Introduction to Hedge funds
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Murray PriestleyFounder & CEO
Alpha Capital Management
• 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
Born in Melbourne, Australia
Father of the Hedge Fund
140 US Hedge Funds in 1968
US Hedge Funds Today
15,600 Est. $2 trillion FUM
Styles ofInvesting
ArbitrageSimultaneously buy GOLD at $1000 in New York
and sell GOLD at $1050 in London.
Convertible ArbitrageSimultaneously purchase convertible securities
while shorting the stock.
Fixed Income ArbitrageInefficiencies in pricing bonds.
“Picking up cents in front of a steam roller”
Statistical ArbitrageMis-pricing of one or more assets. “Quants”
Pairs trading based on moving in and out of correlation.
DistressedTaking advantage of bankruptcy
by buying assets cheap
Buy – Fix – SellBuy – Unpack – Sell Pieces
Long/Short EquitiesBuying long and selling short
Global MacroGlobal indexes, interest rates and currencies
George SorosMade $1 billion during the 1992
Black Wednesday UK currency crisis
Managed FuturesTrading Commodities
ModernPortfolio Theory
Risk vs. ReturnDiversification leads to higher
return for less risk.
U ChartGet the best risk return ratio at the tip of the U-curve.
Harry Markowitz, 1952
Performance
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US$1,000
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US$1,000,000,000
1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008
Buffet$3.4 Million
Simons$474 Million
Performance
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
Backtesting
Strategies Entry and exit rules
RiskCorrelation, position, total risk
Money Management Risk per trade, equity curve
TimeframesTrends occur 30% of time
Portfolio Mix
Performance
Fund AdvantagesLarger time frames and more buying power.
Alpha Currency Neutral Fund
27.38% CAGR after fees
Low volatility
No management fee
25% Performance fee
No lock-in
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
älpha Holdings Management Ltd - Room D, 9F Jonsim Place - 228 Queens Road East - Wanchai, Hong Kong
www.alphafinhk.com - +852 8122 9446
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