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Long Trail
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article)
Brian Stack
Long Trail Investment Mgmt., Boston
617-310-5111
Long/short small- and mid-cap stocks in North America Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: Deloitte
Administrator: Hedgeworks
Jan. 3   12/14/05
MG Collateralized Debt Fund
Domicile: British Virgin Islands

Jericho All-Weather Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Dion Friedland
Magnum Fund Mgmt., Nassau
242-322-5448
Glenn Shwatt
SRKD Mgmt., Boca Raton, Fla.
561-989-0091
Diversified pool of short-term notes backed by hard assets Law firm: Maitland & Co.
Law firm (U.S.): Akin Gump
Auditor: BDO Mann Judd
Administrator: SSC
Jan. 1 $5 12/14/05
Belstar Multi-Advisor Hedge Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
Kenneth Orr
Belstar Investment Mgmt.,
New York
212-333-6411
Multi-strategy Prime broker: Banc of America
Auditor: GGK
Administrator: Admiral
Oct. 1 $10 12/07/05
Conquistador Capital
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article)
Patrick B. Renda, Carolyn A. Rogers, Jeffrey W. Lin
Conquistador Ventures,
San Francisco
415 -677-1581
Long/short technology Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Conifer Securities
Jan. 1   12/07/05
Conquistador Crossover
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(See article)
Patrick B. Renda, Carolyn A. Rogers, Jeffrey W. Lin
Conquistador Ventures, San Francisco
415 -677-1581
Technology-focused, hybrid public and private investments Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Conifer Securities
Jan. 1   12/07/05
Pharos Small Cap Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Peter Halloran  
Pharos Financial Group,
Moscow
70-95-797-4345
Russian-centered small-cap equity Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: KPMG, Walkers
Nov. $10-15 11/30/05
GSA Capital Macro Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(See article)
Jonathan Hiscock
and Joseph Novarro  
GSA Capital Partners,
London
44-207-959-8820
Market neutral Prime brokers: Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers, Man Financial
Law firms: Seward Kissel, Maples & Calder
Auditor: Ernst & Young  
Administrator: Globe Op
Sept. 1 $100 11/16/05
India Deep Value Fund  
Domicile: Mauritius
Raj Agarwal and Robin Rodriguez  
India Capital Mgmt., New York
212-292-5240
Indian equities Prime broker: Kotak Securities Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Multiconsult
Nov.      11/16/05
Aperta Japan Long/Short Offshore Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Nick Azari  
Aperta Asset Mgmt., Denver 303-740-6788
Japanese equities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley Law firm: Seward & Kissel Auditor: Rothstein Kass Administrator: Admiral Nov.      11/16/05
Kurzman CleanTech
Domicile: U.S.
(See article)
David Kurzman
Kurzman Investment Partners, New York
917-468-0906
Long/short equity Prime broker: Jeffries & Co.
Law firm: Cohen & Czarnik
4th Qtr. $10 11/09/05
Denahi Asia Focus Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(See article)
Eswar Menon
Denahi Global Investments,
San Francisco
415-291-8125
Long/short
Asian equity
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: Deloitte Touche
Nov. $10 11/02/05
Armadillo Capital Partners
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(See article)
Patrick McMullen
Armadillo Capital, Dallas
214-414-3955
Technology equities, long/short Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Dec. 1   10/26/05
(Not yet named)
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(See article)
John Santoleri
StoneWater Capital, New York
212-207-5522
Fund of funds investing in long-biased emerging managers Law firm: Purrington Moody
Auditor: Markham & Kliegman
Administrator: Press Schonig
Jan. 1 $10-20 10/26/05
CTS Equity Market Neutral Fund 1
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(See article)
Jon Thanos and Rick Cooper
CTS Strategic Investments,
Chicago
312-244-5191
Quantitative equity market-neutral Prime broker: Merrill Lynch
Law firm: Sidley Austin
Auditor: McGladrey & Pullen
Administrator: Custom House
Oct. 1 $21 10/19/05
Ayrie Golden Eagle
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Yuanzhi Luo
OTA Asset Mgmt., Purchase, N.Y.
914-460-4090
Quantitative long/short equity Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: GlobeOp
Oct. 1 $15 10/12/05
Hedge Ventures Energy
Domicile: U.S.
Gary Pokoik
Alta Mgmt.,
Los Angeles
310-339-7873
Energy focus, long/short Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Mayer Brown
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Sept. 13 $38.8 10/12/05
Watsek Deep Value Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Randall Watsek
Watsek Value Mgmt.,
New York
646-753-2590
Deep value long/short, mostly in U.S. equities Prime broker: Merlin Securities
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Marcum & Kliegman
Oct. 1 $20 10/05/05
Conquest Volatility Relative Value Fund
Domicile: U.S.
