| Fund |
Portfolio managers, Management company |
Strategy |
Service providers | Launch | Equity at Launch (Mil.) | Hedge
Fund
Alert
Issue |
Tidewater Partners Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Bradley Tuyn
Tidewater Capital Mgmt., West Palm Beach, Fla. 866-856-8433 |
Real estate finance |
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Ennis Pellum |
Nov. |
|
12/22/04 |
Optimal Asia Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Warwick Johnson Optimal Fund Mgmt., Sydney 61-29-229-1834 |
Asia (except
Japan) equity long/short |
Prime brokers: Morgan Stanley, UBS
Law firm: Deacons
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: HSBC |
Dec. |
$4.2 |
12/22/04 |
Letterman Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Mike Schantz
GTS Capital Mgmt., San Francisco 415-354-2850 |
U.S. equity, long/short directional |
Prime broker: Baypoint Trading
Law firm: Securities Law Center
Auditor: Harb Levy |
Jan. 1 |
$1 |
12/22/04 |
Reservoir Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Kelly and John Gasink Reservoir Investment Partners, San Francisco 415-354-2866 |
Multi-strategy fund of funds |
|
Feb. 1 |
$4.5 |
12/22/04 |
Selective Asset Long-Biased Equity Hedge Fund
Domicile: Toronto |
Robert J. McWhirter Selective Asset Mgmt., Toronto
416-640-4237 |
Long-biased |
Prime broker: T.D. Prime
Law firm: McMillan Binch
Auditor: Silver Gold |
Dec. 1 |
<$1 |
12/15/04 |
Selective Asset Short-Biased Equity Hedge Fund
Domicile: Toronto |
Robert J. McWhirter Selective Asset Mgmt., Toronto
416-640-4237 |
Short-biased |
Prime broker: T.D. Prime
Law firm: McMillan Binch
Auditor: Silver Gold |
Dec. 1 |
<$1 |
12/15/04 |
Selective Asset Long/Short Fund of Funds
Domicile: Toronto |
Robert J. McWhirter Selective Asset Mgmt., Toronto
416-640-4237 |
Fund of funds with equal mix of long and short hedge funds |
Law firm: McMillan Binch
Auditor: Silver Gold |
Dec. 1 |
<$1 |
12/15/04 |
Akamatsu Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Philip Kay and Bill Gallagher PCE Investors, London
44-207-664-4600 |
Long/short Japanese equity |
Prime broker: Credit Suisse First Boston
Law firms: Walkers (Caymans); White & Case (Japan); Herrick Feinstein (U.S.)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: PFPC |
Jan. |
$10-15 |
12/15/04 |
Eiger Oil Fund
Domicile: British Virgin Islands |
Eiger Energy Managers, British Virgin Islands 412-2318-6252 |
Energy fund of funds |
Law firm: Maples & Calder
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: TMF Fund Administration |
Jan. |
$1 |
12/15/04 |
Vasishta South Asia Fund
Domicile: Mauritius
(see article) |
Ramasastry Ambarish SRB2 Group, New York 212-684-9288 |
Long/short equity, India |
Prime broker: Kotak Securities
Law firm: Greenberg & Traurig
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Multiconsult |
Dec. |
$15 |
12/15/04 |
Pivot Capital Advisors
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Stephen Prince Pivot Capital Advisors, Greenwich, Conn. 917-841-5002 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Bisys |
Mar. 1 |
|
12/15/04 |
Sparx Value Creation Investors Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Shuhei Abe
Sparx Value GP, New York 212-452-5000 |
Japan-focused activist (began marketing in November) |
Law firm: Goodwin Proctor
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
Aug.'04 |
$7 |
12/15/04 |
Saxo Global Currency Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Steen Jakobsen Saxo Bank, Copenhagen
45-3-977-4000 |
Currencies |
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
Jan. 1 |
|
12/08/04 |
Proteom Long Volatility Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bermuda |
Jonathan Kinlay Proteom Capital Mgmt., Bermuda 212-786-1781 |
Long volatility arbitrage using derivatives on equities and indices |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firms: Appleby Spurling (offshore) and Coudert Brothers (U.S.)
