News

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  Rambourg to start Verrazzano funds with at least $500m

  26 Jan 2012

• Eton Park vet Lucas gears up for Portland Hill launch

  26 Jan 2012

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  Ex-GLG credit/merger arb manager Gedeon takes Mereor strategy, team to Millennium

  26 Jan 2012

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  Old Mutual mulls new flagship systematic launch

  26 Jan 2012

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  United First plans NY office, targets long-only funds

  26 Jan 2012

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  MET seeks seeders for novel systematic Asian equity approach

  26 Jan 2012

• Robinson’s Altana adds Krainer as PM for launch of Inflation Trends systematic trend-following vehicle

  26 Jan 2012

• Majedie-backed Javelin expands EM equity market-neutral strategy with UCITS version

  26 Jan 2012

• Ex-Sloane Robinson Europe man Dyson prepares new Edale Capital solo venture

  26 Jan 2012

• Tell returns capital to investors after 15-year run as European shutdowns go past 100 for 2011

  26 Jan 2012

• BlueBay rolls out EM corporate credit fund

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• Lansdowne duo stick to their guns despite 20% losses

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  Sequoia spins out fund management arm, lines up short-term CTA launch

  26 Jan 2012

Features

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  CTA pioneer Millburn builds on 40-year history to extend global footprint, grow strategy range

  26 Jan 2012

  US-based systematic trading veteran extends reach into Europe and Asia and rolls out innovative new strategies

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  Sentat Event Driven ends 2011 ahead of peers with Nordic-focused approach

  26 Jan 2012

  Former Alfred Berg equity broker Sten Berggren’s fledgling event-driven fund has completed its first year of trading with a strong return in a generally poor year for European event-driven strategies – and the manager is confident that his views on Nordic companies will continue to bear fruit in 2012

Profiles

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  Citi-backed Ivaldi platform gains momentum

  26 Jan 2012

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  Paris firm Lutetia steers steady course with UCITS-compliant event/merger arb strategy

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  Rambourg’s Verrazzano blends continuity and new talent for landmark Paris launch

  26 Jan 2012

  The investment strategy will be pragmatic at all times, cutting emotion out of the investment process as much as possible

Performance

• A year to forget for most European equity funds

  26 Jan 2012

• Market-neutral and quant equity players outperform long/short peers

  26 Jan 2012

• MW Global, Manticore shine in a dismal year for global equity

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• Hedge funds end disappointing 2011 on flat note

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• Brevan, Max Q, Pivot head macro field

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• CTA strategies end tough 2011 on more positive note

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• Eclectica tops in credit, fixed-income firms enjoy solid returns

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• Emerging market debt fares relatively well as equity funds fall hard

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• Losses prevail in bad year for event-driven

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• Cumulus, Duet star in a bumpy commodity ride

  26 Jan 2012

Events

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  Bass and Rambourg join top-level line-up for EuroHedge Summit in Paris

  26 Jan 2012

  Kyle Bass, the founder of the highly regarded Dallas-based Hayman Capital hedge fund group, and Guillaume Rambourg, the former star Gartmore European equity manager who is in the process of launching his new Paris-based firm Verrazzano Capital, will join another high-level line-up of speakers and panellists for this year’s EuroHedge Summit in Paris

Comment

• Systematic strategies shine as the discretionary sparkle dims

  26 Jan 2012

  The pressure on many funds – even those who have performed excellently over the years – to raise their game in 2012 will be intense

Data

• EuroHedge league tables – December 2011

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