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2001 Activity

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Broadmark Long/short Equity
Domicile: US
Chris Guptill, Don Smiley
Broadmark Asset Mgmt, New York
212-980 8765
Long/short Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Nov. 7 $0.2 12/19/01
Bali Pacific Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Woon Lim and Tom Murtha
Bali Asset Management
212-812-0720
Asia-Pacific long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Cadwalader Wickersham
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
Jan. 1   12/19/01
Millbrook Partners
Domicile: U.S.
Christopher Mailman Multi-strategy Law firm: Kramer Levin
Auditor: H.J. Cohn
Oct. 1 $6 12/19/01
Belfinance Multi-Strategy Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bermuda
Jim Schmidt and Paul Meier
BSI Capital, New York
212-581-1515
Multi-strategy (long/short, fixed-income sector and event-driven) Prime broker: Banc of America
Law Firm: Conyers Dill
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Citco
March 1 $100 12/12/01
Klesch European Distressed
Domicile: Cayman
Gary Klesch
Klesch & Co., London
44 207 493-4300
Distressed securities Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Tranaut Fund
Jan. 1   12/12/01
Quadriga Superfund
Domicile: U.S.
Christian Baha Global Macro Prime broker: Cargill, Mann Financial
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Rothstein Kass
Dec. 1 $2 12/12/01
Titan Masters
(offshore)
Domicile: Caymen Islands
N. Claude Colabella, George Fox, Tom Holliday and Doug Reid
Titan Advisors, Rye, NY
914-937-7427
Long/short and event-driven Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Richard A. Eisner & Co.
Administrator: Swiss Financial
Jan. 1   12/12/01
Sebago Partners
Domicile: US, Caymen Islands
Eric Schwartz
Sebago Capital Management, Boston
617-574-6125
Long/short Canadian equities Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Conyers Dill
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Hemisphere
Jan. 2 $5 12/5/01
Ladera Capital
Domicile: US
Dan Daiss
DID Management, Los Altos, Calif.
650 854-6111
Small-cap growth, long biased Prime broker: ABN Amro
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Dec. 3 $10 12/5/01
Europanel Europe Long/Short Equities
Domicile: Luxembourg
Cyril Julliard and Bertrand van Houtte
Europanel, Paris
331 5305 5785
European long/short equity Law firm: Delandmeter
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Rothschild
Jan. 1 €10 12/5/01
Europanel Europe Market Neutral
Domicile: Luxembourg
Cyril Julliard and Bertrand van Houtte
Europanel, Paris
331 5305 5785
European market neutral Law firm: Delandmeter
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Rothschild
Jan. 1 €10 12/5/01
Hammerman Capital Offshore
Domicle: Caymen Islands
Jason Hammerman
Hammerman Capital Management, Boston
617-574-6150
Capital-structure arbitrage Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Aikin Gump
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Fortis
Nov. 1 $17 11/28/01
KD Distressed and High Income Securities Fund
Domicile: U.S./Curacao
Daniel Pisera
Kellner & Dileo, New York
212-350-0200
Distressed securities arbitrage Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Swidler Berlin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jan. 1 $30-50 11/28/01
KD Convertible Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: U.S./Curacao
Jeffrey Fachler
Kellner & Dileo, New York
212-350-0200
Convertible bond arbitrage Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Swidler Berlin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Jan. 1 $30-50 11/28/01
(Name to be disclosed)
Domicile: U.S./(future offshore location)
Jerry Peterson
Agger Capital Management, San Francisco
415-677-5959
U.S. long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Gardner Carton
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Bank of Butterfield
Febuary   11/28/01
Life Sciences Fund
Ocean Fund Advisors, Santa Monica, Calif.
310-451-8330
Michael Browne
Brian Massey
Long/short healthcare equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Paul Hastings
Auditor: Ernst & Young
May 1   11/21/01
I/D/M Partners
New York
Jonathan Stone
Nicolas Colas
Long/short U.S. equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Feb. 1, 2002 $100 11/21/01
Spyglass Capital/
(has offshore companion)
Spyglass Capital Trading, Naples, Fla.
Paul Brodsky Fixed income arbitrage Prime broker: Salomon Smith Barney
Law firm: Shartsis Friese
Auditor: Kaufman Rossin
Administrator: Admiral Admin.
Jan. 1   11/14/01
Tempo Fund
JD Capital, Creenwhich, Conn.