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Bisys |
Dec. 1 |
$20 |
12/01/04 |
RedSky Asymmetric Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Kurt Winters and Conrad Leifur RedSky Mgmt., Minneapolis 612-659-4400 |
Long/short, small- cap |
Law firm: Faegry & Benson
Auditor: Ernst & Young |
January |
|
12/01/04 |
Quarry Point Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Roger Gordon and Barry Schwartz Quarry Point Partners, Chicago 312-223-0156 |
High-yield, capital- structure arbitrage |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: KMZ Rosenman
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: RK Consulting |
1Q-05 |
$50+ |
11/17/04 |
Origin Low Net Exposure Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Buzz Burlock
Origin Capital Mgmt., San Francisco 415-277-5591 |
Healthcare (fund opening to outside investors Dec. 1) |
Prime brokers: Banc of America and Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Shartsis Friese
Auditor: Ernst & Young |
Jan. 2003 |
|
11/17/04 |
OTA Multi-Strategy Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Sanjay Dasgupta, Jim Prusko, Tom Rutledge, Sara Zervos and Carlos Cervetti
OTA Financial, Purchase, N.Y. 914-460-4060 |
Multi-strategy |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: GlobeOp |
Sept. 16 |
$100 |
11/17/04 |
Nite Capital Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Kenneth Wruk, John Prinz and Keith Goodman
Nite Capital, Libertyville, Ill.
847-968-2655 |
PIPEs |
Law firm: Synergy Law
Auditor: Altschuler Melvoin |
Sept. 1 |
$5 |
11/17/04 |
(Undisclosed)
Domicile: Luxembourg |
Emmanuel Martin Fortis Investments, Paris
32-2-274-8409 |
Global, convertible-bond arbitrage |
Prime broker: Citigroup |
|
€10 |
11/10/04 |
Brick Funds of Funds
Domicile: Jersey
(see article) |
Unigestion,
Geneva
41-22-704-4245 |
Convertible-bond arbitrage, event- driven, foreign exchange, futures trading, global macro, long/short with long bias, long/short with variable bias, and long/short with no bias |
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Euro VL |
Sept. 7 |
|
11/10/04 |
Sealy Capital
Domicile: U.S. |
Alan Weichselbaum Sealy Asset Mgmt., New York
212-803-7031 |
U.S. small- and micro-cap value equities with long bias |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan Auditor: Rothstein Kass |
Nov. 1 |
$5-7 |
11/03/04 |
Britannic World Markets Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
James Stewart Britannic Asset Management Glasgow, Scotland
44-141-222-8000 |
Long/short |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
Oct. 28 |
$20 |
11/03/04 |
IMT Investing
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Graeme Smith PCE Investors, London 44-207-664-4727 |
Long/short |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: PFPC |
Nov. 1 |
$6 |
11/03/04 |
Centrix Loan Participation Portfolio
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Glen Beigel and Robert Doeberl Cogent Asset Mgmt., Fairfield, Conn.
516-944-4050 |
Auto finance |
Law firm: Katten Muchin Administrator: Meridian |
Nov. 1 |
$31 |
11/03/04 |
(Undisclosed)
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands (see article) |
Abe Bronchtein AJB Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-500-3100 |
Long/short, event driven |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Schulte Roth Administrator: Goldman Sachs |
Nov. 1 |
$15+ |
11/03/04 |
Maple Leaf Macro Volatility Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Michael Wexler and George Castrounis Maple Leaf Capital, London
44-207-659-9400 |
Multi-asset macro volatility trading |
Prime brokers: Fimat, CSFB
Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: RSM Robson Rhodes
Administrator: Bisys |
Nov. 1 |
$25 |
10/27/04 |
The Mosaic Vitruvian Technology Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Scott Nirenbirsky Mosaic Asset Mgmt., San Francisco 415-544-6108 |
Long/short technology |
Prime broker: CSFB
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: Ernst & Young |
Nov. 1 |
|
10/27/04 |
RBR Capital
Domicile: U.S. |
Rob Rotter
RBR Capital Mgmt., New York 310-640-6665 |
U.S. long/short |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Goldstein Golub |
Sept. 1 |
$20 |
10/20/04 |
Stonefly Partners
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Britt McLoy
Stonefly Capital Mgmt., Boston 617-574-6126 |
U.S. long/short |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Foley Hoag
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Gravity Financial |
Jan. 1 |
$10 |
10/20/04 |
Iyber CSA Master Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Andy Berner and Dillen Iyavoo Iyber Capital Mgmt., London 44-207-592-1330 |
Capital-structure arbitrage |
Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC |
Aug. |
$21 |
10/13/04 |
Steeple Capital Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
John J. Regan Steeple Capital, New York 212-622-7842 |
Healthcare |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Shartsis Fries
Auditor: Ernst & Young |
Nov. 1 |
$120 |
10/13/04 |
Moda Partners Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Michael Keohane Moda Partners, New York 212-622-7827 |
Consumer retail |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Eisner Administrator: Rothstein Kass |
Jan. 1 |
$150 |
10/13/04 |
International Energy Investors
Domicile: British Virgin Islands
(see article) |
Charles O'Donnell Lake Asset Mgmt., London 44-207-495-4939 |
North American and European energy securities |
Prime broker: Merrill Lynch Law firm: Ashurst
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Maitland |
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10/13/04 |
Kettlecreek Small Cap Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Rick Phillips and Brad Lawson Kettlecreek Investment Partners, Westport, Conn.
