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EMERGING MANAGER

EVENT
ZURICH JUNE 23, 2015

EVENT DIRECTORY
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ORGANISED BY

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SPEAKERS
Moderators

Keynote Presentations

Oxford-style debate

Panellists

ASSET MANAGER PROFILES


Alltus Capital

13

AlphaCore Capital

14

Asean Investment Advisors

15

Belle-Vue Conseils

16

BlueOrchard Finance

17

Controlfida

18

Crossbow Partners

19

Ecamos

20

Hellebore Capital Management

21

Lombard Odier Investment Managers

22

MeehanCombs

23

Odyssey Analytic

24

Patrimonium

25

PvB Pernet von Ballmoos

26

Potomac River Capital

27

Progressive Capital Partners

28

Quantica Capital

29

RBR Capital Advisors

30

RCMA Asset Management

31

Robus Capital Management

32

Titan Advisors

33

SPONSORS

34

Arthur Cox

35

Lombard Ordier

36

PvB Pernet von Ballmoos

37

UBS

38

Swiss Financial Services

40

SERVICE PROVIDERS
Alpha Governance Partners

42

Camdor Global

43

Swiss Financial Services would like to extend


a BIG thank you to our main SPONSORS!

SPEAKERS

Moderators
Peter A. Fanconi (Chief Executive Officer)
BlueOrchard Finance S.A.
Before joining BlueOrchard as a member of the Board of Directors and
Chief Executive Officer, Peter was the CEO of Vontobel Private Bank, a
Swiss bank with CHF 140bn in client assets. Prior to that, he was CEO of
Harcourt Investment, a global leader in alternative investments. Peters
previous roles include Managing Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and
Managing Partner and Founder of MAP AG. Peter holds a Master of Law
from the University of Zurich. Peter serves as Chairman of the Graubndner
Kantonalbank (GKB) and as board member of academic and charitable
institutions worldwide.
Ian Morley (Chairman)
Wentworth Hall
Ian Morley is a business Angel and entrepreneur, author of Morley's Laws
of Business and Fund Management and one of the leading global figures
and pioneers in the development of the Hedge Fund Industry. He ran one
of Europes first and oldest Fund of Funds and subsequently helped build
one of Europes largest privately owned Fund of Funds. He has helped build
manage, own, buy, sell and mentor start-up businesses over the last twenty
years. He founded and was elected the first Chairman of what is today
known as The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the
worlds only truly global trade association for the Hedge Fund Industry. He
has advised Central Banks, International Regulators and other International
Organisations, such as the EU and OECD on matters related to Economics,
Markets and Regulation.
He is Chairman of Montreux Capital, Wentworth Hall Consultancy,
Ridgeway Financial Solutions. Senior Consultant at Allenbridge. Director at
Condor and Eclectica, and Special Consultant to the Isle of Man
Government and Funds Association.
He is one of the most highly rated and sought after speakers and Chairman
on the Financial Conference Circuit.
His articles have been published in The London Times, FT, International
Herald Tribune and various trade publications. He has appeared frequently
on BBC, radio and TV, Sky, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg and various international
TV and radio stations.
Ian trained as an Economist at LSE where he was Vice President of the
Students Union. He is a member of Grays Inn and one of the few fund
managers to be accredited as a journalist.
Ian served as a battle medic with a MASH unit and has completed sixteen
International Marathons, One hundred and fifty half marathons and
competed in weight lifting and dancing competitions. He lives in London
with his dog, cat and sometimes his children.

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Keynote Presentations
Jrmie Lagarrigue (Chief Executive Officer)
Hydros
Engineer and first-class sailor, Jrmie Lagarrigue has crewed on board
several well-known French yachts and F18 sport catamarans, winning
several medals at French, European and world championships. With a large
experience in the automobile (PSA Peugeot Citron) and the yacht industry
(Mattia), Jrmie has always sought to marry racing performance with
business and technological development throughout his career.
Dr. Bob Swarup (Chief Executive Officer)
Camdor Global
Dr Bob Swarup is a respected international expert on financial markets,
macroeconomics, alternatives and regulation. He is Principal at Camdor
Global, a strategic advisory firm that assists institutions and investors
around the world with key investment, risk management, business and
regulatory challenges. Clients have included Fidelity, Russell Investments,
Saxo Bank, M&G and Terra Firma. He is also a managing partner at Alpha
Governance Partners, a leading provider of independent directors and
governance services to the alternatives industry and investors; and is cofounder of the Insurance Investment Exchange, the leading forum for
insurers globally to debate investment issues.
Bob was formerly a partner at Pension Corporation, a leading UK-based
pension buyout firm with over $20bn in assets, where he was Head of
Alternative Investments, Chief Risk Officer and ran macro & policy. Bob also
served as Senior Investment Advisor to the UK Pensions Regulator; on the
Advisory Board of Adveq, a leading Swiss PE firm; the Board of CatCo, a
$2bn reinsurance hedge fund that he helped seed in 2011; and on several
committees of the Association of British Insurers.
Bob is a Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs and a Senior Visiting
Fellow at Cass Business School. He holds a PhD in cosmology from Imperial
College London and an MA (Hons) from the University of Cambridge. Bob
has written extensively on diverse topics, with his work appearing in the
Financial Times, Economist, Guardian, CNBC, Bloomberg, Boston Globe and
others. His latest book is the internationally acclaimed bestseller Money
Mania, examining over two millennia of financial crises (Bloomsbury, 2014).

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Oxford-style debate
Rudolf Bohli (Founder & Chief Investment Officer)
RBR Capital Advisors
Rudolf Bohli, fund manager, started his career at UBS where he traded
interest rate linked products and derivatives. After a few years he moved to
Bank am Bellevue, a boutique equity research firm. Having gone through a
variety of sectors including but not limited to industrials, telecommunications, biotechnology and luxury goods, it was not long before
he was promoted to head of research of the firm.
It was in 2003 that Rudolf decided branch out and setup RBR Capital and
the RBR European Long Short (LUX), a European equity long short UCITS
fund. After much success with the first fund, two years later Rudolf
launched the RBR European Long Short LTD, a Cayman fund. Rudolf is
the Chief Investment Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of
RBR Capital Advisors AG.
Felix Zulauf (Co-Chief Investment Officer)
Vicenda Asset Management
Felix W. Zulauf, born 1950, has worked in the financial markets and asset
management for almost 40 years. He started his investment career as a
trader for a large Swiss Bank and received training in research and portfolio
management thereafter with several leading investment banks in New
York, Zurich and in Paris. Felix joined Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS),
Zurich, in 1977 and held several positions over the years including
managing global mutual funds, heading the institutional portfolio
management unit and at the same time acting as the global strategist for
the UBS Group. After two years with a medium-sized Financial Organization
as a member of the executive board, he founded his wholly owned Zulauf
Asset Management AG in 1990, allowing him to independently practice his
own individual investment philosophy. He sold the majority of his firm
several years ago and spun his remaining minority off, which is today
primarily his own family office. In 2013 he founded Vicenda Asset
Management with several partners and holds the Co-CIO position together
with his son. Vicenda Asset Management is a global investment boutique
based in Zug, Switzerland, with focus on alternative and real asset
investment strategies. He is married and has two grown-up children.

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Panellists
Thomas Arnet (Senior Investment Officer)
UBS Global Asset Management
Thomas joined A&Q Hedge Fund Solutions, the alternative investment
business area of UBS Global Asset Management, in August 2013 and is
responsible for regional client and customized portfolio solutions.
Prior to joining UBS, Thomas headed the hedge fund team at a multi billion
family office in Switzerland from 2008 and before that; he headed
Alternative Investments at Swisscanto, the asset management entity of the
Swiss Cantonal Banks, where he joined 2004. Previously he was regional
head of Alternative Investments at Julius Baer in Switzerland for 4 years.
Thomas started his career 1995 on the trading floor of UBS Investment
Bank trading fixed income and foreign exchange instruments before
spending 2 years with the treasury department of Schindler, the world's
second largest elevator and escalator company.
From 2001 to 2005, Thomas was Vice President of the Board of creInvest,
an investment company that was traded on the Swiss Exchange from 1996
to 2009.
Christian von Ballmoos (Managing Partner)
PvB
Christian von Ballmoos, born in March 1972, co-founded PvB Pernet von
Ballmoos AG in 2004 after working several years at Credit Suisse where he
started in the product structuring team for alternative investments in 1998.
In 2001 he was appointed as Head of Product Management at Credit Suisse
Financial Services including the responsibility for the monitoring of external
(hedge-) fund managers. In 2002 he became Co-Head of Private Client Sales
at Credit Suisse Financial Services with responsibility for global product
distribution for private-, retail- ad corporate clients. Previous to his
experience at Credit Suisse, Christian worked in the Company Financing and
Controlling department of F. Hoffmann La Roche AG in Basel. He
graduated with a degree in business administration with a major in Finance
and Capital Markets from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Christian
lives in Zurich, Switzerland.
Chuak Chan (Chief Executive Officer)
Ascalon Capital Managers
Chuak joined Ascalon in 2011, and was appointed Chief Executive of the
broader group in late 2012. Chuak is an executive director of Ascalon
Capital Managers Asia and is on the board of several Ascalon partner firms.
He started his career at a Chartered Accounting firm and joined Bankers
Trust in 1988, where he worked in business management and established
their Singapore business. He joined ING Investment Management in 1998,
where he led sales and marketing and also served as Chief Risk Officer, Asia
Pacific. In 2007 Chuak co-founded a hedge fund in Hong Kong and was COO
until 2011. Ascalon invests in both leading fund management firms, and
the Funds they manage, and currently has a portfolio of 6 fund
management firms across Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore, managing
over 12 funds between them, with over US$3.6bn in assets.