(see article)
David Gary and Richard Silver
Conquest Capital,
New York
212-759-8777
Volatility arbitrage in currencies, fixed-income and equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Katten Muchin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: GlobeOp
Oct. 1 $35 10/05/05
Red Star Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Chris Kanaly
Red Star Capital Mgmt., Southampton, N.J.
609-801-9124
Options arbitrage Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Michael C. Scher
Auditor: Spicer Jeffries
Administrator: CCS Financial
Oct. 3 $3+ 09/28/05
Mogul Venture Fund
Domicile: U.S.
David Ratner and Jeffrey Glusman
Mogul Capital Advisors,
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
jeffrey@mcallc.com
Long/short equity Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Michael C. Scher
Auditor: Spicer Jeffries
Oct. 3 $10 09/28/05
PSolve Niche Opportunities Fund
Domicile: Guernsey
(see article)
Jabir Sardhawalla
PSigma Investments,
London
44-207-533-6999
Multi-strategy fund of funds focused on special situations Law firm: Ashurst Morris
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: HSBC
November $100 09/28/05
San Francisco Small Cap Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Tom Wyman
San Francisco Capital Mgmt.,
San Francisco
415 -288-2152
Long positions in small-cap stocks, short positions in stocks of any size Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Shartsis Friese
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Yulish & Associates
Aug. 1 $2.5 09/21/05
GraniteRidge
Domicile: U.S.
Justin Finemal
GraniteRidge Mgmt., San Diego
New York office:
212-218-7626
Insurance-premium finance Law firm: Lord Bissel & Brook
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Aug1   09/21/05
Connective Capital 1 Offshore
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Connective Capital Mgmt.,
Palo Alto, Calif.
650-331-0680
Long/short technology Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Howard Levy
Administrator: Bysis
July 1 $25 09/21/05
Energy Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
Erk Hinrichsen and Edwin Tweedy
M.D. Sass,
New York
212-730-2000
Energy arbitrage Prime broker: ABN Amro
Law firm: Sidley Austin
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Oct. $5.4 09/21/05
Tricon Forfaiting Fund
Domicile: Bermuda
Fritz vom Scheidt and Jim Johnston
Tricon Trade Mgmt.,
Toronto
416-360-1013
Trade finance payment obligations Law firm: Cox Hallett
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda-HSBC
June $123 09/14/05
TrimTabs Absolute Return Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Charles Biderman
TrimTabs Asset Mgmt.,
Sausalito, Calif.
415-462-0585
Systematic macro Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Harb Levy & Weiland
Sept. 1   09/14/05
Kinsale Harbour Fund
Domicile: Ireland
Ivo Kovachev
Kinsale Capital Mgmt.,
Dublin
35-31-799-5491
Long/short non-U.S. mid- and small-cap equities Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: A&L Goodbody
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: UBS
June 1 $30-40 09/14/05
WR Emerging Fund 1
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
John Cunningham
WR Capital Mgmt.,
Purchase, N.Y.
914-253-8599
Multi-strategy managed accounts with emerging managers Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firms: Curtis Mallet-Prevost; and Schulte Roth
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Olympia Capital
July 1 $40 09/14/05
(Name to be announced)
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Chatri Trisiripisal
(Name to be announced)
New York
646-853-0711
Global long/short Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
1Q-06   09/14/05
Clearwater Funds
Domicile: Lugano, Italy
(see article)
Maxam Capital
Darien, Conn.
203 -662-1220
Fund of funds   Oct. 1 €20 09/14/05
Visium Balanced Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Jacob Gottlieb
Visium Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-808-2351
Long/short healthcare, market-neutral. Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Morgan Stanley
Sept. 1   08/24/05
Visium Long-Biased Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Jacob Gottlieb
Visium Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-808-2351
Long-biased healthcare Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Morgan Stanley
Sept. 1   08/24/05
Phalanx Japan AustralAsia Multi-Strategy Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Christopher McGuire and Neal Brauweiler
Phalanx Capital Mgmt., Stamford, Conn.
203-504-3100
Multi-strategy investments in Pacific Rim countries, emphasizing Japan Prime broker: Barclays
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco
April 6 $2 08/24/05
BlueMountain Structured Credit
Special Situations Fund

Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article)
Andrew Feldstein BlueMountain Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-905-3905
Structured credit Law firm: Purrington Moody
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: GlobeOps
May 27 $100 08/17/05
BlueMountain Correlation Relative Value Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands  
(see article)
Andrew Feldstein BlueMountain Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-905-3905
Structured credit, relative value Law firm: Purrington Moody
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: GlobeOps
July 15 $30 08/17/05
Abria XL Fund  
Domicile: Canada and Cayman Islands
Henry Kneiss  
Abria Alternative Investments,
Toronto
416-367-4777
Fund of funds Law firms: Walkers, McMillan Binch
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Fortis
Aug. 2 $20 08/10/05
Kenmar Global Resources Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article)
Ken Shewer and Marc Goodman
Kenmar Global Investment Mgmt.,
Greenwich, Conn.  