203-682-4559 |
U.S long/short small-cap equities |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Cobb & Eisenberg Auditor: Goldstein Golub |
Nov 1. |
$10 |
10/06/04 |
Op 1. Alpha Advanced Global Futures Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
H. Jin Khang
PCE Investors, London 44-207-664-4727 |
Managed futures |
Prime broker: Man Financial Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: PFPC International |
Oct. |
|
10/06/04 |
Highland Asian Opportunity Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Andrew Kaleel Highland Capital Mgmt., Sydney 61-29-267-9433 |
Multi-strategy quantitative |
Prime broker: Credit Suisse First Boston
Law firm: Quin & Hampson
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Citco |
July |
$5.5 |
10/06/04 |
Murifield Return Enhancement Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Geoffrey Stern
Muirfield Capital Mgmt., New York 212-332-2500 |
Fund of funds with leverage |
Law firm: Seward & Kissel Auditor: Deloitte Touche Administrator: SEI |
Nov 1. |
$50 |
09/29/04 |
Armajaro Commodities Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Neill Brennan
Armajaro Asset Mgmt., London 44-207-647-3166 |
Metals and energy trading fund. Funded internally since January. |
Prime broker: Cargill
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
Oct. 1 |
$3.5 |
09/29/04 |
Galatea Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Olivier Ginguene Pictet Asset Mgmt., Geneva 41-58-323-2464 |
Equity market- neutral |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: B&L Goodbody Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Citco |
|
€12 |
09/29/04 |
Third Coast Capital
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article) |
David May and Clark Davis Third Coast Capital, Austin, Texas 917-922-2222 |
Long/short U.S. equities |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Deloitte Touche |
Jan. 1 |
|
09/29/04 |
Topiary Fund for Benefit Plan Investors
Domicile: U.S. |
Ray Nolte
DB Absolute Return Strategies, New York
888-262-0695 |
Diversified fund of funds |
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Oct. 1 |
|
09/22/04 |
Hardel Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Tim Biggam
Hardel Capital, Appleton, Wis. 920- 830-1585 |
Market neutral, arbitrage |
Prime broker: Man Financial Law firm: Michael Scher Auditor: Spicer Jeffries |
October |
$5 |
09/22/04 |
Global Target Fund/Global Target Plus
Domicile: Cayman Islands (see article) |
Parker Global Strategies, Stamford, Conn.
203-358-4000 |
Global fixed-income relative-value |
|
October |
$30 |
09/22/04 |
Pike Place Offshore
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Alan Ware and Stefan Mykytiuk
Pike Place Capital Mgmt., New York
212- 277-5660 |
Long/short |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Eisner & Co.
Administrator: Eisner & Co. |
Nov. 1 |
|
09/15/04 |
Talkeetna Strategic Commodity Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bermuda
(see article) |
Mike Ortiz
KOR Capital Mgmt., Aspen, Colo.
970-925-9004 |
Macro-commodities |
Law firm: Faegre & Benson
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Fulcrum |
Nov. 1 |
$20 |
09/15/04 |
BGB Weston FX Volatility Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Greg Ford
BGB Weston, London
44-207-451-1518 |
Foreign-exchange options arbitrage |
Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, UBS
Law firm: SJ Berwin
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco Fund Services |
August |
|
08/25/04 |
Pearl Street Fund
Domicle: U.S.