203-863-7855
Dave Rogers Relative Value Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
February   11/7/01
Mirabelle Fund
Halkin Capital Management, London
44 207 659 9181
Toby Clothier
Arjuna Gamage
Jonathan Potter
Long/Short European equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Illiad Consulting
Auditor: Arthur Andersen
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
Dec. 3 e40 11/7/01
Guidance Green Terrain Fund
Guidance Capital Management, Chicago
312-674-4695
  Diversified Law firm: Pepper & Hamilton
Auditor: Ernst & Yuong
Administrator: SEI Investments
Dec. 1 $50-100 11/7/01
Alumni Partners I
Kobren Insight, Wellesley Hills, Mass.
617-369-2000
Eric Kobren Diversified Law firm: Hale & Dorr
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Hemisphere
Jan. 1   11/7/01
Aslan Capital Fund
Aslan Capital Management, New York
212-332-3487
Bruce Gregory Event driven, distressed debt Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Nov. 1 $25-30 10/31/01
Trafalgar Catalyst Fund
Trafalgar Asset Managers, London
44-207-472-5823
Theo Phanos
Lee Robinson
Global event-driven Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Lovells
Auditor: Robson Rhoads
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
Nov. 1 $20 10/31/01
Lexington Avenue Capital Partners
Lexington Avenue Capital Mgmt., New
York,
212-499-2975
Larry Luxenberg
Mark Dunetz
Long/short equity Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Nov. 1   10/31/01
Okumus Market Neutral Partners
Okumus Capital, New York
212-350-4034
Ahmet Okumus Market-netural
(U.S. companion to the offshore Okumus Market Netural Fund)
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Wolf, Block
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator: International Fund
Administration
Nov. 1   10/31/01
Millennium Wave Fund
Millennium Wave Advisors, Fort Worth, Texas
817-589-0678
John Mauldin Diversified Law firm: Gardner Clarke
Auditor: Arthur Bell & Associates
Administrator: Forum
Nov. 1   10/31/01
Arrowstreet Global Long/Short Equity
Arrowstreet Capital Mgmt., Cambridge, Mass.
617-547-9999
  Global long/short Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Goodwin Proctor
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Hemisphere
Dec. 1   10/24/01
Gradient Europe Fund
Gradient Capital Partners, London
44 20 7398 5800
Scott Pagel
Ivor Farman
Long/short Europe Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Illiad Consulting
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Daiwa Securities
Dec. 1   10/24/01
Alki Capital Partners
Alki Capital Management, San Diego
858-442-1980
Scott Wilfong U.S. long/short Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Shartsis, Friese
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Jan. 1   10/17/01
Lyons Capital Partners
Lyons Capital Mgmt., Huntington Beach, Calif.
714-393-5752
Jason Lyons U.S. long/short Prime broker: ABN Amro
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Dec. $10 10/17/01
Santa Barbara Statistcal Arbitrage
McCormick Advisors, Santa Barbara, Calif.
805-963-2661
Tim McCormack Statistical arbitrage Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Gardner Carton
Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick
Administrator: Deefield International
Nov. 1 $10 10/17/01
Citadel Edison Fund
Citadel Investment, San Fransisco
Peter Labon Long/short telecom, media and technology equities Prime brokers: Goldman, Morgan Stanley Nov. 1 $500 10/17/01
Citadel Equity Opportunity Fund
Citadel Investment, San Francisco
Carson Levit Long/short equities Prime broker: Glodman, Morgan Stanley Nov. 1 $500 10/17/01
JP Morgan Multi-Strategy Fund II
JP Morgan Alternative Asset Mgmt., New York
Jim Welch and Paul Zummo Diversified Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: IFS
Oct. 1 $158 10/17/01
SSGA Market-Neutral Europe Fund
State Street Global Advisors, London
44 207 7698 6113
Stuart Martin
Paul Moghtader
Market-neutral Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: William Fry
Administrator: Bank of Ireland
October   10/10/01
Tiger Asia Fund
Tiger Asia Management, New York
212-984-2500
Bill Hwang Asia ex-Japan long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nov. 1 Up to $135 10/10/01
TigerSharks Fund
Tiger Sharks Management, New York
212-984-2500
Tom Facciola
Michael Sears
Long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Dec. 31 Up to $125 10/10/01
Tiger Technology Fund
Tiger Technology Management, New York
212-984-2500
Chase Coleman Technology long/short equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Nov. 1 Up to $165 10/10/01
MKP Opportunity Fund
MKP Capital Management, New York
212-755-0815
Eric Keiter
Patrick McMahon
Global fixed income Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Fortis
Aug. 15   10/3/01
Ailsa U.S. Equity Fund
Ailsa Capital Mgmt., Edinburgh, Scotland
44 13 1226-9700
Neil Smeaton
Piers Watson
U.S. long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: International Fund Services
Oct. 1 $20 9/26/01
Emerald Advantage Hedge Fund
Emerald Advantage Mgmt., King of Prussia, Pa.