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Gina Domanig (Managing Partner)


Emerald Technology Ventures
Gina Domanig is the Managing Partner of Emerald Technology Ventures, a
globally recognized investor in the areas of energy, water and materials,
having invested in fifty companies to date. In 2000 she founded Emerald as
the first independent cleantech venture capital fund in Europe. Gina
currently serves on the boards of GeoDigital, SDC Materials and TaKaDu.
Previously, she also represented Emerald as a director at Agraquest
(acquired by Bayer in 2012) and inge watertechnologies (acquired by BASF
in 2011), amongst others.
In addition to Emerald activities, Gina serves on the boards of
Schweizerische Mobiliar Genossenschaft, Cleantech Switzerland of the
Swiss Export Agency and the Advisory Board of Cleantech Group.
Gina has over 25 years of international business experience including
banking, M&A, strategic development, and venture capital. Prior to starting
Emerald, she was senior vice president at Sulzer, a Swiss multinational,
responsible for strategic planning and M&A. Gina holds MBA degrees from
Thunderbird in Arizona and ESADE in Barcelona and is fluent in English,
German and Spanish. She is based in our Zurich, Switzerland where she
lives with her husband and teenage son.
George Fox (Founder & Chief Executive Officer)
Titan Advisors
George Fox has been investing in hedge funds for over 20 years and leads
Titan Advisors as its President. He is actively engaged in the firms research
and portfolio management process as a member of the Investment
Committee, and is also responsible for Titan's business development
efforts. Mr. Fox entered the New York financial markets in 1984 as a floor
trader at the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange and the Commodity
Exchange Inc., where he traded for his own account for seven years. In
1992 he created G. Fox & Co., a hedge fund advisory firm and the
predecessor to Titan Advisors. After nine years providing hedge fund
advisory services, Mr. Fox launched a discretionary hedge fund of funds
operation and renamed the firm Titan Advisors, LLC. He graduated with a
B.A. degree from Tulane University in 1981 and earned a law degree from
the University of Richmond (VA) in 1984.
Pascal Imhof (Head of Sales)
Lombard Odier Investment Management
Pascal Imhof is the Head of Sales for Switzerland, Germany and Austria
within Lombard Odier IMs European sales team. He joined the company in
May 2011. Prior to joining Lombard Odier IM, Pascal was at Goldman Sachs
Asset Management responsible for business development in Switzerland.
He began his career in 2004 at Man Investments as a hedge fund analyst as
part of the graduate trainee programme and was promoted in 2005 to
institutional relationship manager in the Swiss institutional sales team.
Pascal earned a masters degree in economics from the University of St.
Gallen. He also holds a masters degree in international management from
CEMS, which he studied at Copenhagen Business School and the University
of Louvain-la-Neuve.

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Ian Morley (Chairman)


Wentworth Hall
Ian Morley is a business Angel and entrepreneur, author of Morley's Laws
of Business and Fund Management and one of the leading global figures
and pioneers in the development of the Hedge Fund Industry. He ran one
of Europes first and oldest Fund of Funds and subsequently helped build
one of Europes largest privately owned Fund of Funds. He has helped build
manage, own, buy, sell and mentor start-up businesses over the last twenty
years. He founded and was elected the first Chairman of what is today
known as The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA), the
worlds only truly global trade association for the Hedge Fund Industry. He
has advised Central Banks, International Regulators and other International
Organisations, such as the EU and OECD on matters related to Economics,
Markets and Regulation.
He is Chairman of Montreux Capital, Wentworth Hall Consultancy,
Ridgeway Financial Solutions. Senior Consultant at Allenbridge. Director at
Condor and Eclectica, and Special Consultant to the Isle of Man
Government and Funds Association.
He is one of the most highly rated and sought after speakers and Chairman
on the Financial Conference Circuit.
His articles have been published in The London Times, FT, International
Herald Tribune and various trade publications. He has appeared frequently
on BBC, radio and TV, Sky, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg and various international
TV and radio stations.
Ian trained as an Economist at LSE where he was Vice President of the
Students Union. He is a member of Grays Inn and one of the few fund
managers to be accredited as a journalist.
Ian served as a battle medic with a MASH unit and has completed sixteen
International Marathons, One hundred and fifty half marathons and
competed in weight lifting and dancing competitions. He lives in London
with his dog, cat and sometimes his children.
Francisco H. Portillejo (Founder)
Tack & Gybe Associates Ltd.
Francisco H. Portillejo, is the founder of Tack & Gybe Associates Ltd, a UK
based firm, specialized in Interim Chief Marketing Officer assignments for
the Capital Markets, Treasury and Asset Management industry. The
Company provides those firms with a strategic review of their marketing
and sales operations including the search of new sources of funds from
institutional investors and retail networks globally.
Former positions includes CEO & Global Head of Sales & Marketing at
Coventry Capital a firm leader in insurance investment programs. Partner &
Chief Marketing Officer at EWM Capital, a firm specialized in alternative
investment distribution to institutional investors. He has also held several
senior marketing and sales positions at Zurich Capital Markets, UBS
Investment Banking Group, and Swiss Bank Corporation. Mr. Portillejo has
extensive experience working with structured products and derivatives.
Francisco has a very strong and diversified list of institutional clients
globally for which his services have been in high demand since 2009. More
specifically in Europe, Nordics, Middle East and Latin America. He is a
graduate of the French Air Force Academy with degrees in Computer
Science and Engineering.

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Stefan Steiner (Chief Investment Officer)


Crossbow Partners
Stefan Steiner has 26 years of experience in financial markets. Mr. Steiner
worked for UBS from 1990 until 2000 in Zrich, New York and Tokyo. From
2000 until 2007, he managed the liquid portfolio of a large family office in
Lucerne. In 2008 he joined Crossbow Partners AG, an independent
investment advisor that specializes in tailor-made advice for sophisticated
clients with institutional needs. Mr. Steiner holds a Master in Economics
and Finance from the University of St. Gallen and is a CFA Charterholder
(1998).

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ASSET MANAGER PROFILES

Name

Alexander Griffin

Title

Founding Partner

Email address

alexander@alltusaset.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

The three founding partners


of Alltus Global Japan
strategy have among them
almost 90 years of
experience in the Japanese
equity markets.

The strategy is a bottom up, research driven, absolute return investment fund that will
take long and short positions primarily in the Japanese equity markets based on our
proprietary ideas and extensive company research. Our strategy is truly global in that we
are located in London, Singapore and Tokyo which enables us to trade and monitor
markets live time. Furthermore, this global coverage allows us to meet with not only with
IR departments in Japan and top management, usually the president or chairman in
overseas roadshows, but enables us to make a more informed judgement with overseas
competitors.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Prime minister Abe is the only leader who has stated that his premiership should be
judged on the performance of the Nikkei Index. The results of his reforms have been
highly encouraging with earnings growing 7% accompanied by the highest recurring profit
margins since 1980 to the year ending March 2015 despite a fall in Japans GDP of 1%.
There has been a concerted effort by corporate Japan to enhance shareholder wealth and
dividends have risen 15% last year to a record high Y9.4 trillion. Share repurchase
schemes have almost doubled to Y4 trillion simultaneously. Both trends will continue as
greater prominence is placed on further shareholder returns.

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AlphaCore Capital
Name & Title

Jean-Marc Mueller (CIO/Portfolio Manager)


Miro Zuzak (Portfolio Manager)
Michael Schulz (Risk & Compliance)
(Photo from left to right)

Email address

research@jmsinvest.ch

Summary

Trading strategy

We invest in long / short

Fundamental approach based on actionable themes and proprietary models - Our


main focus is on Swiss and German Equities. Stock picking to drive outperformance.
We have a fundamental bottom up investment philosophy. Concentrated portfolio
(~20 long positions). Break down of investable stock universe based on structural
themes. Access to management through numerous company visits. Detailed proprietary earnings models. Well established network of key banking and industry contacts.
Extensive watch-list of potential investment targets (>100), regularly cross-checked
with analysts and management.
Portfolio structuring - Investment decisions based on in depth analysis of investment
case, by all team members. Position sizing according conviction level and risk/return
profile. Occasionally, eliminating factor risk (industry/country exposure) through
hedging strategies.
Constant scrutinizing of investment cases - All portfolio managers are involved in all
investment cases. Price target levels and stop losses constantly monitored. Strict risk
management framework through liquidity risk, VaR and factor risk monitoring.