(see article) |
Andy Cummings
Pearl Street Capital, St. Louis
314-336-3144 |
Long/short equity, with focus on electricity sector |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Cobb & Eisenberg
Auditor: AM&G, Simon Lesser |
October |
$10-20 |
08/25/04 |
Claros Real Estate Securities Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Richard Mack and Bradford Wildauer
Claros Mgmt., New York
212-515-3200 |
Credit-based, focused on commercial MBS, loans and notes |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche |
June |
$25 |
08/25/04 |
Coastal Partners Emerging Growth Fund
Domicile: Bahamas
(see article) |
Robert Henrich Coastal Partners, Bahamas 860-763-4140 |
Equity long/short |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs Auditor: Casey McGrath Administrator: Olympia Capital |
Aug. |
|
08/18/04 |
Proteom Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bermuda
(see article) |
Jonathan Kinlay Proteom Capital Mgmt., Bermuda
888-736-6650 |
U.S. equity multi-strategy |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Coudert Brothers
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Spear Leeds |
Sept. 1 |
$10-25 |
08/11/04 |
Pinnebog Strategic Intermediate Term Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Paul Lewis
Snowflake Capital Asset Mgmt., Dallas
214-855-2090 |
Long/short, opportunistic |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Davis Beverly
Auditor: Ernst & Young |
Oct. 1 |
$25 |
08/04/04 |
Saffron U.S. Equities Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Clint Dove
Saffron Capital Mgmt., London 44-207-664-4727 |
U.S. long/short |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: PFPC |
Aug. |
|
08/04/04 |
Lattanzio Equity Partners
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
John Lattanzio Lattanzio Mgmt., New York 212-849-6664 |
U.S. long/short |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs |
Aug. |
|
08/04/04 |
SciVest Net Short Equity Fund
Domicile: Canada |
John Schmitz
SciVest Capital Mgmt., Toronto 866-599-2400 |
Net short, equities |
Prime broker: RBC Global Services
Law firm: Fasken Martineau
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Royal Trust |
July 9 |
$2.5 |
07/28/04 |
Mirador Diversified Fund Mirador Offshore Diversified Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands |
Michael Parker and Seema Hingorani Mirador Capital Mgmt., New York 212-245-2220 |
Long/short equity (oil and gas, financials, media, consumer sectors) |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Ropes & Gray
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrators: Cogent (U.S.) and Bisys (Cayman) |
Sept. 1 |
$100 |
07/21/04 |
Cydonia Capital
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Robert Kim
Cydonia Capital Mgmt., New York 212-808-7350 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass Administrator: Olympia |
July 1 |
$100 |
07/21/04 |
Linden Capital
Domicile: U.S. & Bermuda |
Joe Wong
Linden Advisors, New York 646-840-3500 |
Equity volatility arbitrage and capital structure arbitrage |
Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bank of New York |
Aug 1 |
|
07/14/04 |
Rock Crest Capital
Domicile: U.S.
(see article) |
Greg and Mark McCall Rock Crest Capital, New York 203-899-0129 |
Technology long/short |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator: Banc of America |
May |
|
07/14/04 |
Trafalgar Volatility Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Lee Robinson and Sean Laird Trafalgar Asset Managers, London 44-207-563-9402 |
Volatility arbitrage |
Prime brokers: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs
Law firms: Walkers, Couldert
Auditor: RSM
Administrator: Tranaut |
Aug. 1 |
$20 |
07/14/04 |
Marin Credit Arbitrage Fund
(see article) |
Derek Dunn
Marin Capital, San Rafael, Calif. 415-482-1553 |
Credit arbitrage |
Law firm: Sidley Austin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Bank of New York |
Aug. 1 |
|
07/14/04 |
Occam Funds
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Exis Capital Mgmt., New York and Quantitative Equity Strategies, Denver
212-893-7900 |
Synthetic convertible arbitrage |
Prime Broker: Credit Suisse First Boston
Law Firm: Warshaw Burstein
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bank of New York |
August |
$20 |
07/14/04 |
Optima Emerging Markets Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Bermuda
(see article) |
Optima Fund Mgmt.,
New York 212-484-5523 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Skadden Arps, Conyers Dill
Auditor: Deloitte Touche
Administrator: Meridian Corp. Services |
July 1 |
$10+ |
07/07/04 |
PrimFund Diversified
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Remo Kranzlin Primores
Investment Mgmt.,
Zurich 41-43-497-2470 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Stuarts
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Citco |
May |
|
07/07/04 |
Picus Venator Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
William Healey, Robert Hartmann and Charlotte Coltman
Picus Capital Mgmt., London
44-207-667-6592 |
Long/short credit |
Prime broker: Credit Suisse First Boston Law firms: Schulte Roth, Maples & Calder Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC |
July 1 |
$25 |
06/30/04 |
MSW Capital Partners
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands (see article) |
Steve Manzari
MSW Asset Mgmt., Short Hills, N.J. 973-379-4999 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan Auditor: Rothstein Kass Administrator: Goldman Sachs |
Aug. 1 |
|
06/30/04 |
Rhombus Capital Managment Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
