Profile
Renaissance Investment Management - April 2007
While the bread and butter of Moscow-headquartered Renaissance Investment Management’s (RIM) clientele s currently Russian high-net-worth individuals and ome domestic pension funds, the alternative products division with an eclectic range of hedge funds…
Redington Partners - January 2008
Redington Partners is a pension consultancy with a difference. As its co-founders Dawid Konotey-Ahulu and Robert Gardner explain, the founders of the Londonheadquartered firm, with around $120bn liabilities under consulting, have their roots firmly in…
Prosperity Quest Fund - July 2008
The Prosperity Quest Fund focuses on investment opportunities in Russia, with a bias towards small and medium capitalised companies.
Polo Fund - November 2006
Polo Fund is a Latin America event-driven fund. The philosophy of the fund is to provide exposure to specific risk, and not market risk, via Latin equities.
Polar Capital Global Utilities Fund - July 2008
Polar Capital Global Utilities is an absolute return long/short global utilities sector fund using a thematic investment approach with a focus on risk management.
Polar Capital - February 2007
As Polar Capital heads towards an admission to London’s AIM market, its CEO Mark Kary explains its plans, and how it has kept its entrepreneurial culture despite surpassing $3bn in assets.
Polar Capital Discovery Fund — USDS - July 2008
This fund is a discretionary macro fund that seeks to return 12% to 15% a year net of fees.
Pioneer Long/Short European Equity - July 2008
Pioneer Long/Short European Equity (PLSEE) is an alternative fund concentrating on predominately European equities.
Pharos Gas Investment Fund - August 2008
Russia’s privatisation of its energy sector is throwing up some good prospects as well as challenges for Pharos Financial.
Permal Investment Managers - August 2007
While getting the strategy and manager mix right may be the ‘visible’ end of a successful fund of hedge funds house, Permal’s Omar Kodmani explains advances, such as those in technology are also allowing the $35 billion London house to differentiate…
Pemba Credit Advisers (Man Group) - April 2007
RMF’s European leveraged finance team now goes by another name, swapping the acronymically rich Man Group divisions’ monickers for the name of an island in the Zanzibar archipelago.
Orchard Fund - May 2008
Selecting and investing in well-managed companies at fair market value prices is the way to go, according to Orchard Wealth Management (OWM).
Odey European Inc - July 2008
Odey Asset Management was set up in 1991 with a focus on active management and a concentration on the investment result rather than adhering to any particular investment style.
Odey Asset Management - July 2008
Odey Asset Management established a wealth management operation in Guernsey to provide investment services and discretionary advice to clients.
Oceanic Hedge Fund - July 2008
The Oceanic Hedge Fund (OHF) invests in shipping, oil services and energy equities as well as the associated freight forward agreements and commodities.
Occo Eastern European Fund - July 2008
Charlemagne Capital manages $5.7 billion, focusing entirely on emerging markets equities. The Occo Eastern European Fund uses a long/short equity strategy with a bottom up value approach.
NYLIM European Equity Market Neutral Fund) - July 2008
The NYLIM European Equity Market Neutral Fund seeks to deliver absolute returns with moderate volatility and little or no correlation to the broad equity markets.
New Jersey State Investment Council - March 2007
New Jersey’s pension fund, under the direction of Orin Kramer, is implementing a relatively modest allocation to hedge funds, yet even that was too much for some trustees in a fund that had never used an outside manager before.
Nevsky Fund (USA) - July 2008
The Nevsky Fund, launched on September 29, 2000, is a Cayman based open-ended investment company listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The fund, denominated in US dollars and offering a hedged euro share class, is currently closed to investors.
Nara Capital - March 2008
Niche strategies are the way to go for small companies wishing to launch new hedge funds, according to Dominique Grandchamp, a partner in Nara Capital.
MPC Investors - June 2007
London’s MPC Investors is looking at taking in at least an extra $600 million for its latest European fund launch and is setting itself up as a direct destination for institutional allocators.
Morley G7 Fixed Income Fund (EUR) - July 2008
The G7 fund, launched in February 2003, has its shares quoted on the Irish and Channel Islands Stock Exchanges. The principal investment objective and policy of the G7 Fund is to deliver an absolute return to investors by taking long positions and short…
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners - October 2007
For an institution with an auditable track record of hedge fund investing running back to 1991, Mustafa Jama, managing director and chief investment officer of Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, concedes the firm has not always been good at…
Merrill Lynch - September 2006
Merrill Lynch’s prime brokerage offering has been busy rolling out new products – and team members – in 2006.Innovation and adaptation have been at the heart of the Merrill Lynch meritocracy for quite some time.