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AIMing for the City
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Independent thinkers
The managers at ABS faced a stark decision in a former life at a large investment bank: leave and earn by performance fee, or join the asset gatherers. They explain which route they took, and why
Multi-managers head east to Asia and Europe to drive returns
The Far East is growing in popularity among fund of hedge funds, but distressed debt continues to lose out as merger arbitrage improves
John Stopford
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Looking for liquidity
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The commodities ‘gladiator’
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Wachovia
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Thomas Brooks
Thomas Brooks, president of Constellation Power Source, outlines his contributionto the Constellation Group’s success. By Joe Marsh
Ampere CM, Perennial Growth Fund, Wayne Wilkey - May 2004
Playing to the strengths of its management team, Ampere Capital Management's Perennial Growth Fund seeks opportunity in the technology and media sectors, as John Butcher explains.
Matador Fund, Victor Niederhoffer - May 2004
Victor Niederhoffer was one of the world’s best-performinghedge fund managers. Then he lost it all. But now the renowned speculator and five-times US squash champion hasbounced back, as Navroz Patel explains
Wayne's WirelessWorld
Playing to the strengths of its management team, the Perennial Growth Fund is finding opportunity in the technology and media sectors
Russian renaissance
Russia was once regarded as a risky play in thin markets of a deeply indebted nation. however, Brunswick's Russian Directional Fund finds otherwise
Energy sector heats up as japan offers returns
Managers are enthusiastic about Japanese long/short and the yen, while demand for energy and metals is helping global macro
Pioneer spirit
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HDF, Giles du Fretay - May 2004
Gilles Du Fretay, head of HDF was the first to offer an onshore French fund of hedge funds. He explains why he left the private banking world to design, not present, hedge fund products.
Brunswick AM - May 2004
Brunswick AM - May 2004
The iconoclast of Brooklyn
Victor Niederhoffer was one of the world's best-performing hedge fund managers. Then he lost it all. But now the renowned speculator and five-times US squash champion has bounced back. Navroz Patel talks to him about his return from the brink
Bernard Hunter
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Born to trade
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John Kerry
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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.
Managers' concern for distressed sees them acquire more merger
Shortage of debt opportunity has caused managers to look to equity and M&A