203-861-1000
Fund of commodities funds Law firms: Katten Muchin and Walkers
Auditor: Arthur F. Bell
Administrator: Derivatives Portfolio Mgmt.
March $50 08/03/05
Ayrie Red-Tail Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Andrew Root and Jon Lopez
OTA Asset Mgmt.,
Purchase, N.Y.
914-460-4090
Long/short equity Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: GGK Administrator: GlobeOp
July 1 $40 08/03/05
Lyonheart Performance Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Michele La Bruce Lyonheart Asset Mgmt.,
Miami
954-290-5073
Foreign exchange Prime broker: FXCM
Law firm: Drohan & Drohan
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: FundAdministration
Aug. 15 $5 07/27/05
IFL Victoria Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Jose Luis Daza  
Integrated Finance,
New York
212-209-2114
Multi-strategy emerging markets Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firms: Davis Polk (U.S), Maples & Calder (Cayman Islands)
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: HSBC
Sept. 1   07/27/05
Galileo Global Horizons Fund
Domicile: U.S., Japan and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Fulvio Dobrich
Galileo Asset Management,
New York
212-812-7660
Long/short emerging markets and public-sector debt Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: White & Case
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: BISYS
Aug. 1 $200 07/20/05
SPARX Japan Value Creation Investors Fund  
Domicile: Bermuda
Shuhei Abe  
Sparx Asset Mgmt.,
Tokyo
44-207-297-4000
Japan activist Law firm: Conyer Dill
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: HSBC
July 5 $84 07/13/05
Saras Capital Kenney Oh,
Munish Puri Saras Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-332-4750
Opportunistic long/short Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissell
Nov. 1   07/13/05
QED Select Partners  
Domicile: U.S.
Douglas Dunn  
CapitalWorks QED, Flagstaff, Ariz.
415-444-0482
Equity long/short Prime broker: Lehman Brothers
Law firm: Rogers & Theobold
Auditor: Williams Benator
Administrator: Spectrum
June 1 $5 07/06/05
Mayacama U.S. Equity Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Jim Creighton and Patrick Cannon Creighton Capital Management,
San Francisco  
415-332-5900
Quantitative, market-neutral investments in U.S. equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: PWC  
Administrator: Citco
March 29 $24 07/06/05
Spectrum Investment Group
Domicile: U.S.
(offshore domicile unknown)
(see article)
John Steinhardt Spectrum Investment Group,
New York  
212-763-8225
Multi-strategy, fixed income Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Skadden Arps
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco
August   07/06/05
OBEX Parity Arbitrage Fund
Domicile: Bermuda
OBEX Investments,
New York
914-833-1800
Fixed-income arbitrage Prime broker: Fortis Securities
Law firm: Appleby Spurling
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: ICM
May 1 $10  
Beacon Rock Capital Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and British Virgin Islands
Trevor L. Taylor  
Beacon Rock Capital Partners,
Portland, Ore.
503-227-6800
Options-based statistical arbitrage Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Morris Cohen & WalkerSmiths
Auditor: Grant Thornton
Administrator: Intl. Fund Management
June 1 $20 06/29/05
Tala Partners  
U.S. and Cayman Islands
Naveen Jeereddi Tala Investments,
New York
212-907-6484
Value and event-driven in equity and debt securities Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: BDO Seidman
Administrator: Intl. Fund Services
Aug. 1 $50-$100 06/29/05
Helios Capital  
U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Samir Arora  
Helios Capital Mgmt.,
Singapore
65-6-227-0776
Long/short equity (long bias) Law firm: Rajah & Tann
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: HSBC
May   06/29/05
Agamas Continuum Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Seth Fischoff, Greg Jacobs and Michael Reeber  
Agamas Capital Mgmt.,
New York 212-380-5700
Relative value, multi-strategy investing in bonds and equity derivatives Prime brokers: Bear Stearns and Goldman Sachs  
Law firm: Sidley Austin
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC
April 1     06/22/05
Intercept Capital
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Paul Davis  
TechInvest,
Sydney
61-29-223-1821
Global equity, market neutral Prime broker: Citigroup
Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: Ernst & Young Administrator: HSBC
April 29   06/15/05
Trafalgar Advanced Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Chris Aarons, Brian Bielinski and Richard Szwagrzak  
Trafalgar Capital Mgmt., London
44-207-499-9500
European equity, market neutral Prime broker: Merrill Lynch
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: BISYS
April 1 $15 06/15/05
Nevastar Alpha-Plus  
Domicile: Luxembourg
Ignace Rotman Nevastar Finance,
London
44-207-290-3210
Multi-strategy fund of funds Law firm: Elvinger Hoss
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: European Fund Administration
Jan. 31   06/15/05
JB Convertible and High Yield Hedge Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Greg Hopper, Mary Gottshall, Johannes Wagner and Henry Hale Julius Baer Investments, London 44-207-711-6687 Convertible and junk bonds Prime broker: Citigroup
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: IFS
July 1 $120 06/15/05
RP Japan Opportunties Fund  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
Douglas Weirens RP Capital Group, London 914-682-2026 (in New York) Japan focused, event-driven Prime brokers: Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch  
Auditor: KPMG  
Administrator: Citco
June 1 $30 06/08/05
G2 Special Situations Offshore Fund  
Domicile: Curacao
Leonard Gross
and Scott Kyle G2 Capital Mgmt.,
Fort Lee, N.J. 201-346-0077
Event-driven special situations Prime brokers: Carlin Equities and Spear Leeds  
Law firm: Maitland & Co.  