David Fiszel
Rhombus Capital Mgmt., New York 646-289-7700 |
Long/short equity: media |
Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Sidley Austin
Auditor: Goldstein Golub Administrator: Goldman Sachs |
July 1 |
$250-400 |
06/30/04 |
Auriel Global Macro Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Larry Abele, Anoosh Lachin and Asif Noor Auriel Capital Mgmt., London
44-207-495-4006 |
Global macro |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: PFPC |
Aug. 2 |
$20 |
06/23/04 |
Capstone Special Purpose Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
John R. Rice 3d and Joseph F. Ingrassia Capstone Capital Mgmt., New York 212-755-3636 |
Fixed-income market neutral |
Auditor: Markspaneth & Shron
Administrator: Caledonian |
July 1 |
$3 |
06/23/04 |
(To be determined)
Domicile: U.S. |
Randolph Minor Greenway Asset Mgmt., Alexandria, Va. 917-968-2760 |
Long/short, quantitative |
Prime broker: Merrill Lynch
Law firm: Michael Scher
Auditor: Spicer Jeffries
Administrator: Fund Solutions |
July 1 |
$1 |
06/23/04 |
Julius Baer Junior Markets Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Timothy A.C. Haywood
and Paul McNamara
Julius Baer, London
44-207-711-6685 |
Fixed-income |
Law firms: Simmons & Simmons
and Maples & Calder
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: IFS |
Nov. 1 |
$200+ |
06/16/04 |
Strategic Equity Conservative Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Jim Chen and John Chen Strategic Equity Capital,
New York 212-207-6543 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Admiral |
3rd Qtr. |
$5 |
06/16/04 |
Chatham Asset Partners Short Credit Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Larry Buchalter,
Anthony Melcciore and Tom Reedy Chatham Asset Mgmt.,
Chatham, N.J. 973-701-2430 |
Shorts high-yield bond index |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Goldman Sachs |
July 1 |
|
06/09/04 |
Comstock Hedge Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Alan Alpers and Bud Leedom
Comstock Investment Advisors,
Reno, Nevada 775-828-4200 |
Long/short equity, growth biased |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Dechert Price
Auditor: Moss Adams
Administrator: Price Meadows |
May 1 |
$0.2 |
06/09/04 |
Alpha Equity Global Market Neutral Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Kevin Means and Vince Fioramonti
Alpha Equity Mgmt., Avon, Conn.
860-763-4140 |
Market-netural |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Cobb & Eisenberg
Auditor: Fulvio Associates
Administrator: Cohen & Assoc. |
June 1 |
|
06/09/04 |
Whalehaven Capital
Domicile: U.S. |
Alan Donenfeld Whalehaven Capital, New York
212-593-3157 |
Reg D, event-driven |
Law firm: ReedSmith
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Consolidated Funds |
May 1 |
$8 |
06/09/04 |
Lotus Partners
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Alan Vinjamur
Lotus Partners Mgmt., New York
646-840-5408 |
Quantitative trading |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Bryan Cave
Administrator: Citco |
August |
|
06/09/04 |
Robbins Opportunity Partners
Domicile: U.S & Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Robert Robbins Robbins Mgmt., San Diego 858-546-4336 |
Long/short equity. Funded internally since 1999. |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Sims Moss
Auditor: Kaufman Rossin
Administrator: Hedgeworks |
|
$11 |
06/09/04 |
DCM Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
James Chou Dragon Capital Mgmt., Newport News, Va. 757-873-1821 |
Quantitative, multi- strategy commodity |
Auditor: Fiondella Milone |
July 1 |
$0.3 |
06/02/04 |
TT Event Driven Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Tim Tacchi and Roger Bernheim
TT International, London 44-207-410-3562 |
Event-driven |
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
May 17 |
$30 |
05/26/04 |
Structured Finance Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Christopher Engelman, Joel Jastromb and Alan Cole Cedar Hill Associates, Chicago
847-861-8330 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Schwartz Cooper
Auditor: American Express
Administrator: Harneys |
June |
$20 |
05/26/04 |
Xavex SICAV Dynamic Alternative Portfolio Index
Domicile: Luxembourg |
Xavex Advisors, Luxembourg 44-207-547-3199 |
Mutual fund tied to S&P hedge-fund indices |
|
May 27 |
$360 |
05/26/04 |
Tenet Capital Partners Convertible Opportunity
Domicile: U.S. |
Jon Hankins
Tenet Asset Mgmt., Knoxville, Tenn. 865-544-0500 |
Convertible-bond arbitrage |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Olympia |
April 1 |
$10 |
05/19/04 |
Alpine Analytics Capital Partners
Domicile: U.S. |
William M. Abbate and Seth Blumenthal
Alpine Analytics Mgmt., New York 646-536-3744 |
Market-neutral |
Prime broker: Assent
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass |
June 1 |
$10 |
05/19/04 |
Churchill Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Cecilia Brancato Brancato & Assoc., New York 212-951-7522 |
Long/short, growth |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass |
March 1 |
$6 |
05/19/04 |
Lucas Energy Total Return Offshore
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(See article) |
George Lucas, Russell Lucas and Ashton Lee
Lucas Capital Mgmt., Red Bank, N.J. 732-758-1004 |
Long/short energy |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Eisner & Co.
Administrator: Olympia |
May 1 |
$200 |
05/19/04 |
Acceleration Mercury 4X
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Curtis Faith and Yuri Plyam Acceleration Capital Mgmt., Northridge, Calif.