European equities
We generate absolute returns in Swiss Francs
+83% since inception (May
08 - Feb 15), CAGR 9.2%,
annualized volatility 8.3%,
sharpe
1.06.
Maximum
drawdown 9.9% (incl. January 2015 CHF effect).
Experienced advisory team
with aligned interests
Managers have the large majority of their investable assets in the fund. Managers
have worked together closely
for ten years. Offices and
management access in Zurich.
Stringent risk management
and downside protection
Wealth preservation focus.
Factor Risk/VaR analysis.
Liquidity limits.
Attractive fee structure and
monthly liquidity
Monthly redemption and
subscription 15 business
days notice period. FINMA
registration submitted approval expected in 2015.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Suss MicroTec is a semiconductor equipment manufacturer. It has a strong position in
lithography and photomask cleaning equipment, the companys bread and butter
business. New innovations such as 3D advanced packaging could become substantial
future growth drivers. However, project delays have led to regular disappointments.
On top, the company was without CEO for most of 2014. Despite poor operational
performance, the company never burnt cash and is sitting on EUR 38m of net cash.
This compares to market cap of EUR 110m only. Furthermore, the company trades below 1x book highlighting the skepticism of the financial community. In our view, 2015
is about to bring important changes. First we expect an improvement in underlying
order intake due to new product launches, secondly, the appointment of the new CEO
will bring renewed marketing activities and customer focus. Lastly, we see opportunities for proof-of-concept orders in 3D packaging. The latter would be a huge trigger.
Given limited downside (cash, P/B), we are confident that patience will pay off.

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Summary
The ASEAN group was
established in 2005 to
allow us to combine a
working knowledge of
asset management and
corporate finance skills
with regional stock picking
acumen. We utilize this
experience and skill set
through our direct hands
on involvement in the
individual companies we
invest in. Our focus is on
developing a concentrated
deep value portfolio that
exploits systemically undervalued markets.

Name

David Roes

Title

CEO

Company website &


Email address

www.aseanadvisors.com
deroes@aseanadvisors.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Trading strategy
Deep Value investing in Asia. High growth levels and emerging middle classes have been
driving asset revaluations across the Asian region. The most compelling time to find Deep
Value opportunities and to invest in these emerging economies is just after a cycle or
crisis bottom. Time and time again, we have seen the exaggerated asset recovery cycle
drive valuation levels in public companies from highly discounted option value at the
bottom, to unsustainably high multiples at the peak. Thematic sentiment is often
responsible for affecting entire market sectors or geographies on a systemic basis.
Although compelling entry points are generally event driven, the recovery is usually more
predictable, within an investment timeframe of a single cycle (typically 2-4 years.) Further,
deep value investing is not the same as distressed asset investing given that the
companies and assets are generally good, but simply undervalued as a group driven by
overall market negativity. Risk is managed by diversification, focusing on obtaining a high
margin of safety through discounted entry points, and constant promotion of value
enhancing corporate actions with cooperative managements. A market that recovers from
valuation levels of 0.05 cents to 0.50 cents to the dollar provides a significant return with
a high probability.
Provoking trade idea or market view

ASEAN Investment Advisors


is the Hong Kong based
manager to our flagship
fund - ASEAN Deep Value
Fund. We are licensed by
the Hong Kong SFC (Type 9
Asset Management License)
and the principles have
both been living and
working in ASEAN emerging
markets for nearly 20
years.

OUR PRIORITY THEME: Vietnam real estate developers with large land banks on
developing city fringes. The Boston Consulting Group recently published the results of a
detailed consumer survey in Vietnam, stating The middle and affluent class (MAC) in Viet
Nam will double in size between 2014 and 2020, from 12 million to 33 million. It is also
estimated that about 1 million people a year are moving to urban centers. The domestic
urbanization movement combined with the opening of the market to foreign buyers will
drive property valuations to multiples off the base. We have seen this same trend recently
in Indonesia, Thailand and China. In Vietnam over the last decade, real estate developers
have accumulated hundreds (or even thousands) of hectares of land at agriculturaldiscount prices and are now launching projects into the recovering real estate market. In
short, conversion of highly discounted book value assets to top-line earnings and cash
flow will drive a strong recovery in well-positioned companies. Given these companies
were devastated during the last bear market (2007- 2011) they are poised to benefit in a
material recovery of both equity markets and hard asset valuations. In the equation of
P/E, that is both higher P(price) on larger E(earnings).

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BELLE-VUE CONSEILS

Summary
Belle-Vue
Conseils
was
founded in 2008 by Pascal
Monnerat who has been
trading and investing in fixed
income securities since the
late 1980s and who has
subsequently been involved
in multi-asset class trading
with global macro themes and
event-driven opportunities.
Based in Geneva, Belle-Vue
Conseils is an independent
advisor focusing on alternative and hedge funds
strategies with the following
edges:
Experience & Understanding
- multi-asset class investment
experience and deep understanding of capital markets
Flexibility - ability to reallocate
the portfolio across different
asset classes

Name

Pascal Monnerat

Title

Managing Partner

Company website &


Email address

www.bellevueconseils.ch
pmonnerat@bellevueconseils.ch

Trading strategy
Belle-Vue Conseils is an advisor for global macro strategies.
The advisor seeks relatively low risk-adjusted returns; targeting returns of 15% to 20% per annum.
The investment strategy is true global macro investing primarily in interest rates, bonds, credits,
equity indices, forex and commodities, but also in specific securities selected based on value and
momentum investing. Cash and derivative products are also employed where necessary to
improve portfolio performance and resilience. The advisor also uses traditional technique of long
short investing as well as controlled leverage.
The strategy only invests in liquid securities and investment products with a focus on western
European markets and events.
To ensure the success of the strategy, Belle-Vue Conseils uses a combination of top-down global
macro analysis with bottom-up security selection to identify attractive investment opportunities.
The latter also includes event-driven trades where a specific situation creates an interesting
investment opportunity involving a particular security or group of securities.
The strategy is unique and has benefitted from Belle-Vue Conseils ability to switch between asset
classes during tumultuous periods.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Determined to find the best trades
To capture the best investments, Belle-Vue Conseils has developed a worldwide index and sector
scanning methodology to determine and select the trades with the best momentum/risk reward
ratio. It uses the technical tools and indicators to confirm its macro analysis and discretionary
views.
Flexibility to enhance returns

Tools & Indicators - multiple


investment indicators

Belle-Vue Conseils has enough discipline not to fall in love with the positions. Consequently it is
able to read new themes in real time and to change direction with the markets. Its returns are
sourced from different market segments, and the returns have been year after year generated
alternatively from convertible bonds, from debt, from equities, from government bonds and from
equities.

Risk Monitoring - robust risk


management systems

Sizing and leverage a key strength in generating returns


Depending on Belle-Vue Conseils confidence in a certain market to generate profits, it will
increase the exposure when good performance is there, always factoring a YTD performance, so as
not to overly expose the capital.

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Name

Remo Oswald

Title

Director Business Development

Company website &


Email address

www.blueorchard.com
investor@blueorchard.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

BlueOrchard Finance S.A. is


one of the worlds leading
impact investment managers and is specialized in
fostering inclusive finance
and sustainable growth.
BlueOrchard was founded in
2001 by initiative of the UN
as the first commercial manager of microfinance debt
investments worldwide. To
this day, the company has
invested over USD 2.5bn in
institutions across 60 emerging
and frontier markets, providing access to financial and
other services to over 30
million individuals at the
bottom of the pyramid.
BlueOrchard-managed funds
drive attractive doublebottom line returns to private
and institutional investors,
supranational institutions as
well as renowned foundations.