Auditor: BDO Mann Judd Administrator: SS&C
April 1 $1-1.5 06/08/05
Plainfield Special Situations Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Max Holmes  
Plainfield Asset Mgmt., Greenwich, Conn.  
203-302-1740
Special situations, event-driven and distressed-company investing in debt and equities Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank  
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Spectrum
May 2 $162 06/08/05
Laurion Capital  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Benjamin A. Smith and Sheehan Maduraperuma
Laurion Capital Mgmt.,
New York
646-591-0414
Market neutral quantitative equity arbitrage and volatility arbitrage Prime brokers: Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank  
Law firm: Schulte Roth Auditor: Ernst & Young
Sept. 1   06/08/05
Kinsale Harbor Fund  
Domicile: Ireland
Ivo Kovachev, David Bradley and Gearoid Doyle  
Kinsale Capital Mgmt., Dublin 353-1-799-5499
Long/short European equities Prime broker: UBS Law firm: A&L Goodbody Auditor: KPMG Administrator: UBS Fund Services June 1 €30-40 06/08/05
Occasio Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
(see article)
Mark Minichiello and Randy Conone  
Opportunity Research Group, Los Angeles  
310-473-4411
Event-driven, U.S. equities Law firm: Wilke Farr Auditor: Altschuler Melvoin July 1   06/08/05
Peloton Fund Ron Beller and Geoff Grant Peloton Partners,
London
44-207-287-0084
Global macro/multi-strategy Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Schulte Roth & Zabel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
June 1   06/08/05
Beacon Financial Futures Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Grant Schamburg and Mark Stratton Beacon Management Corp.,
Princeton, N.J.  
609-514-1801
Exchange-traded futures in interest rates and currencies Law firm: Henderson Lyman Auditor: Deloitte & Touche May 13 $1 06/01/05
North Stone One  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
Karl A. Simmons and Sam Enoka North Stone Capital Management,
San Francisco
415-677-5864
Systematic global macro (foreign exchange) Law firms: Maples & Calder and Orrick Herrington July   06/01/05
Fontana Capital  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article)
Nicolas Nesta  
Fontana Capital,
Boston
617-399-7177
Long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firms: Foley Hoag, Walker Smith
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrators: Financial Solutions, Goldman Sachs
Feb. 1   06/01/05
TQA Event Arbitrage Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands & U.S
Dwight Eyrick  
TQA Investors, Stamford, Conn. 203-653-3000
Global event-driven, principally in equities Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Bear Stearns
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Forum Fund Services
March 1 $30 06/01/05
Old Greenwich Capital Partners
Domicile: U.S.
(see article)
Jeffrey Arsenault, Michael Maroon and Richard Hopkins
Old Greenwich Capital Partners, New York
212-808-7440
Multi-strategy fund of funds Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: Weinick Sanders
Jan. 1 $5 05/25/05
WesCap Offshore Partners 1
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Wes Pietrasik
WesCap Asset Management,
Mableton, Ga.
770-948-1717
Quantitative trading in U.S. and European Union equities Prime broker: Tradition Asiel
Law firm: Truman Bodden
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Royal Bank of Canada
May 12 $6 05/25/05
Amplitude Dynamic Trading Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Shamil Chandaria, Karsten Schroeder and Stanley Marchon
Amplitude Capital, London
44-207-152-7061
Short-term trader Prime broker: FIMAT
Law firm: Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: PFPC
June   05/25/05
Saracen Merchant Energy
Saracen Energy

Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Neil Kelley
Saracen Energy Advisors, Houston
713-285-2900
Trading in physical contracts and derivatives for energy-related commodities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Kaufman Rossin
June 1   05/25/05
Mont Pelerin Alpha Fund
Domiciled: U.S.
Charles Martin
Mont Pelerin Capital,
Newport Beach, Calif.
949-494-7504
Long/short equity Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Paul Hastings
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Citco
July 1 $250 05/25/05
Aldarra Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Ron Ward
FutureSelect Portfolio Mgmt., Redmond, Wash.
