New York (HedgeCo.net) – The Act II Specialist Equities fund, an innovative fund of the Act II SICAV, has been launched, with daily liquidity that will precisely follow the investment strategy of the Cayman based Act II Capital Fund and is initially available in British Pound, Euro, and U.S. Dollar share classes.

? The Fund, like the Act II Capital fund, will practice a long/short equity strategy focused on the bottom-up, in-depth fundamental analysis in the media, leisure, Internet & consumer, technology, business services, and telecommunications sectors across all capitalizations in primarily United States based companies.

? The fund’s investment universe consists of growth areas in the economy (Internet, Smart Phones, Tablet Computers, Video Games, etc.) that are in the midst of a vast, multi-year secular transformation, which will result in many winners and losers.

? The Act II Capital Fund was incepted in March 2002 and has annualised returns of
10.4%. The fund generated a positive net return of +4.14% in 2008 compared to losses of -37.00% for the S&P 500 Index and -26.65% for the HFRI Equity Hedge Index.

Michael Didier, a partner in the Act II Capital SICAV, explains “We are really excited about being able to offer our award winning fund in UCITS III form. Our strategy fits perfectly within the UCITS framework and we will have to make no alterations to the way we run our fund.”

The new fund has been set up as a Luxembourg UCITS III SICAV in partnership with
Luxembourg Financial Group (“LFG”).

Gareth James, head of hedge fund solutions at LFG, adds “We are really excited about bringing Act II to LAUP. They bring UCITS investors access to an exciting investment area with real growth potential, but unlike most of the index chasing funds in their sector, they have shown risk management capabilities in managing down periods and have generated real alpha from their sector.”