{"id":7481,"date":"2008-04-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"quantek-announces-rmf-strategic-investment-in-its-frontier-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/04\/2008\/quantek-announces-rmf-strategic-investment-in-its-frontier-fund.html","title":{"rendered":"Quantek Announces RMF Strategic Investment in its Frontier Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL, April 3, 2008 &#8211; Quantek Asset Management, LLC, an investment manager<br \/>subsidiary of Bulltick Capital Markets based in Miami, Florida, announced today that<br \/>it has received a strategic investment from RMF, based in Pf&auml;ffikon, Switzerland.<br \/>RMF, a core investment manager of Man Investments introduced by KPG<br \/>Investments, has made a substantial long-term strategic investment into Quantek<br \/>Frontier Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The addition of RMF as a strategic investor in the Quantek Frontier Fund is a<br \/>welcomed development,&rdquo; said Alberto Franco, managing partner. &ldquo;RMF&rsquo;s<br \/>commitment to Quantek demonstrates their confidence in the investment team&rsquo;s<br \/>ability to succeed in the evolving markets of Latin America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hans Hurschler, head of RMF&rsquo;s Hedge Fund Ventures, said: &ldquo;We are delighted to<br \/>have identified the Quantek Frontier Fund as a unique investment opportunity<br \/>focused on Latin America. We are confident that Quantek&rsquo;s senior management team<br \/>supported by first-class staff has a marked potential for generating superior returns.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><u>About Quantek Asset Management, LLC<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Quantek Asset Management, LLC, a subsidiary of Bulltick Capital Markets, is based in<br \/>Miami, FL with offices throughout Latin America. An integral part of the Bulltick<br \/>organization of over 170 employees, Quantek currently manages more than a billion<br \/>dollars in Latin American based strategies. The Quantek Frontier Fund seeks to<br \/>provide investors enhanced trading returns focusing on Latin American asset classes.<\/p>\n<p>With locations in Miami, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, the fund deploys capital based<br \/>on the following four market activities: local trading, thematic positioning, global<br \/>hedging and special opportunities. This investment platform is aimed at optimizing<br \/>execution and maximizing returns.<\/p>\n<p>The investment team, headed by Bulltick Managing Partner Alberto Franco, brings an<br \/>extraordinary blend of over 20 years of trading and risk management experience.<\/p>\n<p><u>About RMF<\/u><\/p>\n<p>RMF is a leading provider of alternative investment solutions in Europe, specializing<br \/>in hedge funds and convertible bonds. RMF is headquartered in Pf&auml;ffikon\/SZ,<br \/>Switzerland, and also has offices in London, New York, Singapore and the Bahamas.<br \/>RMF currently manages USD 28 billion of assets. <\/p>\n<p>RMF began as a hedge fund manager in 1992 with a mandate from one of the world&rsquo;s most prestigious market neutral hedge funds. Since then it has focused on servicing investors by providing a range of comprehensive products and solutions. RMF is part of Man Investments, the asset management division of Man Group plc, a FTSE 100 company. Further information on RMF can be found at www.rmf.ch.<\/p>\n<p><u>About Man Investments<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Man Investments is one of the world&rsquo;s largest providers of hedge fund investments,<br \/>with USD 75 billion2 under management. It is part of Man Group plc, a London-based<br \/>FTSE 100-listed firm with a 225-year history. Man Investments employs about 1600<br \/>people in key centres in London and Pfaeffikon (Switzerland) and in offices in<br \/>Chicago, Hong Kong, Dubai, Miami, Montevideo, Nassau, New York, Singapore,<br \/>Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. Further information on Man Investments can be found<br \/>at www.maninvestments.com<\/p>\n<p><u>About KPG Investments, LLC<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2000, KPG is a diversified hedge fund consultancy that assists clients in<br \/>expanding and developing their global investor base. The firm provides personalized<br \/>investment consulting services to a select group of highly qualified clients. For<br \/>further information visit www.kpginvestments.com.<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/> Alejandra Slatapolsky<br \/> Head of Communications and Marketing<br \/> Tel: (+1) 305-533-1541 ext. 2256<br \/> Direct: (+1) 305-722-5008<br \/> Email: alejandras@bulltick.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI, FL, April 3, 2008 &#8211; Quantek Asset Management, LLC, an investment managersubsidiary of Bulltick Capital Markets based in Miami, Florida, announced today thatit has received a strategic investment from RMF, based in Pf&auml;ffikon, Switzerland.RMF, a core investment manager of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}