New York (HedgeCo.net) – Recently authorised investment management firm, Javelin Capital, launched its first hedge fund, the Javelin Capital Global Equity Strategies Fund on October 1st 2010, with seed capital of $31 million. The fund will take long and short positions in equities globally, including Emerging Markets.
The fund, managed by an investment team of experienced portfolio managers (formerly at Goldman Sachs and Citigroup) and headed up by Javelin’s CIO Victor Pina, will have a range of long-short equity strategies which include Fundamental, Systematic and Tactical approaches.
Using proprietary models that have been developed, the team will analyse and judge which strategy is most appropriate for different regions and sectors. The strategies are expected to be uncorrelated, or negatively correlated, to each other, and hence combining them within one fund should result in lower volatility and reduced risk.
“The investment style will focus on what works, where and when.” Victor Pina, Chief Investment Officer of Javelin Capital said, “Broadly speaking, in sectors and regions that tend to revert to the mean, such as developed Europe, the Systematic strategy will deliver the best results. In other regions that include selected Emerging Markets, market movements are highly volatile. To capture the upside opportunity whilst avoiding the pitfalls of these markets, we will look to apply our Tactical strategies.”
“The launch of the Javelin Capital Global Equity Strategies Fund sees the first of our funds being offered to the institutional market. This follows months of rigorous preparation by our highly experienced fund managers to ensure we are offering investors an attractive and superior investment vehicle.” Gerry Aherne, Chief Executive of Javelin Capital added.
Editing by Alex Akesson
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