Our strategy is to drive stable financial returns for investors, and to generate a strong
social impact fostering financial inclusion and shared prosperity, by making debt
investments in a well-diversified portfolio of mostly Tier I and Tier II microfinance
institutions worldwide.
BlueOrchard combines a top-down approach of strategic asset allocation with a
rigorous bottom-up credit analysis and underwriting procedure. Investments are
typically buy and hold, as there is essentially no secondary market in MFI debt
investments. Risk is controlled through rigorous due diligence procedures,
concentration limits and wide diversification targets. Currency and duration risks are
hedged. In addition, social performance management is an integral part of the
investment process and conducted according to our proprietary social performance
scorecard (SPIRIT).
Provoking trade idea or market view
Microfinance as an asset class has become highly professional and widely recognized.
Microfinance shows rapid growth and offers an attractive risk/return profile. An
increasing number of investors have discovered the advantages of this growing asset
class. Based on the healthy growth rate, the current yield spread is expected to stay
stable and slightly increase over time. According to a recent industry survey by the
University of Zurich, every second institutional investor in Switzerland will be invested
in microfinance by 2020, representing further growth of the asset class. A significant
portion of well-informed Swiss institutional investors is currently invested in
microfinance and many are considering raising their exposure. The stable
performance, positive social impact and particularly the low correlation to traditional
asset classes outline microfinances most attractive benefits for investors.
The low yield environment of traditional fixed income products combined with the
increasing number of professionally managed and transparent investment
opportunities contribute to the asset class dynamic growth of nearly 15% pa.
BlueOrchard is a leading microfinance investment managers worldwide and one of
the preferred partners of many DFIs, we play a key role in the industrys development
and innovation.
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Name & Title

Edoardo Capello - Portfolio Manager


Mauro Mariani - Partner

Company website &


Email address

http://www.controlfida.com
edoardo.capello@controlfida.com
mauro.mariani@controlfida.com

Summary

Trading strategy

Controlfida is an independent Asset Manager


founded in 1976 and it is
controlled by prominent
Italian families.
The senior team and the
shareholders are also large
investors in the funds.
The trading team, who has
been working together for
more than 20 years, has
developed a proprietary
option strategy to reduce
the volatility of the underlying markets.
Controlfidas management
company is based in
Switzerland.
Most of our strategies
have a track record of over
15 years.

Controlfida manages 4 main strategies:


Controlfida Delta A: global equity strategy with lower volatility that gives exposure to
global developed equity markets. We pursue a dynamic risk reduction strategy through
options trading with an estimated maximum loss equal to 60% of any market decline.
Controlfida Defensive A: flexible strategy with low volatility that offers an alternative to
fixed income investments. The strategys objective is to generate a return of 4-6% while
limiting its volatility to below 4%.
Controlfida Super Discovery A: an emerging markets equity strategy with lower volatility
that gives exposure to emerging equity markets.
Controlfida Base A: a global macro strategy that has an absolute return target of 15% with
a maximum drawdown of 10% and volatility target of 15%. The strategy takes leveraged
positions (max 6x) in fixed income, equity and FX markets.

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In the equity markets we are experiencing enduring lower volatility levels in the US
compared to the European ones. In particular, in the last year, the volatility on the S&P
500 remained below average (13.7), while the volatility on Euro Stoxx 50 was higher than
its average (22.7). This figures signal for more interesting opportunities in the European
markets vs. the US one.
In the fixed income markets volatility has increased both in Europe and in the US: in
particular the volatility of the ten-year German Bund is at the highest level since last year.
In the recent days we have also seen the volatility of the long US bonds surpass the one of
the S&P 500, as a further proof of the reversal in the riskiness of the two asset classes.

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Name

Dr. Detlef Repplinger / Bjoern Schwarz

Title

Portfolio Manager

Company website

www.cb-partners.com

Summary

Trading strategy

We offer access to a
portfolio of systematic investment strategies based
on an investment approach
with 10+ years real track
record.

The Alpjen Global Systematic Equity Futures strategy trades a portfolio of in-housedeveloped systematic trading strategies investing in liquid equity index futures worldwide.
Focusing on short-term time frames, which means no overnight positions are held, the
portfolio consists of a blend of trend and mean reversion strategies. The underlying
philosophy is based on the view that a successful and robust systematic trading strategy
shall:

We invest in equity index


futures worldwide with no
overnight positions.

(a) capture enduring and explainable market participant behaviour


(b) combine quantitative skills with trading expertise
(c) be an optimal combination of signal generation, execution, and risk and money
management

We develop these strategies


using a rigorous quantitative
approach grounded on
scientific methods.
We believe that a robust
trading strategy captures
enduring and explainable
market participant behaviour.
We focus on risk management
and reduce exposure systematically during drawdown
phases in order to limit
maximum loss.

Risk management is an integral part of any individual systematic investment strategy we


develop as well as the management of the overall portfolio.

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A continuous research process is the heart of our business. As markets, their structures
and participants change, we have to stay ahead of the curve and therefore put most of
our resources into research. An ongoing strategy development process has been
implemented to refine existing trading systems as well as to develop additional ones. To
keep the highest standards of quality, all strategies need to pass a standardized
procedure.
Grounded on scientific methods we use a rigorous quantitative approach to strategy
development, risk and portfolio management and real-time capital allocation. Applying
rigorous statistical analysis, the trading strategies assume that price movements in all
traded markets may be - to some degree - anticipated by systematically examining
historical market participant behaviour.

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Name

Mller Ren

Title

CEO / CIO

Company website &


Email address

http://www.ecamos.ch
info@ecamos.ch

Summary

Trading strategy

ecamos Investment AG
(ecamos) is an independent
asset management company
developing systematic investment strategies with
economic sense. ecamos is a
member of the Alternative
Investment
Management
Association (AIMA) and registered with PolyReg, a selfregulating organisation recognised by the Swiss Financial
Market Supervisory Authority
FINMA.

The ecamos Core Strategy is a diversified portfolio of systematic investment strategies


based on solid economic rationales, implemented across more than 75 highly liquid future
markets spanning equities, interest rates, currencies and commodities. The main driver of
the strategy is a unique model combining trend following and mean reversion in a single
concept. The addition of several satellite strategies, each aiming at capturing specific risk
premia, increases portfolio stability and allows delivering a diversifying and uncorrelated
risk-return profile.

ecamos is focusing on two


trading strategies, the ecamos
Core Strategy, which is a
diversified portfolio of investment strategies, each
based on solid economic
foundations and sophisticated
mathematical models plus the
ecamos Volatility Strategy.
ecamos Investment AG
Othmarstrasse 8
CH-8008 Zrich
Phone +41 44 253 71 71
info@ecamos.ch

Provoking trade idea or market view


We believe that
- financial and commodity markets are not efficient,
- these inefficiencies manifest themselves among others the occurrence of trends
and
- it is possible to exploit these trends in a systematic and disciplined way.

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Hellebore

Summary
After 15 years working for
French banks, the founders
decided in late 2012 to
launch the entrepreneurial
Hellebore project, seeking
to open up to investors the
index-arbitragestrategy
that the banks can now no
longer use off their balance
sheets. The Hellebore, also
known as the Christmas
rose, was chosen to represent the resilient, unique
character of the project.

Name

Frank Bielikoff

Title

Founding and Managing Partner

Company website &


Email address

http://helleborecapital.com
www.datagrapple.com
frank.bielikoff@helleborecapital.com

Trading strategy
Our strategy invests in a niche market, the credit derivatives index basis.
The index basis is the difference between the index level and the sum of its components.
A credit default swap index and the set of credit default swaps referencing the index
constituents are two contracts having exactly the same contractual cash flows. Alpha
emerges from this asset replication of two perfectly offsetting contracts priced at
different levels. The basis is a credit neutral synthetic asset, source of alpha generation.
Our strategy rotation is significant with a 6 months average holding period. Targeting a 6%
volatility, our strategy is highly diversified with exposure in Europe, North-America and
Asia. We rely on the AIFMs cutting edge technology and risk framework for monitoring,
managing and processing large portfolios of credit derivatives.

Provoking trade idea or market view


The spirit of innovation is still alive. The business of alternative has moved ever more into
the mainstream but access to original alpha is possible for curious investors.
In the credit market, niche strategies are generally chasing performance from illiquidity
premium and/ or product complexity. On the contrary, our niche strategy relies on a wellknown and liquid product, the Credit Derivative Swap. By synthesizing the CDS market, we
offer a new asset, the Index CDS Basis. This asset is not exposed to credit risks but it is
much more volatile and reacts more quickly to the change in market sentiment than the
complex composite of all the constituents.
We believe that new technologies will make it possible to invest effectively in credit
derivatives as in a futures market. The derivatives market is still mainly an over-a-counter
market in which price information is unstructured. Our technology allows to structure this
information to enable managers to monitor in real time over 1000 CDS curves and 200
bases of indices.

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Name

Grant Peterkin

Title

Senior Portfolio Manager

Company website &


Email address

https://www.loim.com
g.peterkin@lombardodier.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

Prior to joining Lombard


Odier Investment Managers, Grant was a senior
portfolio manager in the
rates team at Ignis Asset
Management. Previously,
he was a director in risk
treasury at Citigroup from
2010 to 2011. Before that,
he was an investment director in the fixed income
team at Standard Life Investments from 2004 to
2010. He began his career
as an associate in the equity derivatives group at
JP Morgan in 1999.

LO FundsAbsolute Return Bond is an actively managed fixed income strategy, which


employs the full range of global fixed income and currency assets, with the ability to
take long and short positions. Interest rate, credit, inflation and currency risk factors
are managed with the objective of generating positive, stable returns over the cycle
whilst aiming to protect against higher market volatility.
The strategy is agnostic to the business cycle. In an environment where low or negative yields offer an asymmetry of risk versus return, the strategy aims to diversify an
investors portfolio by contributing fixed-income like returns with little correlation to
fixed-income over the longer term.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Grant earned a bachelors
degree in European business administration and
French from the Robert
Gordon University in 1999.
He holds the IFID, Investment Management Certificate and Securities Institute qualifications.