818-998-2435 |
Multi-strategy, commodities |
|
April 1 |
$0.7 |
05/19/04 |
Oppenheim Attica Multi-Hedge Fund
Domicile: Austria |
James Hedges and Robert Van Maasdijk
Attica LJH Investment Management, London
44-207-399-2700 |
Fund of funds |
|
May 21 |
€25 |
05/12/04 |
| Anglian Commodities Fund |
Julian Barrowcliffe Vega Plus Capital Partners, New York
212-754-9762 |
Relative-value intially focused on energy |
|
3rd Qtr. |
$100 |
05/12/04 |
OneWorld Emerging Macro Fund I
Domicile U.S.
(See article) |
Ignacio Sosa and David Dali OneWorld Investments, Boston
212-692-3633 |
Emerging markets, debt, currency and equity |
Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Foley Hoag
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: SEI Investments |
Feb. |
$26 |
05/12/04 |
Linnaeus Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Carlos Asilis and Darshan Bhatt
Vega Plus Capital Partners, New York
212-754-9762 |
Global-macro |
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Investor Fund Services |
May |
$100 |
05/12/04 |
Severn River
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands |
Scott Roth
Severn River Capital Management, Greenwich, Conn.
203 971-3610 |
Global, multi-strategy arbitrage |
Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Law firm: Seward & Kissel |
July 1 |
$500 |
05/12/04 |
DC Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Richard Smithline DC Opportunity Advisors, New York
212-581-5150 |
Regulation D |
Law firms: Katten Muchin and Maples & Calder Auditor: Rothstein Kass Administrator: CIBC |
June 1 |
|
05/12/04 |
SoundView Capital-U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Carl Napolitano SoundView Capital Management, Rye, N.Y. 914-925-0200 |
Systematic, discretionary zero-coupon bond arbitrage |
Prime broker: Refco Securities
Law firms: Sidley Austin and Maples & Calder
Auditor: Rothstein Kass Administrator: CIBC |
April |
$15 |
05/12/04 |
T2 Qualified
Domicile: U.S. |
Glenn Tongue and
Whitney Tilson T2 Partners,
New York 212-386-7160 |
U.S. equity, long/short |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg |
May 15 |
$5 |
05/05/04 |
Old Mutual Asia Pacific Equity Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Les Jones and Simon Weston Old Mutual Fund Managers,
London 207-332-7500 |
Asian and U.S. equity, long/short |
Prime broker: UBS
Adminstrator: Bisys |
May |
|
05/05/04 |
Old Mutual U.S. Specialist Equity Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Terry Ewing and Ann Hall Old Mutual Fund Managers, London
207-332-7500 |
U.S. equity, long/short |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs Administrator: Bisys |
May |
|
05/05/04 |
Anthem Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
William Derosa Jr. Anthem Capital Management, Avon, Conn.
860-305-5468 |
Long-biased, with focus on small and mid-cap stocks |
Prime broker: Instinet
Law firm: Michael Scher |
June 1 |
$0.5 |
04/28/04 |
BTN Partners
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Joshua Feuerman BTN Partners, Greenwich Conn.
203-625-4795 |
Long/short equity, with focus on large-cap stocks |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Day Berry |
4th Qtr. |
$20 |
04/28/04 |
Henderson U.K. Fundamental Long Short Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Alex Crooke, Job Curtis and James Henderson Henderson Global Investors, London 44-207-818-3140 |
European long/short equity |
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Bisys |
June 30 |
$50 |
04/28/04 |
Neuberger Berman Technology I&II
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Dan Niles
Neuberger Berman Technology Management,
San Francisco
415-274-5240 |
Technology, long/short |
Prime broker: Lehman Brothers
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bisys |
March 1 |
$100 |
04/21/04 |
Magnum Optimized Portfolio Fund
Domicile: Bahamas |
Dion Friedland Magnum Fund Management,
Miami
305-935-7544 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Fitzgerald & Fitzgerald
Auditor: BDO Mann Judd
Administrator: Genesis Fund Services |
April 1 |
$5 |
04/21/04 |
Man-Glenwood Lexington TEI
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Glenwood Capital Investments, Chicago 312-881-6800 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: SEI Investments |
April 2 |
|
04/14/04 |
Pisces Capital
Domicile: U.S. |
Josh Fischer Pisces Capital Management, New York 212-527-8215 |
Special situation/value |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: BDO Seidman |
April 1 |
|
04/14/04 |
Schultze Offshore Fund
Domicile Cayman Isands |
George Schultze Schultze Asset Management, Purchase, N.Y.