610-337-9230
Joe Besecker Long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Lowenstein Sandler
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Admiral Admin.
Oct. 1 $1 9/26/01
Stonebrook Capital Partners
Stonebrook Institutional Partners
Stonebrook Overseas Partners
Stonebrook Fund Mgmt., New York
212-765-2240
Jeff Lignelli Long/short U.S. equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Aikin Gump
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Dec. 1 $150-200 9/19/01
Prophecy Capital Management
Prophecy Technical Research, New York
212/835-6868
Jeffrey Spotts Short-term long/short equities Prime broker: Pershing
Law firm: Gersten Savage
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Meridian Corp.
Marketer: Cogent Alternative Strategies
Sept. 1 $1.4 9/19/01
Convertible Fund Offshore
Convertarb Asset Mgmt., Norwalk, Conn.
(203) 838-8475
Steve Seefeld Convertible-bond arbitrage Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Curtis Mallett
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator:Hedge Fund Svcs., BVI
Sept. 1 $1 9/12/01
Coronation Peak Fund
Coronation Group, London
44-20-7389-8861
Richard Kommel European long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Dillon Eustace
Auditor: KPMG (Ireland)
Administrator: Hemisphere Mgt.
Aug. 2001 e107 9/12/01
Asterion Life Sciences Fund
Asterion Capital, Cambridge, Mass.
Marie Warburg
Bihua Chen
Bruce Beaty
U.S. long/short equities with a healthcare focus Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
Late Oct. $20-30 9/12/01
Clarke & Bartlett European Equity Fund
Clarke & Bartlett Asset Mgmt., London
44-207-016-9460
Richard Clarke Long/short European equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Tranault
Nov. 1   9/12/01
Troy Capital
Troy Asset Management, Greenwich, Conn.
203-485-4848
Alex Troy Event-driven Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Richard A. Eisner
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
Oct. 1 $45 9/12/01
Artis Capital Technology Fund
Artis Capital Management, San Francisco
626-614-8564
Stuart Peterson Technology long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Shartsis Friess
Auditor: Ernst & Young
    8/22/01
Hunter Global Investors
Hunter Global Investors, New York
(212) 453-8950
Duke Buchan Long/short global equities Prime brokers: Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
October $250+ 8/22/01
Elkhorn Fund
Sanborn Kilcollin Partners, Chicago
(312) 214-3100
Robert Sanborn Long/short equities Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Garden Carton
Auditor: Ernst & Young
July 1 $30 8/22/01
Ikos US
Ikos Asset Management, London
44 207 237 3050
Martin Coward U.S. statistical-arbitrage Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Maples & Calder
Auditor: KPMG Peat Marwick
Administrator: Daiwa Securities
Aug. 1 $10 8/22/01
Turnstone Capital
Turnstone Capital Management, New York
(212) 201-7717
Chris Clark Long/short equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm:Arthur Anderson
Auditor: Akin Gump
Sept. 1 $100 8/22/01
GRT Topaz Partners
GRT Capital Partners, Boston
617-312-6816
Gregory Fraser
Rudy Kluiber
Timothy Krochuk
U.S. long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator:Goldman Sachs
Sept. 1   8/15/01
Rapids Edge
Kevin Dann & Partners, New York
212/446-2400
Kevin Dann U.S. long/short equities Prime broker: Bank of America
Law firm: Seward & Kissell
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Sept. 1   8/15/01
EN Benten Japan Fund
EN Asset Management, London
Peter Nicholas Long/short Japan Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: IFS Dublin
October   8/8/01
Lego Capital Fund
Lego Capital Partners, New York
David Eigen Long-only, value Prime broker: Pershing IMS
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Marcum Kliegman
Aug. 1   8/8/01
Platinum Plus Fund
New World Funds, Seven Fields, Pa.