Over the last 6 years, global central banks monetary policy has injected an extraordinary amount of liquidity into financial markets. This has eased the risk of a severe
global depression, but has also pushed asset price valuations to extreme levels as a
yield-grabathon takes place. With half the worlds sovereign bonds yielding a negative rate, it has forced some investors down the credit curve into riskier assets as
volatility has collapsed.
Emerging Market High Yield Credit has been a large beneficiary of this liquidity injection. However, with the US Federal Reserve looking to raise rates by the end of the
year, valuations look extremely stretched to us as we believe prices do not reflect the
reality of the underlying asset.

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Name

Eli Combs

Title

President

Company website &


Email address

http://www.meehancombs.com
eli@meehancombs.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

MeehanCombs is a$200mm
U.S. based hedge fund manager which was founded in
2013 with a cornerstone
investment from Blackrock.
The firm focuses on long /
short credit investing in
Europe and the U.S. with an
emphasis on stressed and
distressed corporate credit.
MeehanCombs manages
liquid portfolios including
daily liquid 40 Act portfolios and in August 2015
will start their first UCITS
portfolio.

MeehanCombs invests in tradable corporate credit with a focus on event driven and value
investments. The senior MeehanCombs investment team has over 60 years of combined
investment experience and has worked together as a senior team for over 5 years. The
MeehanCombs Global Credit Opportunities Fund applies a long/short, zero leverage
strategy. While the majority of the firms investments are concentrated in high yield
bonds and leveraged loans, they may also range from senior secured investment grade
debt to convertible bonds, and on occasion common equity (limited to 5 percent of AUM
by cost). Investment opportunities are commonly generated by disruptions in economic
growth, insufficient trading liquidity, industry / cyclical pressures and political instability in
both Europe and the U.S. The firm has best in class independent governance and provides
full weekly transparency to investors on request The fund's objective is to target and
capture double-digit net returns with lower volatility than equity markets.

Provoking trade idea or market view


From Follow The Bouncing Bund MeehanCombs April 2015 Letter. We dont
necessarily agree with Bill Gross assertion that this is the beginning of the end of the 30
year bull market in bonds, and rates are still historically very low. However, when large
unexpected losses happen in relatively safe asset classes, unpredictable reactions have
occurred in the past. This dynamic, combined with increasingly limited liquidity in the
tradable markets for many asset classes can lead to high volatility from unpredictable
sources. As of the writing of this letter, it hasnt infected other markets yet in ways that
we can identify, but our experience leads us to be cautious as we enter the summer
months and we are more hedged now than we have been in the past.

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Name

Alexandros Tselentis

Title

President

Company website &


Email address

http://www.odysseyanalytic.ch
tselentis@odysseyanalytic.ch

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

Odyssey Analytic is a multiaward winning Swiss Independent Asset Manager


that was founded in 2010.

Odyssey Analytic focuses on investing in public equities within the Green Sector. The
majority of investors in this sector are qualitative which focuses on politics and specific
technologies. By systematically applying fundamental valuation models to the same pool
of equities we can profit from the inefficiencies in valuation created by qualitative
investment strategies.

The firm focuses on the


research, development and
application of quantitative
equity portfolios for the
management of equity
portfolios in a Socially
Responsible manner.
Odyssey Analytic currently
act as investment advisor
to Odyssey Green Planet
Fund, a Maltese registered
Professional Investment
fund.

We believe that the valuation inefficiencies that are created by qualitative managers
behavioral biases creates significant opportunities on the short side too, which is why we
apply a long/short strategy when trading this sector.
Though we follow a quantitative equity portfolio strategy we are not high speed traders.
We seek out errors in valuation that have a high probability of being catalyzed over a 90
day period. We thus review and rebalance our portfolios on a quarterly basis. This
process of purchasing undervalued equities makes us contrarian investors as we tend to
find value in parts of the market that are being shunned.
Provoking trade idea or market view
Socially responsible equity investments can match or exceed the returns of traditional
equity portfolios.

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Summary
Patrimonium is a Swiss
owned FINMA regulated independent alternative asset management company
active in real estate, private
debt and private equity
investments.
Patrimonium operates offices
in Echandens near Lausanne,
in Zurich and in Baar in
Switzerland employing over
25 investment professionals.
Today Patrimonium and its
affiliate companies have
approximately CHF 2bn assets under management for
a large amount of institutional and private investors.
Asset classes:
Real Estate
Private Debt
Private Equity
Products / Services:
Regulated Products
Special Purpose Vehicles
Mandates

Name

Juerg Huerzeler

Title

Director Business Development

Company website &


Email address

http://www.patrimonium.ch
Juerg.Huerzeler@patrimonium.ch

Trading strategy
The Debt investment strategy focuses on direct senior secured loans for middle
market companies domiciled in Germany, Austria and Switzerland ranging from 5
million to 30 million per investment. This investment strategy is typically able to
generate coupons of around 10% p.a. plus additional upside linked performance
elements.
The Real Estate investment focus for the Swiss products is set on properties in the
moderate rent range with a potential for further rental income growth in good
economic and demographic regions. The systematic renovation of properties and the
development of new building projects are our strategic priorities.
For selected qualified investors we also continuously identify and structure
opportunistic real estate investments in Switzerland and neighboring countries.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Looking at the latest developments and in particular the SNB decision in January, the
economic landscape in this year will again be characterized by low yields; an
environment that continues to remain a big challenge for investors.
The need for bank independent alternative providers of debt instruments to middle
market companies is increasing. Traditional lenders are being forced to retrench from
lending due to stricter regulations (Basel II/III) and market pressure (new stress tests).
Real assets such as cash flow based real estate products are in todays market with its
low till negative interest rates in trend. To absorb the high money inflow, new
products with alternative strategies such as health care related real estate have to be
considered.

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Name

Title

Thomas Stmpli

Portfolio Manager

Company website &


Email address

http://www.pvbswiss.com
christian@pvbswiss.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

The PvB (CH) Swiss Equity


Futures Fund is a typical
example of the collaboration between a successful
portfolio manager (Thomas
Stmpfli) who uses the efficient and regulated administration-,compliance-, risk
management and midofficeenvironmentPvB
Pernet von Ballmoos AG
offers as FINMA licenced
fund management company in order to manage
a Swiss mutual fund.
The strategy was launched
in 2013 and outperformed
the SMI over the majority
of time horizons.

The investment strategy converts proven investment concepts systematically into a


single forecast for the SMI.
A rule-based quantitative model daily calculates from a set of parameters (fundamentals, macro-economics, sentiments, momentum and statistics) a score, expressed in a
probability, whether the price of the SMI Index moves up or down in the next three to
four months.
The strategy invests in Swiss equities throught SMI Index futures. The maximal exposure is 200% in both directions, long on a positive forecast and short on a negative
one.
Portfolio management benefits from the proprietary modeling and forecasting technology developed and tested over the last 15 years.

Provoking trade idea or market view


The provoking idea is that our systematic and emotionless approach can better realize
the common sense objective of buying low and selling high than any individual or
team. Our investment decisions derive from a forecasting model that simulates an
investment committee in which proven all schools of thougts are represented unbiased.
In the successful tradition of Benjamin Graham and his disciples Warren Buffet the
determination of the fair value is the strongest driver in the model. Technical indicators, market sentiments, monetary policy as well as the macro-economic setting and
behavioral finance help to differentiate and be more accurate.
Parts or all of this information is processed by most investors. However, we differ by
assessing all significant factors, by assessing them daily and by trading systematically
based on result of that assessment.

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Name

Gregor Etzweiler

Title

Head of Investor Relations and Business Development

Company website &


Email address

http://www.potomacriverfund.com
investor.relations@potomacriverfund.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

Potomac River Capital is a


global macro strategy focusing primarily on opportunities in global interest rates, exchange
rates, commodity and
equity markets, with expertise in understanding
the market implications
of the policy making process. Founded in April
2007, and located in
Washington, DC, Potomac
River Capital has demonstrated consistent performance
throughout
market cycles, the agility
to navigate financial crisis. With a unique perspective on legislative and
policy impact upon the
markets, the 17 member
firm has a dynamic team
that delivers uncorrelated
returns over time through
its investment and risk
management process.

