Profile
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.
Meditor European Hedge Fund - July 2008
Meditor was established in 1998, by a founding team of three portfolio managers who previously held the leading long term position in the European equities mutual fund performance tables. Since then the group has grown to number 30 employees, including…
Mediterranean Rim Fund (Valetta Fund Management) - July 2006
While Valetta Fund Management’s Mediterranean Rim Fund does not go short, VFM’s Kenneth Farrugia explained its absolute return approach is applied interestingly to countries bordering the Mediterranean’s shores.
MD Sass- September 2007
M.D. Sass in the US, for example, has been providing seed money to incubate emerging investment managers since 1985.
Mariner Plus Limited (USD) - July 2008
The Mariner Plus Fund (USD) followed an equity market neutral strategy until January 2008 when it was closed and re-launched as the Mariner Fund, a distressed equity fund.
Marco Polo Pure Asset Management - August 2008
Until the end of 2003, the domestic equity market in China was completely closed to foreign investment, according to Aaron Boesky, CEO of Marco Polo Pure Asset Management.
Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund — USD - July 2008
Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund treats implied volatility as an asset class within and across four markets.
Man AHL Alpha - July 2008
This product is designed to offer institutional investors absolute capital growth potential over the medium-term while restricting the associated risk. Using a technical approach and a range of investment time frames, the fund seeks to capitalise…
Macquarie Commodity Alpha Segregated Portfolio - February 2008
Macquarie has an enviable experience in the commodities and softs markets both trading and structuring products, so it was only logical it has put this to work in a hedge fund format.
M&G Episode - July 2008
The fund takes a global macro approach investing in equity, fixed income and foreign exchange in developed and emerging markets.
Lionhart Aurora Fund SPC - July 2008
Lionhart Aurora Fund SPC Ltd contains two funds open to investment and these funds can take highly concentrated positions.
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.