Hugo Rogers, one of the co-managers of the Thames River Capital Water and Agricultural Fund, comments on the rising demand for soft commodities and how they’ve positionned their fund to benefit from these trends. Read the rest of this entry »
Variance Capital Management is a capital introductory firm for single manager hedge fund strategies. Variance Capital will only represent well capitalized fund managers whose capacity to generate alpha is tested over time.
The firm was founded in early 2004 by Martin Frenette to meet the growing demands of the institutional market place and their need to better understand and follow the development of the hedge fund industry. It brings strong international ties in Canada, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and France.
Bringing in the Harvest
December 10th, 2009The Environmental Investment Partnership
December 9th, 2009As the drama unfolds at the Copenhagen summit we wanted to highlight a newly established independent asset management firm focused on the environmental arena: The Environmental Investment Partnership (”TEIP”).
Protecting the primary rain forest of the Congo River Basin
December 8th, 2009The voluntary carbon offset market has played an important role at financing reforestation programs. Since the Kyoto protocol we have started see the first measures designed at using this market to protect existing “carbon pools” such as the primary rain forest.
The value of managed futures
October 14th, 2009One of the issues that has perhaps contributed the most to a serious rethink of the multi strategy/fund of funds model is its excessively strong positive correlation to major asset classes, especially equities. Investors who overweight managed futures last year were not only able to limit their drawdowns but have also enjoyed the true benefits of diversification.
Managed futures, volatility and 2009 performance
October 13th, 20092009 is turning out to be a mixed bag for managed futures funds. After showing some of the best returns in their history, for most, it’s been difficult to make money this year. This coincided with the VIX falling dramatically from its highs in the 80s outlining once again the relationship between the strategy and volatility.