Potomac River Capital is a global macro strategy focusing primarily on opportunities in


global interest rates, exchange rates, commodity and equity markets, with expertise in
understanding the market implications of the policy making process. Strategies can
be directional and/or relative value.
What makes PRCs strategy unique is an optimal mix of fundamental-driven alpha
generation, quantitative discipline, and risk management expertise. Flexibility in exploiting opportunities through directional as well as relative-value strategies using the
most liquid securities and markets. The investment team has a deep understanding of
central bank policy and inflation dynamics and their implications on markets.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Abes 2012 landslide victory ushered in aggressive fiscal and monetary policy in an
attempt to achieve ambitious growth targets. Abes handpicked BoJ Governor (Kuroda) has continually surprised markets over the past three years with aggressive monetary accommodation, boosting Japanese equity and bond markets, as well as sharply
weakening the Yen. The unique political and monetary alignment of Abe and Kuroda
coupled with the ongoing, extensive BoJ balance sheet expansion suggests Japanese
reflation trades have more room to run.
With core CPI below the BoJs 2% target, another Kuroda surprise should be expected. The BoJ has plenty of options for further easing, including negative policy
rates, duration/twist extension and finally expanding REIT and equity purchases. Unconventional policy can simultaneously weaken the Yen, boost the Nikkei and, importantly, depress government bond yields a strategy which should outperform
more single minded Yen or Nikkei investors.
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Name

Winistrfer Ivo

Title

CEO

Company website &


Email address

http://www.progressivecapital.com
info@progressivecapital.com

Summary

Trading strategy

Progressive Capital Partners Ltd


(Progressive) is an authorised
asset manager of collective
investment schemes and a
representative of foreign
collective investment schemes
according to the Collective
Investment Schemes Act (CISA)
and is supervised by the Swiss
Financial Market Supervisory
Authority (FINMA). Progressive
is a member of the Alternative
Investment Association (AIMA).
Founded in 2001 in the canton
of Zug, Progressive is an independent Swiss investment
boutique focusing on alternative investments.

Linden Core 1X and Linden Core 2X strategies are the diversified managed futures CTA
Program of the funds investment advisor ecamos Investment AG with a core allocation to
trend following.
The Linden Core 2X strategy trades 2 times the diversified managed futures CTA program
of the investment advisor.
The strategy derives from medium term trend following, pattern recognition, relative
value and mean reversion strategies. The strategy has a low correlation to equity and
fixed income markets. Aims to create stability through a well-diversified portfolio.
Investments are made through exchange-traded futures in commodities, equities, interest
rates and foreign exchange.

Progressive is specialised in liquid managed futures strategies


and multi manager strategies.
The company aims to manage
and create products uncorrelated
to traditional investments.
Progressive Capital Partners Ltd
Haldenstrasse 3
CH-6340 Baar
Switzerland
Phone +41 41 561 40 80
info@progressivecapital.com

Provoking trade idea or market view


We believe that
- financial and commodity markets are not efficient,
- these inefficiencies manifest themselves among others the occurrence of
trends and
- it is possible to exploit these trends in a systematic and disciplined way.

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Summary
Quantica Capital AG was
formed in 2003 as a share
company under Swiss law,
and is based in Schaffhausen,
Switzerland. The company is
independent and fully owned
by the management of the
firm. It employs a highly
qualified and experienced
team of investment professionals and researchers.
Quantica Capital AG is a
member of the NFA, and
registered as a CTA and CPO
with the CFTC. It is also
licensed with the Swiss
Financial Markets Supervisory
Authority FINMA as an Asset
Manager of Collective Investment Schemes and a
member of The Alternative
Investment
Management
Association Limited (AIMA).

Name

Bruno Gmr

Title

Managing Partner

Company website &


Email address

www.quantica-capital.com
info@quantica-capital.com

Trading strategy
The Quantica Managed Futures Program is a systematic investment strategy that aims to
detect and take advantage of trend-following market inefficiencies in a diversified, liquid
investment universe which includes more than 60 liquid global markets. The investment
universe is globally diversified and includes exchange traded futures contracts within the
equity index, bonds, interest rates, commodities and FX markets, as well as OTC currency
forwards. The objective of the program is to generate long-term capital growth within a
well-defined risk management framework.

Provoking trade idea or market view


The trade methodology relies on the assumption that market risks and market risk
premiums are time-varying and can be assessed by applying sophisticated quantitative
and statistical techniques. The Quantica Managed Futures Program thus takes advantage
of the empirically evident fact that continuing trends in global markets - if identified
properly - can be capitalized on with a diversified and risk-adjusted implementation.

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Name

Rudolf Bohli

Title

CEO / CIO

Company website &


Email address

http://www.rbrcapital.com
info@rbrcapital.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager

Summary

Trading strategy

About RBR Capital Advisors AG

RBR Capital Advisors AG invests long and short in Continental European equities.
Fundamental research and a top down macro view drive stock selection. The
management team carries out several hundred company management meetings per year.
The portfolio typically consists of thirty to thirty five longs and twenty to twenty five
shorts single stock investments. The typical gross exposure will be around 150% with a net
exposure of 40 to 50% of NAV.

RBR Capital Advisors AG,


founded in 2003, is an investment management boutique
specializing in investments in
Continental European equities,
including long short and long
only strategies. We are committed to generating doubledigit returns for our investors
in the equity markets with a
commensurate amount of
risk taken. We achieve this
through our rigorous, robust
and time-tested bottom-up
research approach which
involves several hundred
company management meetings per year. We believe that
entrepreneurial freedom and
passion for what you do
brings the best out in people.
We set very high standards
for what we do and as a
consequence we align ourselves with our investors: our
own money is invested alongside client assets. Our
strengths have been externally
recognized in a number of
industry award nominations,
in particular for long term performance, such as EuroHedge,
HFM Awards and Winners of
the Investors Choice 2015 for
EMEA-London in the category:
European Equity Long/Short
Fund ->Long Term Performance.
We are proud of our long
term track record but we
remain hungry to perform.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Gategroup is the independent global market leader in airline catering with a worldwide
market share in excess of 20%. In the US gategroup serves close to 40% of the market
while in Europe about 30%. The overall market benefits from attractive growth rates
thanks to continued passenger growth in every region.
After years of weak operating performance a new management team and board has been
put in place in order to reach more ambitious goals. RBR estimates that operating margins
(EBITDA) could easily reach 9 to 10% from a disappointing 5.6% in 2014. Finance cost and
tax rates can be substantially optimized which will result in massively higher net profits.
RBR believe that the shares have the potential to triple within the next 3 years.

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Name

Michael Coleman

Title

Managing Director

Company website &


Email address

www.rcma-asset.com
mike@rcma-asset.com

Interview

http://bit.ly/TopTraders-meet-the-manager
http://bit.ly/ttu79sN

Summary

Trading strategy

RCMA Asset Management


(formerly known as Aisling
Analytics) was founded in
2004 by Michael Coleman.
The team at RCMA Asset
Management has over 100
years of experience in both
physical commodity trading
and commodity fund management. Our extensive
personal networks and
deep product knowledge
and expertise are further
complemented by access
to the information flows
generatedbytheRCMA
Groups physical commodity
trading network.

RCMA Asset Management employs a detailed understanding of the supply and demand
dynamics of the commodities traded and an extensive knowledge of the real world
frictions, time lags and system limitations in producing, transporting and processing
commodities.
The primary driver of investment decision making is bottom up fundamental supply and
demand analysis at the individual commodity level. In general, commodity markets lack
timely and reliable supply and demand data and so to implement the strategy successfully
requires a deep understanding of and network within the physical commodity markets.
The strategy is not long-biased and it can and does run net short portfolios when
conditions dictate. In addition to taking outright directional positions, we also take
significant relative value positions. Relative value trades are not premised on statistical
correlations but on real physical linkages between the components of the trade.
The selection of trades, the sizing and weighting between commodities and between
outright directional trades and relative value trades is an entirely discretionary process.
The process is constrained by various sector and concentration limits that are established
in our documents and the internal Risk Management Manual.

Provoking trade idea or market view


We are potentially entering into a prolonged period of low commodity prices.

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Name

Dr. Dieter Kaiser

Title

CEO

Company website &


Email address

http://robuscap.com
dk@robuscap.com

Summary

Trading strategy

Robus Capital Management


Ltd (Robus) is an Investment Manager focused on
credit opportunities among
small and medium sized
enterprises in the German
speaking part of Europe.
With offices in Frankfurt and
London, Robus invests in all
parts of the capital structure
and always takes a holistic
view on companies balance
sheets, however, with a
strong focus on debt instruments such as senior
loans, bonds, and convertibles. We invest via primary
and secondary markets and
favour situations which are
complex and require indepth analysis. Robus manages two performing credit
funds (incl. a UCITS) as well
as a distressed credit fund
for institutional investors.
In Switzerland, POLARIS
Investment Advisory AG is
coordinating the business
development for Robus.

In our performing credit funds we are looking for credit opportunities and seek to buy
corporate credit instruments from mid-sized corporate issuers in the German-speaking
part of Europe at discounts to the nominal value (value approach).
The investment strategy is mainly bottom-up driven and with an investment team of six
experienced professionals we are investing in the 40-50 best ideas in our universe.
After a deep due diligence each investment is closely monitored and in case the performance of a company does not meet our own projections we immediately sell positions,
hence, we are active managers and not hold-to-maturity.
As absolute return managers we are investing mainly in the safest part of the capital
structure of companies and in our funds we are mainly invested in senior or even senior
secured instruments. In case of scarce opportunities,
The allocation of e.g. private credit instruments such as loans or Schuldscheins versus
public instruments such as high yield bonds or local bonds is purely opportunistic.