Lee Sahene
David Poremba
Mutual-fund market timing Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Sultanik Krumholz
Aug. 1 $1 8/8/01
Healy Circle Partners
Healy Circle Capital Mgmt., New York
Marc Sulam
Donald Sulam
Long/short catalyst driven Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Seward & Kisell
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
June 1 $25 8/8/01
Libra Europe Fund
Park Place Capital, London
Roberto Bogoni
Bruce Mee
European, long/short, market neutral Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator:Goldman Sachs
October €100 8/8/01
Chase Multi-Strategy Fund
J.P. Morgan Alt. Asset, New York
Jim Welch
Paul Zummo
Diversified Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Oct. 1   8/8/01
RPM Metropolitan Fund
Murchison Holding, Dallas
Bob Peck
Toby Roosevelt
Invests in hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and hard asset funds. Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Ernst & Young
August $75 8/8/01
Dialogue Fund
Dialogue Capital Management, New York
Ori Eziel Long/short equities, catalyst-driven Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Aug. 1 $8 8/1/01
Nextam Partners European Equity Hedge Fund
Nextam Partners, London
Antonio De Bustis Long/short European equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco Fund Services
Sept. $60 8/1/01
Systeia Futures EUR Fund
Systeia Capital Management, Paris
Edouard Petitdidier
Laurent Benarouche
Managed futures Law firm: David Dillon
Auditors: Conseils Associes, Deloitte & Touche
August €45 8/1/01
GAM Trading III
Global Asset Management, London
Nancy Skiest Andrews Invests in currencies, commodities and equity derivatives Law firm: Harney Westwood
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator:Fortis Bank
July 30   8/1/01
GCP Strategic Value Fund
Ghriskey Capital Partners, Greenwich, Conn.
Tim Ghriskey Long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kisell
Auditor: Arthur Andersen
Administrator: Citco Fund Services
July 2   7/25/01
Bloom Capital Management
MBB Investments, Boca Raton
Michael Bloom U.S. long/short equity Prime broker: Bear Sterns
Law firm: Rutherford Mullhall
Auditor: Kaufman Rossin
June 12 $15 7/25/01
Aureus Fund
Gregersen & Partners, Copenhagen, Denmark
Jesper Uttrup European long/short equity, with a Nordic focus Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst &Young
Administrator: International Fund Services
September   7/25/01
(unidentified)
Westbury Asset Management, London
Simon Hookway European long/short Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: City Law, London
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Sept. 30 $75 7/18/01
Alphaquest-Global Macro
(Commodities trading advisor)
Quest Partners, New York
Nigol Koulajian Systematic short and long-term Clearing broker: Man Financial
Law firm: Graham, Thompson
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Swiss Financial
July $25 7/18/01
Conquest Macro Fund
(Commodities trading advisor)
Camelot Partners, New York
Marc Malek
Richard Silver
Systematic short and long-term Clearing broker: Man Financial
Law firm: Tannenbaum Halpern
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Swiss Financial
June 1 $10 7/18/01
Cayuga Fund
Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
Charles Lee
Bhaskaran Swaminathan
Long/short equty Prime broker: Salomon Smith Barney
Law firm: Foley Hoag
Auditor: Sciarabba & Walker
Aug. 1   7/18/01
AlphaQuest-Lotus Fund
Quest Partners, New York
Laurent Chevalier Absolute return Law firm: Graham Thompson
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Swiss Financial Products
July $35 7/18/01
Claiborne Capital Partners
Claiborne Capital, Stamford, Conn.
Kevin Becker Global long/short equity Prime brokers: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Siddley Austin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Hemisphere

Oct. 1

$250 7/11/01
Rosetta Portfolio Co.
Rosetta Capital Management
David Elisofon Event-driven Japan Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Kramer Levin
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: International Fund Services
July 2   7/4/01
Okumus Market Neutral Fund
Okumus Capital, New York
Ahmet Okumus Market neutral Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Wolf Block
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator:International Fund Services
July 2 $35 7/4/01
Phoenix Arden Advisors
Arden Capital Management, New York
Averill Mortimer
Terrence O. Jones
Henry Davis
Stefan Zellmer
Event-driven, relative value, short-term trading Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: SEI Investments
July 2   7/4/01
Pleiades Offshore Fund
Harris Associates
Roxanne Martino
Scott Schweighauser
Anita Rival Rosenberg
Relative value arbitrage Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Daiwa (Dublin)
July 2 $25 7/4/01
Deauville Europe Fund
CIBC Oppenheimer, New York
Ken Stemme European long/short equity Auditors: Andersen/Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC
July 2 $6 7/4/01
ROC Capital Partners
ROC Capital Management, Red Bank, N.J.
