News

• Commodities in spotlight as new fund line-up swells

  20 Apr 2012

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  Tiger backs macro launch from ex-Norges Bank heads at Trient

  20 Apr 2012

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  Ex-BlueGold founder Le Mee lines up new Abydos commodity equities firm

  20 Apr 2012

• Northill buys majority interest in insurance-linked specialist Securis

  20 Apr 2012

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  Sequent Capital up and running again with rebuilt managed futures strategy

  20 Apr 2012

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  Sustainable investor Roodhals starts to gain traction as assets build

  20 Apr 2012

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  Louis Dreyfus spin-off Eiffel IG rolls out credit, equity and derivative fund suite

  20 Apr 2012

• Oak Hill taps GS man Henderson to head European operation

  20 Apr 2012

Features

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  Moyal’s Visio mines South African equity potential through bottom-up approach

  20 Apr 2012

  Backed by a diverse team of nine portfolio managers, Patrice Moyal’s well-established Visio Capital firm is a leader among South African hedge funds — and is increasingly profiting from the wider African growth story, with a growing focus on investing into other countries on the continent as well

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  US-style long/short equity firm Gladstone builds momentum on back of strong 2011

  20 Apr 2012

  Ex-Lansdowne man George Michelakis has delivered strong numbers over six years with his Lasker fund – boosted by a portfolio construction overhaul that helped to drive a 20% return in 2011

Industry Analysis

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  Equity move marks next major step for BTG Pactual’s fast-growing alternatives group

  20 Apr 2012

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  Prime brokers grapple for best ways to tackle maturing market

  20 Apr 2012

Profiles

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  Rubicon founder Brummette eyes broad macro canvas with new Onewall venture

  20 Apr 2012

  Central banks have been so supportive and there has been a real tailwind behind risk assets. But there is plenty of potential for shocks

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  Akay’s Carrhae hits targets with unique market-neutral EM-biased equity fund

  20 Apr 2012

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  Moore spin-out Stone Milliner goes solo as major standalone player in global macro space

  20 Apr 2012

  Former Moore Capital and Morgan Stanley team have a strong multi-year record of managing risk and generating returns in all market conditions with their liquid and scalable macro strategy run from Zug and London

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  Verno plays for long-term gains with fundamental-led Russian equity fund

  20 Apr 2012

  Ex-Kazimir co-founder Dimitri Kryukov’s Verno Russia fund is shaping up well, with good Q1 performance and a positive outlook for equities

Performance

• Flat end to strong Q1 as equity markets weaken

  20 Apr 2012

• GLG, Hadron shine in a lacklustre month for multi-strat and mixed arb

  20 Apr 2012

• Bounce-back in global equity stalls as markets turn volatile

  20 Apr 2012

• Dispersion returns as indices flatten in March

  20 Apr 2012

• CTAs caught offguard as market environment turns choppy again

  20 Apr 2012

• Macro divergence continues as Q1 winners and losers split

  20 Apr 2012

• Fixed income and credit managers keep the returns coming

  20 Apr 2012

• Q1 ends on mixed note for EM debt and equity players

  20 Apr 2012

Comment

• Clouds gather again as the sunny start to 2012 fades

  20 Apr 2012

  It is difficult to see how economics and markets can be detached again from politics in a year when there are so many political events, elections and transitions

Data

• EuroHedge league tables – March 2012

  20 Apr 2012