Provoking trade idea or market view


We understand that the rationale for considering a credit fund that focuses on midmarket credits in the German speaking countries is not straight forward. However, it
should be noted that we in our niche are largely unaffected by the decreasing yields in
credit. Our portfolio still offers close to 9% yield-to-maturity and a duration below 2.
Especially in market corrections, the diversification across credit instruments in our funds
demonstrated their low correlation / beta to the European High Yield market.
Additionally, due to our mid-market focus, we are not invested in the large benchmark
issues, and we always carry have a healthy allocation to floating-rate instruments.

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Name

George Fox

Title

President and Founder

Company website &


Email Address

http://www.titanadvisors.com
gfox@titanadvisors.com

Summary

Trading strategy

Titan Advisors, LLC is an


experienced asset management
firm focused exclusively on
hedge funds. The business is 14
years old and 100% employeeowned, with a 46 person staff
and over $5.0 billion USD in
assets under management.
Titan maintains offices in
Stamford, CT., Toronto and
London.

At Titan Advisors, we seek to build fund of hedge fund portfolios that will generate a
consistent, risk managed return while preserving capital in down markets. Titan is most
heavily focused on Long/Short Equity, Event-Driven and Global Macro/CTA and strives to
avoid the hedge fund strategies that rely on leverage use.

Titans products consist of


diversified portfolios of nimble,
opportunistic hedge fund
managers who share the goal
of generating attractive, riskadjusted returns independent
of the major indices over time.
The founders of Titan Advisors
have remained true to their
core tenets for more than 20
years, allocating to the most
liquid and least leveraged
strategies, with a strong
emphasis on emerging hedge
fund talent.
Business Lines

Commingled Products
Insurance Dedicated
Customized Strategies
Seed Fund Vehicles

Titan values risk management over all else, and seeks managers who actively adjust their
exposures in a manner that enables their funds to generate performance, or at a
minimum preserve capital, across market environments. We therefore invest with
managers who trade liquid securities, and constrain their overall asset size, so that their
portfolios can be dynamically adjusted to reduce risk in times of extreme volatility. In
general, we believe size can be an inhibitor to performance, and therefore we limit the
size of our products, and choose to invest with managers who themselves pay particular
attention to asset growth in relation to their investment opportunities.

Provoking trade idea or market view


Titan has significant allocations to mid-sized and emerging managers due to a belief that
most strategies are capital constrained, and often develop additional investment risks
and/or deterioration in performance once certain asset levels are reached. A related
concern is the hunger factor, where some managers who have become successful may
develop a reduced focus on the fund, or in an attempt to preserve their own capital, may
reduce their risk exposure to the point that they cannot generate meaningful returns.
Titan operates an emerging managers vehicle in order to establish relationships with
managers early on in their investing careers. This portfolio is the farm team for future
talent and has been part of the Titan approach since 2005. We feel this is a unique part of
our business and philosophy. Many of the managers who have started in our emerging
manager program have gone on to become highly desirable allocations within the hedge
fund community.

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We work closely with


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Excellence means securing


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Acting for leading international fund promoters and investment managers,
our Asset Management and Investment Funds Group is involved in all aspects of the
establishment and operation of investment funds including UCITS, alternative investment
funds and asset management activities. With a proven track record in developing innovative
solutions to problems, we advise numerous fund products and structures. You can expect
a total commitment from our dedicated funds team - a genuine partnership that gives you
the confidence to move forward and embrace new opportunities. With Arthur Cox you can
always expect excellence.

To find out more, please contact


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Expect Excellence.

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WELCOME TO
LOMBARD ODIER INVESTMENT MANAGERS
INDEPENDENT IN OUR APPROACH AND OUR OWNERSHIP

LOMBARD ODIER IM AUM1

Lombard Odier Investment Managers is the asset management business of


Lombard Odier, focused on institutional investors, third-party distributors and
financial intermediaries. Lombard Odier has always been wholly owned and
funded by its partners who are responsible for the day-to-day management of
the firm. This independent structure means that we are able to focus 100%
on our clients rather than shareholders. And our size and focus means that
we can respond with agility to market events.

46bn

Successfully exploiting the investment opportunities created by market


dislocations requires skill and experience. We believe that to achieve this
consistently over the long term also requires independent thinking and
a specialist approach. For us, this specialist approach involves focusing
only on those investment strategies where we believe that we can add
real value for our clients. Our strategies fall into the four groups below.

Equities
Convertibles
Fixed Income & Macro
Multi-Asset 2
Less liquid
Others 3

AuM in USD, as at 31 December 2014.


1
L ombard Odier Group annual results includes USD 2.8 billion
of non-managed assets for LOIM which is excluded from
the LOIM AUM shown here.
2
M ulti-asset portfolios includes both risk-based and traditional
as well as fiduciary assets.
3
Alternative Risk Premia and commodities.

OUR FOUR INVESTMENT PILLARS


HIGH CONVICTION
USD 18.0 BILLION

SMART BETA
USD 10.5 BILLION
Smart Beta aims to deliver
more efficient market exposure
than traditional benchmarks.
Fundamental: our fixed
income approach weights
issuers based on economic
fundamentals rather than
relying on debt levels.
S ystematic: we apply
a factor-based approach
to improve equity and
alternatives strategies.

Our High Conviction teams


aim to deliver alpha in
benchmark-unconstrained,
long-only portfolios while
maximising risk-adjusted
returns.
The teams have the freedom
to focus on managing risk
and generating returns.

ABSOLUTE RETURN
USD 4.6 BILLION

MULTI-ASSET
USD 8.3 BILLION

Our Absolute Return


investment teams target
returns that are uncorrelated
to market cycles and free
from any systematic factors.

We believe that risk-based


asset allocation is key to
achieving better diversification,
capital protection and stable
long-term performance.

We also manage less


liquid strategies which
are designed to benefit
from an illiquidity premium
and to provide long-term
protection from inflation.

In our view, clients objectives


should be translated into a
risk budget, rather than
targeted returns.

AuM in USD, as at 31 December 2014.


USD 4.7 billion in money market funds.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
This document is issued by Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA, a Swiss based management
company, having its registered office at 6, av. des Morgines, 1213 Petit-Lancy, authorized and regulated by
the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA).
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM) is a trade name.
This document is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer or a
recommendation to purchase or sell any security or service. It is not intended for distribution, publication,
or use in any jurisdiction where such distribution, publication, or use would be unlawful. This document
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advice on investment in financial products. Before entering into any transaction, an investor should consider
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or regulated to operate in the financial markets or persons who have been vetted by LOIM as having the
expertise, experience and knowledge of the investment matters set out in this document and in respect
of whom LOIM has received an assurance that they are capable of making their own investment decisions
and understanding the risks involved in making investments of the type included in this document or other

persons that LOIM has expressly confirmed as being appropriate recipients of this document. If you are not
a person falling within the above categories you are kindly asked to either return this document to LOIM
or to destroy it and are expressly warned that you must not rely upon its contents or have regard to any
of the matters set out in this document in relation to investment matters and must not transmit this document
to any other person. This document contains the opinions of LOIM, as at the date of issue. The information
and analysis contained herein are based on sources believed to be reliable. However, LOIM does not
guarantee the timeliness, accuracy, or completeness of the information contained in this document, nor does
it accept any liability for any loss or damage resulting from its use. All information and opinions as well as the
prices indicated may change without notice. Neither this document nor any copy thereof may be sent, taken
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or existing in any state, territory or possession of the United States of America, a corporation organized
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by LOIM to buy, sell or hold any security. Views and opinions are current as of the date of this presentation
and may be subject to change, they should not be construed as investment advice.
2015 Lombard Odier Investment Managers all rights reserved.

For professional investor use only. Important information: Publication of Lombard Odier Investment Managers. For use of recipient only, do not forward.

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PvB - Your Swiss Investment Partner since 2004


Swiss fund management company with an asset manager license
Independent (owned by the two managing partners)
Offices in Zurich and Geneva with currently 15 people
Supervised by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA

Hotel Concept

Representation

You need a regulated roof for your portfolio

You have a fund domiciled not in Switzerland?

management activities? We offer an attractive and

We represent hedge funds and other foreign investment

efficient regulated environment for portfolio managers

funds as legal representative in Switzerland.

who manage a fund in Switzerland, abroad or


institutional mandate.

Private Labelling

Repatriation

You want to launch a new fund?

You want to repatriate your investment funds?

We are specialized in structuring and administration of

We coordinate and manage the repatriation of your

collective investment schemes for third parties regulated

investment funds from abroad to Switzerland.

under Swiss law and we are used to act as general


contractor and consultant for our clients.