425-868-2907
Fund of funds investing with market-neutral managers Law firm: Truman Bodden
Auditor: Weinick Sanders
Administrator: FutureSelect
April 1 $5 05/18/05
Old Mutual UK Dynamic Equity Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Luke Kerr
Old Mutual Asset Managers, London
44-207-332-7500
U.K. small and mid-cap stocks, long/short Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Simmons & Simmons
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Bisys
July   05/18/05
Front Street Long-Short Income Trust Fund
Domicile: Canada and Cayman Islands
Norm Lamarche
Frank Mersch
Eric Dzuba
Prakash Hariharan
Front Street Investment Management, Toronto
416-597-9595
Long/short in Canadian income trusts Prime broker: National Bank of Canada
Law firms: McMillan Binch and Walkers
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Administrator: Royal Bank of Canada
May $5-10 05/11/05
Passport India Fund
Domicile: British Virgin Islands and U.S.
(see article)
Ravin Agrawal
Sam Gupta
Passport Capital, San Francisco
415-321-4612
Long/short Indian equity   May 1 $150+ 05/11/05
BlueStar Life Sciences
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Jonathan Lach
BlueStar Capital Management, Westport, Conn.
203- 222-1200
Fund of funds investing in healthcare vehicles Law firm: Cobb & Eisenberg and Ogier & Boxalls
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: Admiral Administration
July 1   05/11/05
Alinpa Trading
Domicile: Bahamas
Robert Karas
Kassandra Wipf
Alinpa, Pfaffikon, Switzerland
41-55-417-45 79
Discretionary global futures- trading fund Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Graham Thompson
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Swiss Financial
Feb.   05/11/05
Global Governance Partners
Domicile: Cayman Island
Guy Wyser-Pratte
Wyser-Pratte Management,
New York
646-735-5056
Equity activist fund Law firm: Schulte Roth
Administrator: Bank of Bermuda
    05/11/05
Red Star Double Alpha
Domicile: Cayman Island
James Fenkner
Timothy McCarthy
Tim Seymour
Red Star Asset Management,
New York
917-365-5505
Russian equity Prime brokers: UBS and Credit Suisse
Law firm: Akin Gump
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: UBS
    05/11/05
Alpine Analytics Capital
Domicile: U.S.
William M. Abbate
Seth Blumenthal
Alpine Analytics Management, New York
646-536-3744
Long/short Prime broker: Assent
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
April 15 10 05/11/05
Del Mar Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Jeff Lamkin  
Rich Loshiavo
Jon Matney
Andrew Moore
Brett Rogers
J.R. Tracy
Pete Wisniewski
Del Mar Asset Mgmt.,
New York
212-328-7130
Multi-strategy, with about 25 strategies Prime broker: Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Schulte Roth and Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citco
June 1 $500 05/04/05
PTR Capital  
Domicile: U.S.
Hank Camp  
PTR Capital Mgmt.,
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
561-622-6600
Equity long/short  
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Goldstein Golub Kessler
March 1 Under $0.5 05/04/05
MPC Commodity Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Per Tingberg, James Proudlock and Mark Keenan  
MPC Investors,
London  
44-207-932-2770
Long/short in commodity derivatives Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Dechert
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: HSBC
May 3 $20-25 04/27/05
Celeste European SmallCap Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands 
(see article) 
Adam Kolman-Jenkins and Alexander Ruhle  
PCE Investors,
London
44-207-664-4600
Long/short small-cap European equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Walkers  
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: PFPC
May 3 €30 04/27/05
Red Kite Fund  
Domicile: Bermuda and U.S.
(see article)
Michael Farmer, David Lilley, David Waite and Oskar Lewnowski  
Red Kite Mgmt.,
New York  
212-596-3481
Trading physical contracts, futures and options in industrial metals Prime broker: Barclays
Law firm: SJ Berwin
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Olympia Capital
Jan. 17 $25 04/27/05
PRS Mondrian Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article) 
Medon Michaelides, PRS Group,
Miami
305-381-8340
European focused fund of funds Law firm: Ogier-Boxalls
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: PRS International
April 1   04/27/05
Avenue Event Driven  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Jeffrey Greenblatt Avenue Capital Mgmt. 2,
New York  
212-878-3544
Event-driven U.S. and Western European equity Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bear Stearns
Law firm: Paul Weiss  
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Admiral
Jan. 1 $317 04/20/05
Avenue Asia Equity  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Laurence Chang Avenue Asia Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-878-3544
Long-short Asian equity, including Japan Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Bear Stearns
Law firm: Paul Weiss
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Admiral
2nd qtr. $100 04/20/05
CSFB Alternative Capital Multi-
Strategy Fund

CSFB Alternative
Capital Event Driven Fund

CSFB Alternative Capital Relative Value Fund

CSFB Alternative Capital Tactical Trading Fund

CSFB Alternative Capital Long/Short Equity Fund
Domicile: U.S.

