Introduction to Hedge funds

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Murray Priestley Founder & CEO Alpha Capital Management

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Introduction to alternative investing & hedge funds.

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Murray PriestleyFounder & CEO

Alpha Capital Management

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• Alfred Winslow Jones in 1949

• Fund that bought long & sold short to “hedge” the portfolio

• 670% return over 10 years (compared to the normal 358% for fund managers)

Father of the Hedge Fund

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Born in Melbourne, Australia

Father of the Hedge Fund

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140 US Hedge Funds in 1968

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US Hedge Funds Today

15,600 Est. $2 trillion FUM

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Styles ofInvesting

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ArbitrageSimultaneously buy GOLD at $1000 in New York

and sell GOLD at $1050 in London.

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Convertible ArbitrageSimultaneously purchase convertible securities

while shorting the stock.

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Fixed Income ArbitrageInefficiencies in pricing bonds.

“Picking up cents in front of a steam roller”

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Statistical ArbitrageMis-pricing of one or more assets. “Quants”

Pairs trading based on moving in and out of correlation.

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DistressedTaking advantage of bankruptcy

by buying assets cheap

Buy – Fix – SellBuy – Unpack – Sell Pieces

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Long/Short EquitiesBuying long and selling short

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Global MacroGlobal indexes, interest rates and currencies

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Managed FuturesTrading Commodities

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ModernPortfolio Theory

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Risk vs. ReturnDiversification leads to higher

return for less risk.

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U ChartGet the best risk return ratio at the tip of the U-curve.

Harry Markowitz, 1952

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Performance

20% 30%

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20% 30%

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Buffet$3.4 Million

Simons$474 Million

Performance

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Performance Stats

CAGR%The year-over-year growth rate of an investment over a period of time.

Max DrawdownThe largest drop of a given asset within a certain time period.

Sharpe RatioA measure of the excess return per unit of risk in an investment asset

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Backtesting

Strategies Entry and exit rules

RiskCorrelation, position, total risk

Money Management Risk per trade, equity curve

TimeframesTrends occur 30% of time

Portfolio Mix

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Performance

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Fund AdvantagesLarger time frames and more buying power.

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Alpha Currency Neutral Fund

27.38% CAGR after fees

Low volatility

No management fee

25% Performance fee

No lock-in

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Alpha Currency Neutral Fundälpha&Currency&Neutral&Fund&Report&4&OCTOBER&2012 Performance is shown net of fees

Inception : 13 AUG 2012

Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec YTD S&P 5002012 2.73% 2.24% 1.42% 1.94% 2.57% 0.68% 0.87% 0.84% 2.55% 2.93% 20.40% 7.60%2011 1.53% 1.17% 1.90% 1.10% 1.50% 2.33% 2.57% 1.76% 2.48% 2.10% 3.02% 2.57% 26.84% 2.11%

Performance Statistics Quantitative Statisticsälpha MSCI World S&P500 älpha MSCI World S&P500

Compounded Rate of Return 27.38% 0.98% 4.95% Annualised Standard Deviation 0.72% 4.66% 5.50%Average Monthly Return 1.87% 0.23% 0.58% Annualised Sharpe Ratio 1.73 1.4 0.18Highest Monthly Return 3.02% 10.26% 10.77% Skewness -0.30 -0.28 0.21Lowest Monthly Return 0.68% -8.99% -7.18% Kurtosis -1.14 0.42 1.30

Monthly Profitable Percentage 100% 52% 57% Correlation -0.28 0.58Max Drawdown 0% -2.98% -18.18%

NAV Growth Rolling Monthly Performance

MSCI World represents the performance of Global equities

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