Peter Teevan long/short equities (opportunistic) Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
August $50+ 6/27/01
Lauren Templeton Market Neutral Fund
New Providence Capital Advisors, Bahamas
Lauren Templeton U.S. long/short equities (market neutral) Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: W.S. Walker
Auditor: Decosimo
Administrator:Nottingham & Co.
July 2 $30 6/27/01
Pragma Hedge Fund
Pragma Management, New York
Chad Yim Long/short equities (opportunistic) Prime broker: Spear Leeds
Law firm: Ropes & Gray
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
  $17 6/27/01
Sarasin Thematic Hedge Fund
Sarasin Investment Management, London
Justin Haque Global long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citgo Fund Services
  $25 6/27/01
Corriente Partners
Corriente Capital Management, Dallas
Mark Hart Long/short Prime broker: ABN Amro
Law firm: Kelly Hart
Auditor: Ernst & Young
July 2 $5 6/27/01
Chess Capital Fund
Chess Capital Management, New York
James Atucher Long/short short-term trading Prime broker: Salomon Smith Barney
Law firm: Gersten Savage
Auditor: Eisner & Associates
July 2   6/27/01
(to be determined)
GDO Capital, New York
Dean D�Onofrio
Chris Goekjian
Onu Odim
Globlal multi-arbitrage Prime broker: CSFB, Goldman
Law firm: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Auditor: Seward & Kissel
Administrator: IMS
Sept.

$100-200

6/27/01
AQ Japan Long-Short Fund
Acquitaine Invesmtent Advisors, Hong Kong
Hidekazu Kishimoto
Hiroshi Ikeda
Japn long/short Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Appleby Spurling
Auditor: KPMG (Bermuda)
Administrator: Citco Fund Services
July 2 $25 6/27/01
Kingsford Capital Partners
West Highland Capital, Greenbrae, Calif.
Michael I. Wilkins
J. David Scially
Short-biased, focusing on overvalued equity and debt securities. Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Auditor: Ernst & Young
July 1   6/20/01
Prometheus European Fund
Prometheus Investment, Nassau, Bahamas
Gecad, Lugano, Switzerland
  Long/short European equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator:International Fund Services
June 5 €22 6/20/01
Campbell Long/Short Equity Fund
Campbell & Co., Towson, Md.
William Clarke Statistical arbitrage, relative value. Prime broker: Barclays Capital
Law firm: Graham Thompson
Auditor: Arthur Bell & Assoc.
Administrator:Swiss Financial Services
July 1 $5 6/20/01
Banyan Capital
Banyan Capital Asset Mgmt., Boca Raton, Fla.
Larry Benedict Short-term trading Prime broker: Deutsche
Law firm: White & Case
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
May 1 $10 6/20/01
Carrousel Fund
Carrousel Capital, London
Bruno Sangle-Ferriere Global closed-end funds Prime broker: ABN Amro
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda
May 1 $3 6/13/01
Lansdowne U.K. Equity Fund
Lansdowne Partners, London
Stuart Roden
Peter Davies
Long/short European equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Simmons and Simmons
Auditor:Ernst & Young
Administrator:Fortis Island
Aug. 1 $100 6/13/01
Hammerman Capital Partners
Hammerman Capital Mgmt., Miami
Jason Hammerman Capital structure arbitrage Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator:RK Consulting
July 1   6/13/01
(To be announced)
Palladin Group, Maplewood, N.J.
Phil Taylor
Rich Yakomin
Convertible-bond arbitrage Prime broker: CS First Boston
Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan
Auditor: Rosenberg Rich
July 2   6/13/01
Phylon Limited Fund
Phylon Investment Advisors, London
Ralf Laire Long/short European equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor:Ernst and Young
Administrators: International Fund Services, Island Limited
Aug. 31 €50 6/6/01
Meridian Diversified Fund
(has offshore companion)
Meridian Capital Partners, Albany, N.Y.
Bill Lawrence Diversified Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Olympia Capital
July 1 $100 6/6/01
Shoval Consistent Performance (Offshore) Fund
Shoval Asset Management, New York
Benjamin Shoval Diversifed Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Andersen
Administrator:Olympia Capital
Oct. 1 $8-10 6/6/01
Shoval Consistent Performance Fund-Master Group Trust
Shoval Asset Management, New York
Benjamin Shoval Diversified Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Andersen
Oct. 1 $8-10 6/6/01
Gothic Capital Partners
Gothic Capital Management, Boston
Harry DeMott
Brendan Maher
Long/short U.S. equities, with focus on media and finance sectors Prime brokers: Goldman, ABN
Law firm: Lowenstein Sandler
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
June $10 5/30/01
Henderson Absolute Return Fund
Henderson Global Investors, London
Stephen Peak Long/short European equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Hemisphere
June 1   5/30/01
Sherriff-Robinson Global Opportunities
Sherriff-Robinson Mgmt., London
David Robinson Long/short global equities Prime broker: Deutsche Bank
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: GlobeOp Fin. Svcs.