CSFB Alternative Capital,
New York
877-435-5264
Funds of funds Law firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: PFPC
April 1   04/20/05
Pardus European Special Opportunities Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Karim Samii  
Pardus Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-719-7555
European distressed debt Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Lowenstein Sandler
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: SEI
April 1 $50+ 04/20/05
Forsyth Property Fund Forsyth Commodity Fund Domicile: Bermuda Peter Toogood  
Forsyth Partners, London
44-208-649-9440
Funds of funds: one investing in property vehicles and the other in commodity-related futures and equity managers Law firm: Conyers Dill Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: HSBC Dec. 2004     04/13/05
Sepia Real Return Fund
Sepia Real Money Fund
Sepia Commodity Fund

Sepia Real Alpha Fund
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article)
Michael Ashton  
Ashton Analytics, Morristown, N.J. 866-669-2049
Inflation-linked instruments Prime broker: Barclays Capital Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Eisner Administrator: Bisys
  $100 04/06/05
OCCO Latin America Fund  
Domicile: Ireland
Samir Patel and Stefan Herz Charlemagne Capital, London 44-207-518-2100 Long/short Latin American equities Law firm: Stephenson Harwood
Auditor: KPMG Administrator: PFPC
April 1 $18 04/06/05
Consumer Discretionary Hedge Fund  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands 
(see article)
Ted Finch  
Loomis Sayles & Co., Boston 617-748-1756
Long/short equity (launched internally December 2002) Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers Administrator: Intl. Fund Services
  $60 04/06/05
Grenadier Fund
Triumph Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Peconic International Fund
Domicile: Bermuda
(see article)
Bill Harnisch
Peconic Partners,
New York
212-904-0440
U.S. long/short Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Fulbright Jaworski
Auditor: Grant Thornton
Jan. 1 $500 03/30/05
Select Opportunities Fund
Domicile: Ireland
Soondra Appavoo and Jabir Sardharwalla
PSigma Investments, London
44-207-533-6999
Multi-strategy fund of funds with an emphasis on special situations Law firm: A&L Goodbody
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: J.P. Morgan Chase
March 1 $11.5 03/30/05
Deerfield Opportunities Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bahamas
(see article)
John Brinckerhoff
Deerfield Capital Mgmt., Chicago
773-380-1600
Multi-strategy fixed-income Auditor: Deloitte
Administrator: Bank of Butterfield
Oct. 4, 2004 $100 03/30/05
Tellus Natural Resources Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Bahamas
Brad Cole
Cole Asset Mgmt., Chicago
312-644-4486
Fund of funds focused on traders of non-financial commodities Law firm: Katten Muchin
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Genesis Fund Services
Feb. 1   03/30/05
Forest Event-Driven Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Steven Eick
Forest Investment Mgmt.,
Old Greenwich, Conn.
203-637-6005
Merger arbitrage Prime brokers: Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers
Law firms: Walkers and Willkie Farr
Administrator: Citco
May 1 $25 03/30/05
Forest Asia Long/Short Equity Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Eric Starr
Forest Investment Mgmt.,
Old Greenwich, Conn.
203-637-6005
Long/short Japanese equity Prime broker: Merrill Lynch
Law firms: Walkers and Willkie Farr
Administrator: Citco
May 1 $100 03/30/05
ABS Alpha
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Alain DeCoster, Laurence Russian and Guilherme Valle
ABS Investment Mgmt.,
Greenwich, Conn.
203-618-3700
Fund of funds targeting non-directional,
long/short managers
Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Citco
Feb. 1 $14 03/23/05
Unknown  
U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article)
Alan Mark  
Raven Asset Mgmt.,
Maplewood, N.J.
201-978-1362
Long/short credit Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Dechert
May 1   03/16/05
OTA Emerging Markets Fund OTA Emerging Markets Offshore Fund
U.S. & Cayman Islands  
(see article)
Sara Zervos and Carlos Cervetti OTA Asset Mgmt.,
Purchase, N.Y.
914-460-4060
Emerging markets local currency Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs and Citigroup  
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Goldstein Golub
Administrator: GlobeOp
May 1   03/16/05
DE Capital  
Cayman Islands
(see article)
Donald Ewer  
DE Capital Mgmt.,
Surrey, England
44-148-379-1100
Long/short  
European and Japanese equity and debt
Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco
Feb. 1 $50 03/16/05
Cadence Managed Futures Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Greg Casals and Matthew Daniel R.J. O'Brien Alternative Asset Mgmt.,
Chicago
312-373-5000
Fund of funds in managed futures programs Law firm: Arnold & Porter
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Derivatives Portfolio Management
Jan. 2   03/9/05
Savannah-Baltimore Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Rob Friedman  
Savannah-Baltimore Capital Mgmt.,
New York
646-498-7306
Long/short global equities Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Ropes & Gray
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Goldman Sachs
June 1   03/9/05
Joe Feshbach Partners Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Joe Feshbach  
Joe Feshbach Partners,
Woodside, Calif.