914-701-5260 |
Special situations, distressed |
Prime broker: Banc of America, UBS
Law firm: Quin & Hampson
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Caledonia |
April 1 |
$17 |
04/07/04 |
Olympia Star II Plus (Euro) Class
Domicile: Bermuda |
Olympia Capital Management Paris
33-1-49-53-73-29 |
Leveraged fund of funds |
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Olympia Capital |
April 1 |
|
04/07/04 |
Apis Capital Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(See article) |
Steven Werber
Apis Capital Advisors, Old Greenwich, Conn.
203-364-8337 |
Global long/short equity |
Prime broker: Goldman
Sachs Law firm: Sadis &
Goldberg Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: Spectrum Global Fund Administration |
April |
|
04/07/04 |
Deephaven Event-Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Jeffrey Applebaum Deephaven Capital Mgmt.,
Minnetonka, Minn.
952-249-5700 |
Event-arbitrage |
Prime broker: Deutsche Bank
Law firm: Sidley & Austin
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Bank of Butterfield |
April 1 |
$100 |
03/31/04 |
Sonic Fund II
Domicile: U.S. |
Sonic Capital Mgmt.,
Boston
617-837-2801 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Nixon Peabody
Auditor: KPMG |
April 1 |
$10 |
03/31/04 |
Wessex Natural Resource Fund
Domicile:
Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Wessex Asset Mgmt.,
London
44-207-659-2893 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firms: Mischcon De Reya, Maples and Calder
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: PFPC |
May 1 |
$30 |
03/31/04 |
JCH Global Futures Fund
Domicile: Bermuda
(See article) |
JCH Capital Mgmt.,
London
44-207-152-6931 |
Managed futures |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: SJ Berwin
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda |
May 17 |
|
03/31/04 |
NextFUNDS
Domicile: U.S. & British Virgin Islands |
Sasha Talebi
Veros Capital Management, Irvine, Calif.
949-250-0000, ext. 3429 |
Quantitative, long/short equity |
Prime broker: CS First Boston Law firms: Conyers Dill (offshore) and Preston Gates (U.S.)
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche Administrator: Fulcrum |
May 2 |
$7.5 |
03/24/04 |
Auroria Hedged Equities
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Roxanne Martino, Anita Rival
Rosenberg,
Scott Schweighauser and Justin Sheperd
Harris Alternatives, Chicago
312-762-6737 |
Fund of funds, targeting long/short managers |
Law firm: Sidley Austin Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Bisys |
April 1 |
$35 |
03/24/04 |
Cohn Financial Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Larry Cohn
Cohn Management,
New York
212-499-1380 |
Equity, with focus on financial services |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: DPM |
March 1 |
$7 |
03/17/04 |
Mayer & Hoffman High Alpha Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Mayer & Hoffman Capital Advisors,
New York
212-400-7872 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator: SEI Investments |
Jan. 1 |
$25 |
03/17/04 |
Mayer & Hoffman Low Beta Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Mayer & Hoffman Capital Advisors,
New York
212-400-7872 |
Multi-strategy fund of funds |
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator: SEI Investments |
April 1 |
$10 |
03/17/04 |
Wimbledon Axis Asia
Domicile: Bahamas |
George Philips Axis Capital Mgmt.,
London 44-207-437-7500 |
Asia |
Law firm: KMZ Rosenmann
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Swiss Financial |
March 1 |
$10 |
03/10/04 |
BAWAG S&P Hedge Fund Index Fund
Domicile: Austria |
BAWAG PSK, Vienna, Austria
43-124-1022-2990 |
Tracks S&P Hedge Fund Index |
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: BAWAG |
April 1 |
|
03/10/04 |
Eight Winds Partners
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Jim Hansel
Eight Winds Capital, Old Greenwich, Conn.
203-409-3938 |
Technology stocks |
Prime brokers: UBS, Sanders Morris
Law firm: Seward & Kissel Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco |
April 1
|
|
03/03/04 |
Federal Street Multistrategy
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
Ed Barksdale Federal Street Partners, Stamford, Conn.
