoneworks) aims to achieve absolute returns through a top-down evaluation of major global themes.
IGS Group - October 2007
IGS Group was formally launched on 2 January 2007, after John Godden, back from his gardening leave, following his departure from HFR Asset Management, returned to the industry that he loves to create a full-service hedge fund consultancy.
Iceberg Alternative Real Estate II Fund - July 2008
Iceberg Alternative Real Estate Fund was Europe’s first commercial real estate hedge fund. Iceberg is a relative value absolute return fund which targets Libor +15% with a volatility of less than 10%.
HSBC Republic’s GH Fund - June 2006
GH Fund’s managers and investors have not suffered from the law of diminishing returns as HSBC Republic’s GH Fund has grown to $1.3 billion.
Hillside Apex Fund Segregated Portfolio (USD)
Thames River Hillside Apex Fund SPC, launched July 31, 1998, is a Cayman openended investment company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange.
Highway Insurance pension fund - May 2006
Most hedge funds are delighted to announce 5%-10% pension allocations. Schroders, on the other hand, won Highway Insurance’s full pension pot.
Hexam Capital - May 2007
Managers at boutique Hexam Capital have vowed Hexam will not have more than six partners, will cap assets at $3bn, and abide by process.
Harris Alternatives - July 2007
There is a thriving fund-of-hedge-funds culture in Chicago, according to Scott Schweighauser, partner and chief investment officer of Harris Alternatives, a fund of hedge funds manager with approximately $11bn under management.
Halbis India Alpha Fund (USD) - July 2008
Halbis is the largest manager of Indian equities in the world, with over $10 billion Indian assets under management.
Halbis - February 2008
There has been much talk of late about the acquisition by large banks of smaller hedge fund boutiques, and just how independent the latter remain after their subsuming by the former.
Global Maritime Investments - September 2007
M2M has made quite a splash in its first year with its Global Maritime Investments shipping hedge fund, making 31% and raising $111m in barely 10 months.
Gems Advisors = December 2007
This year has been a good one for Gems investors. Gems Recovery (up 33.87% year to date to 31 October) recently won the Hedge Funds Review European Hedge Funds award as the Best Performing Specialist Fund of Hedge Funds over three years. Gems Multi…
GAM Frontier Opportunities Equity Hedge (USD) - July 2008
GAM Frontier Opportunities Equity Hedge aims to deliver capital appreciation by investing in companies listed in the frontier emerging markets or those with significant exposures to the frontier economies. The fund invests primarily (80%-100%) in the…
Frontier Capital Management - February 2008
Frontier Capital Management’s Michael Azlen is not just a self-confessed alpha sceptic, he is also a sceptic armed with a plethora of statistics to support his stance on why the majority of managers in traditional asset classes do not provide alpha and…
FRM Credit Alpha - December 2007
FRM launched into the permanent capital sphere with an in-house product, FRM Credit Alpha, in April, a month which may to some sound a somewhat ominous time to have raised capital for a credit strategy.
Fitzwilliam Commodity Plus Fund - July 2008
BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management believes it has a forward-thinking approach. This is displayed in its compelling macro and micro case for allocating to commodities via a diversified fund of hedge fund (FoHF) format.