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Barclays Capital is the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. With a distinctive business model, Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients with a comprehensive set of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs. Barclays Capital has offices around the world, employs over 20,000 people and has the global reach, advisory services and distribution power to meet the needs of issuers and investors worldwide.
For further information about Barclays Capital, please visit our website www.barclayscapital.com.
Barclays Capital - the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England 1026167. Registered office 1 Churchill Place, London, E14 5HP. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority and a member of the London Stock Exchange.
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Bahrain Economic Development Board
Bahrain Economic Development Board
The Bahrain Economic Development Board is a dynamic public agency with
overall responsibility for formulating and overseeing the economic development
strategy of Bahrain and for creating the right climate to attract direct
investment into the Kingdom, focusing on six target economic sectors in which
the Kingdom offers significant strengths - financial services; downstream
industries; tourism; business services; logistics and health; education and
training.
Bahrain Financial Services is a department of the EDB that is uniquely dedicated
to the needs of the financial services industry. Our role is to increase the
international profile of Bahrain as a leading financial and business destination
and to provide a single point of contact for international financial services
firms looking to build a base in the Kingdom.
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Dubai Multi Commodities Centre
The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC), a strategic government initiative, offers a unique opportunity for market participants in a wide range of commodity sectors. It provides facilities that bring together gold and precious metals, diamonds, coloured gemstones and pearls, energy, steel, plastics, tea and other commodities. The Centre aims to attract key players throughout the entire value chain of each of these commodity sectors, together with relevant support industries such as finance, logistics and insurance.
Frontier Capital Management LLP is based in London, England and was founded
in 2004 in order to deliver a unique multi asset fund to the institutional, high
net-worth and family office markets. Frontier manages a unique asset management
platform that employs the state of the art in investment thinking in order to
deliver value added to investors. The key components of the Frontier philosophy
are:
• Asset allocation drives portfolio return and risk
• Multi asset class investing lowers risk and increases risk adjusted returns
• Index investing outperforms the majority of actively managed funds
• Alternative investments reduce portfolio risk
Frontier is backed by a number of institutional and high net worth investors
from the asset management and hedge fund industries.
Headquartered in Bahrain, Gulf International Bank is a leading merchant bank in the Middle East. With a proven track record spanning more than 30 years, GIB provides client-led, innovative financial products and services. Its client base includes major private-sector corporations, Gulf based financial institutions, multinational companies active in the region and the governments of the GCC states. GIB UK is GIB’s principal subsidiary based in London and provides a centre of excellence for the bank’s asset management and investment banking activities. GIB UK currently has more than US$22bn of assets under management, sourced from MENA and European institutional investors.
NewFinance Capital (NFC) is the specialist fund of hedge fund manager, with assets under management in excess of USD 5 bn. and wholly owned by Schroders. With research offices in London, New York and Hong Kong, employing 45 people drawn from largely from a capital markets background, NFC run a broad range of multi-strategy and asset class specific fund of hedge funds. NFC is noted for their specialist products with especially strong capabilities in fixed income and commodities.
A member of the DIFC, with offices in Dubai and Moscow, Pharos Financial Group is one of the most experienced hedge fund managers specializing in the securities markets of Russia and the former Soviet Union. With a 11 year history through up and down markets, Pharos has a proven record of superior absolute returns providing institutions and private investors an opportunity to gain exposure to the emerging markets of Russia and the former Soviet Union. For more information please visit www.pharosfund.com.
Reech AiM Group was established as an independent investment manager in April 2006 with the principal objective of providing investors with absolute return funds that are uncorrelated to the markets. The group is currently active in three asset classes: Global Markets, Real Estate and Natural Resources. The central objective of the firm is to offer investors access to traditional, new and emerging asset classes with highly quantitative, derivatives and scalable strategies as well as greater access to liquidity and superior scalability in hedge fund style investments. Absolute return funds are offered to a broad range of investors including institutions, fund of funds, high-net-worth individuals, charities, endowments and foundations.
Ramsey Quantitative Systems Inc.
Ramsey Quantitative Systems, Inc. (“RQSI”) was established in 1996 by its parent company, Ramsey Financial, Inc. (“RFI”), which was founded by Neil Ramsey in 1986 to invest in managed futures. RQSI has continually evolved since that time to become a research-driven investment management firm that specializes in the development and trading of systematic programs. RQSI’s mission is to develop and implement trading strategies that provide for stability of invested capital, above average returns and low or no correlation to traditional market indices. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky with a representative office located in Manama, Bahrain, RQSI employs over 25 professional staff members and manages over US $1 billion in assets.
In 2000, Threadneedle expanded its traditional long-only activities with the introduction of its first single-strategy fund under the Crescendo brand. Threadneedle has delivering consistent, absolute returns in long/short portfolios for over 8 years and now manages US$ 3.4bn (as at 31/03/08) across 11 single strategies. Our hedge funds leverage a common research platform supported by a 135-strong investment team based in our offices in London.
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A leading fixed income fund that has posted a +16% return since the credit crisis began* with annualized vol of only 4.6%.
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Eurekahedge, the world’s largest independent alternatives fund data provider, maintains a global coverage on over 19,000 funds. Our research covers hedge funds, funds of funds, private equity funds, Islamic funds, real estate funds and enhanced equity funds (130/30) and SRI funds.
For more information, please contact Agnes Yea, agnes@eurekahedge.com or visit www.eurekahedge.com.
