Keynote speaker: Kyle Bass – Hayman Capital Management

May 24, 2012  


Straight-shooter aims at best and worst


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Kyle Bass
In one of the best-attended sessions of the Summit, outspoken US-based macro manager Kyle Bass gave a confident and compelling assessment of what he currently sees as the best and worst opportunities for investing globally.

The founder of Dallas-based Hayman Capital, Bass gained prominence – and vast profits – as one of a handful of managers who bet big on the collapse of the US subprime mortgage sector. More recently he has been playing a similarly profitable short on Greek sovereign debt.

Bass set out to share his views on “a tale of two worlds – where the best place for new money is, and where the worst place to put...

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Data

May 2013 European regional fund

Composite
Index Composite
EuroHedgeMay 13YTD%
Composite0.74%4.11%87%
Convertible & Equity Arbitrage EUR1.98%7.30%78%
Convertible & Equity Arbitrage USD1.14%4.72%75%
Credit EUR1.02%5.48%83%
Credit USD0.74%4.49%81%
Currency0.40%-0.17%81%
Emerging Market Debt USD-0.61%1.03%86%
Emerging Market Equity USD2.20%5.26%88%
Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies EUR0.54%3.76%88%
Equity Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies USD0.55%3.49%90%
European Equity EUR1.76%5.18%87%
European Equity GBP1.38%7.02%78%
European Equity Nordic1.35%6.71%100%
European Equity USD1.38%5.90%80%
Event Driven EUR1.42%4.08%78%
Event Driven USD1.25%1.61%82%
Fixed Income EUR0.84%2.21%84%
Fixed Income USD1.24%2.30%69%
Global Equity EUR1.69%5.68%83%
Global Equity USD1.84%6.60%88%
Macro EUR0.85%2.98%88%
Macro USD1.72%4.88%94%
Managed Futures EUR-2.67%2.63%100%
Managed Futures USD-2.65%3.34%97%
Mixed Arbitrage & Multi-Strategy USD0.09%4.12%61%

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