650-364-7440
Crisis investing in North American equities Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
April     03/9/05
Mulholland Fund
Mulholland Offshore Investors

Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Bruce Eliot  
Mulholland Capital Advisors,
Century City, Calif.
310-356-4624
Capital-structure arbitrage Law firm: Coudert Brothers
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
April 1     03/2/05
Meridian Diversified ERISA Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Meridian Capital Partners,
Albany, N.Y.  
518-432-1600
Fund of funds   Nov. 1,
2004
    03/2/05
Fischer Special Opportunity Fund
Domicile: U.S.
Alan A. Fischer and Jeffrey M. Fischer  
Fischer & Co.,
New York
212-759-4400
Special opportunities, including structured finance and distressed real estate, as well as event-driven,  
long/short and catalyst-driven equity
Law firm: Seward and Kissel
Auditor: Margolin Winer
Administrator: RK Consulting
Jan. 1 $8 02/23/05
Helios 2xL  
Domicile: Bermuda
B&P Asset Mgmt.,
Stockholm
46-85-662-1480
Multistrategy fund of funds Auditor: KMPG
Administrator: HSBC
Jan. 1   02/16/05
ABS Offshore Asia  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Alain De Coster,
Guilherme Valle and Laurence Russian ABS Investment Mgmt.,
Greenwich, Conn.
203-618-3700
Long/short Asian and Australian equities, including Japan Law firm: Kleinberg Kaplan
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Citco
Jan. 1 $10 02/16/05
Treesdale Enhanced Fixed Income  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Yung Lim and Dennis Rhee Treesdale Partners,
New York
212-397-7541
Relative-value fixed income fund of funds Law firm: Katten Muchin
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citco
March 1 $10+ 02/16/05
Alopex Global Vega Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article)
Peter van Dooijeweert
Alopex Capital Mgmt.,
New York  
212-481-8307
Equity-volatility arbitrage Prime broker: Deutsche Bank
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco
March 1   02/16/05
BCM Credit Income Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
Razmig Buludjian
and David Lund  
Bulujiam Capital Mgmt.,
Beverly Hills  
310-276-7991, ext. 209
Distressed credit card, installment debt Prime broker: Grant Bettingen
Law firm: Paul Hastings
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Feb. 1 $2 02/16/05
Precise Japan Fund Precise Asia-Pacific Fund Precise Asia-Pacific ex-Japan Fund
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Stephen Stonefield, Rene Raiss and David Gong  
Precise Asset Mgmt.,
Singapore
65-6-296-2690
Long/short, directional equities Prime broker: Credit Suisse
Law firms: Allen & Gledhill, Quin & Hampson, Harney Westwood, Freshfields Drew
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: Citco
2nd qtr.   02/09/05
Boldwater Capital Partners Fund
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Howard Rubin and Barry Coffman  
Boldwater Capital Mgmt.,
Boston
617-897-2635
U.S. fixed-income, relative value Prime brokers: Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs  
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Derivatives Portfolio Management
March   02/09/05
Renshare Utilities  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
(see article)
Sergei Chernyshov and Oleg Jelezko  
Renaissance Capital Mgmt.,
British Virgin Islands  
44-207-367-7777
Public and private securities issued by restructured utilites in Russia Law firms: Akin Gump, Appleby Spurling  
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Custom House Administration
Feb. 11 $50 02/09/05
Boone Capital Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article) 
David Markus and Jeff Wertheim Boone Capital,
New York  
212-224-7870
Multi-strategy Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Goldstein Golub Kessler
Administrator: Spectrum Global Funds
March 1   02/09/05
Taran Global Futures Fund  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Stephen Wilson and Alastair MacLeod  
Stratton Street Capital,
London
44-207-499-8000
Managed futures Law firm: Quinn & Hampson
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Custom House
Nov. '04 $1.1 02/09/05
Seqa Capital Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Andrew Van Hise Seqa Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-302-8877
Statistical arbitrage, U.S. equities and options Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Tannenbaum Helpern
Auditor: Goldstein Golub Kessler
Administrator: Citco
March 1   02/09/05
Concentric Partners  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Ted Kellogg  
Concentric Investment Mgmt., Boston  
617-526-8934
Long/short Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: KPMG
April 1   02/09/05
Victoria Opportunity Partners
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Chris Argyrople Concentric Investment Mgmt.,
Boston
617-526-8929
Agressive long/short Prime broker: UBS
Law firm: Bingham McCutchen
Auditor: Deloitte
April 1   02/09/05
Global Diversified Fund  
Domicile: Bahamas
Angelos Metaxa CM Advisors,
Bermuda
441-295-5929
Multi-strategy fund of funds Law firm: Klonaris
Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Custom House
Dec. 2004 €60 02/02/05
Advent Multi-Strategy Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Tracy Maitland and Patrick Dealy
Advent Capital Mgmt.,
New York
212-482-1600
Multi-strategy Prime brokers: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley  
Law firms: Skadden Arps, Walkers
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citco
April   02/02/05
Endurance Fund (QP)  
Domicile: U.S.
