EuroHedge Strategy
Descriptions
Commodities
Funds investing
directly into physical commodities.
Convertible &
Equity Arbitrage
Funds that invest in
convertible securities, normally also taking short positions in its underlying
common stock, and using leverage to generate returns from movements in
volatility, equity or credit.
Credit
Funds invested in all
types of debt instruments other than government debt, i.e. with some credit risk
– such as asset back securities, corporate or municipal bonds.
Currency
Funds invested in the
currency markets including the spot market, options and forward
contracts.
Distressed
Debt
Funds investing in the
securities of companies currently going through distressed situations i.e.
bankruptcy and other corporate reorganizations.
Emerging Markets
Debt
Funds invested in debt
instruments of emerging markets including Russia and Eastern Europe.
Emerging Markets
Equity
Funds invested in
equities of emerging markets, including Russia and Eastern Europe.
Equity
Market Neutral & Quantitative Strategies
Funds using
quantitative methods with market neutral approaches, primarily in
equities.
European
Equity
Funds investing in
European equities with long/short strategies.
Event
Driven
Funds which take
positions in companies involved in corporate events, such as mergers, spin-offs,
take-overs and ‘special situations’.
Exotic
Derivatives
European funds
invested in exotic derivatives, such as weather derivatives.
Fixed
Income
Funds generally
investing long and short and with leverage in government bonds but may also
invest in corporate bonds and global fixed income securities.
Global
Equities
Funds managed from
Europe which are invested in global equities, using long/short strategy.
Global
Insurance Risk
European funds
invested primarily in assets which carry exposure to insurance risk, in
particular, insurance-linked securities.
Macro
Funds that take long
and short positions in various asset classes based on macroeconomic
analysis.
Managed
Futures
Funds that invest long
and short in various asset classes through futures markets, usually with a
systematic trend-following approach.
Mixed
Arbitrage & Multi-Strategy
Funds with more than
one market neutral or relative value strategy that aim to generate profits
through arbitraging pricing inefficiencies.
Self
Invested
Funds invested in
multiple single manager funds managed by the same company.
U.S.
Equity
Funds managed from
Europe which are invested long/short in U.S. equities.
Volatility
Trading
Funds investing
long/short in volatility as an asset class.