July2 $20 5/30/01
EM/R Partners
Bricolage Capital, New York
Avi Faliks
Andrew Beer
Samyak Veera
Statistical arbitrage Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
May 22 $15 5/23/01
Newcastle Offshore
Newcastle Partners, Dallas
Mark E. Schwarz Long/short value Prime broker: Bank of America
Law firm: Olshan Grunman, Akin Gump
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Trident Trust
July 1 $30 5/23/01
Polar Capital Absolute Return
Polar Capital Partners, London
Brian Ashford-Russell
Timothy Woolley
Long/short global equities, with a tech focus. Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator:Hemisphere Mgmt.
July 11 $25 5/23/01
(Not yet announced)
Sapphire Management
Shelton Swei Equity long/short Law firm: Gardner, Carton & Douglas
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: To Be Announced
July 1   5/23/01
Third Ridge Capital (US and offshore)
Third Ridge Capital, New York
Keith Barksdale
Ed Neugeboren
Catalyst-driven short-term trading Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
June 1 $25-50 5/16/01
ii-Fund
AGS Capital, Tokyo
Veryan Allen Japanese long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Maples & Calder; Hamada & Matsumoto
Auditor: Deloitte and Touche
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda
May 1 $10 5/16/01
Fuujin Raijin Recovery Fund
Arbiter Fund Managers, London/Tokyo
Nick Brown
Justin Donegan
David Walter
Japanese long/short equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Deckert
Administrator: Tranault
June/July   5/9/01
KBC Convertible Arbitrage Fund
KBC Alternative Investment, London
Andy Preston Global convertible arbitrage Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC Dublin
July 1

$200-300

5/9/01
Symmetry Europe Fund
Symmetry Management, New York
S. Neil Scarth
Stephen Smith
Long/short, European equities Prime broker: Deutsche Bank
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator:Olympia Capital
June 1 $30 5/2/01
VectorVest VST Fund
VectorVest Investment Management
Bart DiLiddo
Carl Tippit
Long/short Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Arder Hadden
Auditor: Rothstein Kass & Company
April 23 $7 5/2/01
Siebels American Relative Value Fund
Green Cay Asset Management
Jane Siebels Long/short U.S. equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Cadwalader Wickersham
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Intl. Fund Services
April 1 $30 4/25/01
Titan Masters Fund
Titan Advisors, Rye, N.Y.
Claude Colabella
George Fox
Tom Holliday
Doug Reid
Long/short equity vehicles Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Richard A. Eisner & Co.
May 1 $30 4/25/01
Asset Alliance Premiere Hedge
(has offshore companion)
Asset Alliance, New York
Bruce Lipnick
Mike Azlen
Diversified vehicles Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda
May 1 $25-50 4/25/01
Shoval Consistent Performance Fund
Shoval Asset Management, New York
Benjamin Shoval Long/short, market neutral, event driven and arbitrage vehicles Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Arthur Andersen
Administrator:Olympia Capital
July 1 $10 4/25/01
Lapis Europe Fund
Newman, Ragazzi and Co.
Bruce A.S. Mees Long/short, market neutral Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citgo, London
May 1 $100 4/18/01
Prime Investment Fund
Prime Capital Management
Inna Galerkina
Dane Chin
Long/short, relying on technical and fundamental analysis Prime broker: ING Barings
Law firm: Sadis and Goldberg
Auditor: GGK
April 15 $7 4/18/01
Select One Aggressive Growth Fund
Associated Securities, Los Angeles
Randal Carson Long/short, primarily U.S. equities Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis and Goldberg
Auditor: Deloitte and Touche
May 1 $0.25 4/18/01
Micha Medical Growth Fund
Micha Capital Mgmt., Newport Beach, Calif.
John Paul Micha Long, focusing on pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Some options and leverage. Prime broker: UBS PaineWebber
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Marc Wolf
April 6 $1 4/11/01
Focus Europa II
Focus Group, New York
Marco Fila
Mazen Jabban
European long/short equity Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda
April 1 $10 4/11/01