Contact us for more information


PvB Pernet von Ballmoos AG, Bellerivestrasse 20, 8008 Zurich, www.pvbswiss.com
Philippe Keller, Managing Partner, philippe.keller@pvbswiss.com, +41 44 205 51 53
Christian von Ballmoos, Managing Partner, christian.vonballmoos@pvbswiss.com, +41 44 205 51 57

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Confidential
For professional/institutional/
qualified investors only

Supporting your hedge fund needs


A&Q Hedge Fund Solutions ("A&Q") provides a
comprehensive spectrum of multi-manager hedge fund
investment solutions to meet the evolving needs of a
global client base. Our product suite includes commingled
funds, customized discretionary portfolios and a range of
potential advisory relationships. With the scale of one of
the largest hedge fund fiduciaries, A&Q works with clients
in a consultative and collaborative manner to assist in
effectively mapping how our infrastructure and expertise
can best add value to their hedge fund investment
program.

A&Q is
One of the leading hedge fund investors able to draw
on the resources, control environment and safety of
one of the world's largest and best capitalized banks
Led by Global Head William Ferri and CIO Bruce
Amlicke, a long tenured investor in the hedge fund
industry
A fiduciary investor and trusted advisor to institutional
and wealth management clients globally
A flexible platform with over a decade of experience
partnering with clients in an advisory capacity
Helping to educate those institutions making their first
foray into Hedge Fund investing
Partnering with those institutions that are not satisfied
with their current Hedge Fund investment program
Facilitating high quality knowledge transfer programs
with training customized to each client's needs
A leader in state of the art proprietary technology that
supports portfolio monitoring and risk management
Striving to uphold industry "Best Practices" in
Operational Due Diligence, with a dedicated team
conducting comprehensive analyses and consultative
engagements with investment managers
Successful in avoiding managers who were
substantially impacted by counterparty, infrastructural
risk or control deficiencies
Dedicated to negotiating the most advantageous terms
that solely accrue for the benefit of our clients

A&Q Key Facts

A global leader in Alternative Investment and


Hedge Fund Solutions

Scale of a major hedge fund fiduciary1 affords


significant resources and special terms for clients

Responsible for ~USD 32.7 billion in AUM2 across


all investor types

54 investment/research specialists and portfolio


managers and 32 members in Operations and
Product Control3

Senior management has extensive risk-taking and


trading experience promoting a deeper level of
manager due diligence with a keen
understanding of risk and return drivers

Since 2007, A&Q has negotiated or structured


over 570 side letters or specialized investment
programs for the benefit of its clients4

Offices across the Americas, Asia, Europe5 with


independent oversight by UBS control
infrastructure

A&Q has allocated USD 183.2 billion6 as a


fiduciary since its inception in 1994

A&Q utilizes OCTANE, a proprietary database


containing information on over 33,000 active
hedge funds and other programs

A&Q has a proprietary, interactive, web-based


Transparency Portal ("TransPort") that gives
institutional investors access to a suite of
powerful analytical tools

As an SEC registered investment advisor, we have certain fiduciary responsibilities to our clients; 2 as at 1 April 2015; 3 Headcount includes dedicated resources as of 31 March 2015;
As of 1 January 2015; 5 this includes registrations for UBS Alternative and Quantitative Investments LLC and UBS Alternative and Quantitative Investments Ltd. Both legal entities are
collectively referred to as "A&Q" for the purposes of this presentation; 6Amount allocated to hedge funds refers to the actual dollars used to purchase hedge fund interests over time.
1
4

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Whatever
it takes,
year after
year.
Theres a feeling you get working with a team of dedicated
people who provide exactly what you need, day after day.
They know your fund intimately from years of partnership.
They address your every question, request or issue with a
sense of urgency and can easily customize processes and
deliverables to meet your evolving requirements.
All are reasons why our Clients have had productive,
satisfying relationships with the same Swiss Financial Services

Swiss Financial Services has a track record you can trust,


since 1985.
Working within the global financial community, we are an
independent, privately-owned company providing fund creation,
administration, accounting, and registrar and transfer agency
services for:
corporations
limited partnerships
fund of funds

single and multi-manager funds


master/feeder funds
single and multi-family offices

people for many, over a decade.

www.swiss-financial.com

Ireland

Singapore

Switzerland

USA

Adrian Maher
+ 353 51 351180
amaher@swiss-financial.ie

Christine Lau
+ 65 6513 3250
clau@swiss-financial.sg

Karl Gysin
+41 44 267 7400
kgysin_jr@swiss-financial.ch

Lynette Wheeler
+ 1 630 355 2100
lwheeler@swiss-financial.com

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SERVICE PROVIDERS

Alpha Governance Partners


Institutional Fiduciary Services for Professional investors

Key facts

USD 9 bn
11
Hedge funds
Private debt
Private equity
Real estate
Emerging markets
Currencies
Insurance-linked
Specialty overlay
Responsible investments

Assets under Governance


No. of jurisdictions
Strategies

Type of vehicles

Investment fund boards


Management companies
Investment committees
Family offices
Charities
Pension boards

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

What we have helped clients achieve

Key challenges for investors today

Improved governance and board dynamics


Increased independence and transparency
Higher standard of compliance
Increased confidence and credibility
Added investment and risk expertise
Mitigated investment and operational risks
Protected assets and investment results
Supported business goals and AUM growth

Alpha Governance Partners Credo

A key due diligence question


Q: What sets Alpha GP apart
fiduciary services providers?

from

other

A: First, Alpha GPs completely independent


and free of conflicts of interest business
model. Second, Alpha GPs hands-on fiduciary
C-level investment experience and deep upto-date knowledge base.
Alpha GP is complementary to existing
directors, providing added independence and
investment and risk skills to supplement existing
legal, institutional and administrative skill sets.

Unpredictable capital markets that are hostage to both


unresolved financial stability issues and continual
central bank / policy interventions
The difficulties today in achieving sufficient net yield /
growth to service return and liability requirements
A plethora of new and untested regulatory requirements
continues to reshape the global investment industry
Pre-2008 investment boards and committees lack
quality investment and risk expertise, as evidenced
during the last crisis
Asset class correlations often converge to one in times
of distress leading to uncompensated illiquidity and
risks
Corporate
governance,
board
dynamics,
true
independence and integrity moving up the ladder of
investors concerns after prominent cases of negligence
The growing use of product structuring to achieve
alternative-based alpha, increasing the need for
governance and added risk monitoring.
And of course, a unique set of individual and highly
specific challenges for different industries (e.g. hedge
funds, pensions etc.) for which a high level of continuity
and judgment is required

To truly represent investors and beneficiaries and be a


reliable and trusted source of internal challenge
To carry out all our activities with undisputed integrity,
free of conflicts of interests
To provide a detailed and current holistic understanding of
governance, investments, risks and relevant regulation
To
provide
credible
high-calibre
non-executive
directors, with combined 17 years full-cycle C-level
experience
across
risk
management,
investments,
regulation, structuring, business strategy, pensions and
alternatives, coupled with ongoing strong academic
involvement

Partnership principles

Conflict-free truly fiduciary business model, obliged by


adherence to the objective, industry-leading Code of Ethics
and Standards of Practice of the CFA Institute
Highly bespoke approach to every mandate with the full
support of the individual director(s) by the partnership,
contributing to responsible board dynamics and added depth

Selected endorsements
[I]mpressive to be able to work with a board member whose grasp of valuation issues and fixed income
markets were both wide and steeped in practitioner knowledge.: Senior risk manager, London
[V]ery, very competent and extremely committed... He assumes responsibility and contributes very
positively to the development of the company.: Alternative fund manager, Dublin

[E]ngaging, asks relevant questions and exhibits great expertise in his field. His involvement has clearly
benefited the board, the fund and our investors.: Hedge fund manager, Luxembourg

Contact the Managing Partners for a confidential discussion


Dr. Eelco Fiole, CFA, CAIA, Dip IoD, fiole@alpha-gp.com, +41 76 522 8140, +65 9810 6718, Zurich, Singapore
Mads Jensen, CFA, CAIA, CIPM, jensen@alpha-gp.com, +45 23 23 80 86, Copenhagen
Dr. Bob Swarup, CAIA, swarup@alpha-gp.com, +44 7801 552 755, London

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Investment
& Risk
Advisory

Investment
Solutions
& Business
Advisory

2
Governance
Services

4
Economic
Advisory

Camdor Global provides investors, asset managers and policymakers with quality independent research
and impartial strategic advice. We have a global network of senior advisors and consultants with
distinguished careers in the financial services, corporate and policy arenas. Our clients include leading
alternatives firms, financial institutions and state entities.
Our core services are:
Investment & Risk Advisory: Bespoke advice around investment strategy, asset allocation, alternatives,
risk management and regulation.
Governance Services: Impartial and independent non-executives with investment or risk expertise.
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