203-961-0408 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Finn Dixon
Auditor: Deloitte Touche
Administrator: Federal Street |
April 1
|
$30 |
03/03/04 |
Acorn Partners LP
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Robert Rosenkranz Acorn Capital Mgmt., New York 212-303-4375 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Schulte Roth Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: EQ Services |
Dec. |
$150 |
03/03/04 |
Alexis Capital Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Howard Deverett Deverett Group, Boca Raton, Fla. 561-962-2778 |
Fund of funds |
Law firm: Charles Hall Jr. Auditor: Eichler Bergsman |
March 1 |
$1 |
03/03/04 |
AM Investment T Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands |
Adam Stern
AM Investment Partners, New York 212-508-8904 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco |
March |
|
02/25/04 |
Galileo Capital Management
Domicile: U.S. |
John Collins
Galileo Capital Partners, New York 212-207-6565 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Bryan Cave
Auditor: Eisner |
March 1 |
|
02/25/04 |
Huntrise Market Neutral
Domicile: U.S. |
Kevin Gates
TFS Capital, Richmond, Va. 610-399-8548 |
Long/short equity |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns Auditor: McGladrey & Pullen Administrator: J.H. Cohn |
Jan. 2 |
$4 |
02/18/04 |
Sabre Long/Short Style Fund
Domicile U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Dan Jelicic, Patrick Dugue Sabre Fund Mgmt., London 44-207-316-2801 |
Quantitative long/short equity |
Prime broker: Deutsche Bank Law firm: Maples & Calder Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Bisys |
Feb. 1 |
$2 |
02/18/04 |
E&P Strategic Partners
Domicile: U.S. |
Mark Fischer
Fischer-Seitz Capital Partners, Lyons, Colo.
303-823-2439 |
Long/short oil and gas stocks |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs Law firm: Seward & Kissel Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers |
Jan. 9 |
$0.8 |
02/18/04 |
FTSEhx Fund SPC
Domicile: Cayman Islands |
MSS Capital, London
44-207-463-3980 |
Index-linked fund of funds |
Law firm: City Law, Decherts
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: DPM |
March |
|
02/11/04 |
Mellon HBV Convertible Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands |
Mikey Harley
Mellon HBV Alternative Strategies, New York
212-922-7859 |
Convertible arbitrage |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Skadden Arps
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Fortis |
August 2003 |
$7 |
02/11/04 |
Longship Multi-strategy Debt Fund
Domicile: British Virgin Islands |
William Wadden 4th.
Longship Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-601-2414 |
Global diversified fixed-income fund of funds focuses on low leverage strategies |
Law firm: Lederer Nojima
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: HFS |
Feb. 1 |
$6 |
02/11/04 |
King StarFish Hedge Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Zoe Schyndel and Paul Soo
King StarFish Capital Mgmt., Miami
786-246-7299 |
Equity |
Prime broker: M.S. Howells
Law firm: Goodwin Proctor
Auditor: Eisner |
June |
$20 |
02/11/04 |
Reva Fund
Domicile: British Virgin Islands |
Pankaj Vaish
PV Capital Mgmt., New York
212-259-2661 |
Aggresive global macro |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: KMZ Rosenman
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Olympia |
February |
$7 |
02/11/04 |
Liberty Street High Income Partners
Domicile: U.S. |
Tom Greene
Liberty Street Fund Management, Athens, Ga. 706-549-8338 |
Options |
Prime broker: Spear Leads Law firm: Michael Lapate Auditor: Miller Ray Administrator: Miller Ray |
January |
|
02/04/04 |
Aurarian Capital
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) |
Jason Gold
Aurarian Capital Management, New York 212 315-8520 |
Small-cap, technology stocks |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs Law firm: Seward & Kissel Auditor: Deloitte & Touche Administrator: Goldman Sachs |
March 1 |
|
02/04/04 |
Prides Capital Partner sFund
Domicile: U.S. & Bermuda
(see article) |
Kevin Richardson Prides Capital, Boston 617-778-9200 |
Activist fund targeting small- and micro-cap companies |
Prime broker: Bear Stearns Law firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: Bisys |
Feb. 15 |
$100 |
02/04/04 |
Cuadrar Partnership
Domicile: U.S. |
Brian Barish Cambiar Investors,
Denver 303-302-9000 |
Global, equity, long/short |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Berenbaum Weinshank
Auditor: Century Business Svcs. |
Jan 2 |
$5 |
01/28/04 |
Pond Point Partners
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article) |
Michael Schram
Schram Capital Management, Stamford, Conn.
203-352-0429 |
Convertible arbitrage |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco |
March |
$10 |
01/23/04 |
Alpha Equity International Market Neutral Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Kevin Means and Vince Fioramonti
Alpha Equity Management, Avon, Conn.
860-773-6510 |
Market-neutral |
Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Cobb & Eisenberg
Auditor: Fulvio & Associates
Administrator: Cohen & Assoc. |
Jan. 1 |
$0.9 |
01/16/04 |
Stillwater Spectrum Multi-Strategy Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands |
Richard Rudy
Stillwater Capital Partners, New York
212 629-7952 |
Multi-strategy |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Ellenoff Grossman
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: Admiral |
Jan 1 |
$3 |
01/16/04 |
Gemini Master Fund
Domicile: U.S. |
Steve Winters and Richard Yakomin
Gemini Investment Strategies, Parsippany, N.J.
973-404-1350 |
Convertible-bond arbitrage, special situations |
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Administrator: RK Consulting |
Jan. 12 |
$70 |
01/16/04 |