(see article)
Noel Moore,
Burt Gutterman, Charlene Dow and Keith Bronstein
Endurance Asset Mgmt.,
Chicago
312-984-5865
Multi-strategy fund of funds
(just opened to outside investors)
Law firm: Gardner Carton
Auditor: Altschuler Melvoin
Jan. 2004 $12.5 02/02/05
MotherRock  
Domicile: U.S.
J. Robert Collins Jr.
MotherRock,
New York
212-409-7600
Weather, energy and emissions-related trading Law firm: Schulte Roth
Auditor: Marcum & Kliegman
Administrator: ABN Amro
Dec. 2004   02/02/05
Sanno Point Master Fund  
Domicile: U.S.
David Hammond and Mark Tanaka
Sanno Point Capital Mgmt.,
New York  
212-588-7100
Corporate relative value Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Ropes & Gray
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: GlobeOp
April 1   02/02/05
Harvest Consumer Partners  
Domicile: U.S.
Alice Ruth  
JMP Asset Mgmt.,
San Francisco
415-835-3900
Long/short consumer-sector equity Prime broker: Goldman Sachs
Law firm: Howard Rice
Auditor: Harb Levy
Jan. 1   01/26/05
aAd Capital Partners  
Domicile: U.S. & Cayman Islands
(see article)
Daniel Wimsatt aAd Capital Mgmt.,
San Diego
858-350-1077
U.S. long/short equity Prime broker: Banc of America
Law firm: Shartsis Friese
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Hedgeworks
April 1     01/26/05
AP Hedged Commodity  
Domicile: Cayman Islands
Patrick Coppens  
Altera Partners Mgmt.,
London
44-207-898-9046
Fund of commodities funds Law firm: Quin & Hampson
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: Admiral
Nov. 2004   01/26/05
Top 5 Investment Holding Fund  
Domicile:
British Virgin Islands
Top 5 Asset Mgmt.,
Miami  
305-629-3572
Multi-strategy fund of funds with futures emphasis Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: SS&C
Feb. 1 $2.5 01/19/05
Bennelong Asia Pacific Multi-Strategy Equity Fund  
Domicile:
U.S. and Jersey
Richard Pegum Bennelong Asset Mgmt.,
London  
44-207-190-0884
Asia/Pacific multi-strategy Prime brokers: Credit Suisse, UBS
Law firms: Schulte Roth; Maples & Calder  
Auditor: Ernst & Young
Administrator: PFPC
Feb. 1 $25 01/19/05
Azura Opportunities Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
(see article)
Mark May  
Azura Capital Partners,
New York  
646-495-5346
Event-driven multi-strategy Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Morrison Cohen
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Citco
March 1 $250 01/19/05
Threadneedle Global Crescendo Fund  
Domicile: U.S. and Cayman Islands
Jeremy Podger Threadneedle Asset Mgmt.,
London  
44-20-7464-5000
Global long/short equity Prime broker: Merrill Lynch
Law firm: Crowell & Moring
Auditor: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Administrator: Intl. Fund Services
April   01/19/05
Vega Liquidity Fund  
Domicile:
Cayman Islands
(see article)
Vega Asset Mgmt.,
Grand Cayman
345-946-2022
Cash-plus absolute return Auditor: KPMG
Administrator: Intl. Fund Services
Jan. 2004 $100 01/19/05
Aperta Japan Long/Short Fund  
Domicile: Delaware
(see article)
Aperta Asset Mgmt.,
Denver  
303-740-6788
Japanese long/short equity Prime broker: Morgan Stanley
Law firm: Seward & Kissel
Auditor: Rothstein Kass
Administrator: HSBC
March   01/19/05
Connective
Capital 1  
Domicile: U.S.
Rob Romero  
Connective Capital Mgmt.,
Palo Alto, Calif.  
650-321-4826
Long/short equity Prime broker: Bear Stearns
Law firm: Sadis & Goldberg
Auditor: Harb Levy
Administrator: Yulish Associates
Jan. 3 $5.4 01/12/05
SciVest Global Multi-Strategy Fund  
Domicile: Canada
Colin Jang  
SciVest Alternative Strategies,
Toronto  
416-304-6801
Fund of funds Law firm: Fasken Martineau
Auditor: Deloitte Touche
Administrator: RBC Global Services
Nov. 10 $1.7 01/12/05
Hatteras Multi-Strategy
Fund 1&2  
Domicile: U.S.
(see article)
Mark Yusko, David Perkins and Josh Parrot
Hatteras Investment Partners,
Raleigh, N.C.
919-846-2324
Fund of funds Law firm: Mayer Brown
Auditor: Deloitte Touche
Administrator: PFPC
Feb. 1 $125 01/12/05