Sat, May 25, 2013
A A A
Welcome Guest
Free Trial RSS
New! Family Office and Investor Database with 11,750 contacts
Alternative Market Briefing

V2 Capital opens long/short equity fund to outside investments
Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York:

Founded in 2004, V2 Capital relies on the expertise of Victor Viner who has over 25 years in the investments industry – buy-side and sell-side. Co-manager of the V2 Hedged Equity Fund, Victor has 25+ years of capital markets and trading experience including senior positions at UBS and Credit Suisse Group. Prior to founding V2 Capital, he co-founded and was President and CIO of Volaris Advisors, a multi-billion dollar AUM option strategy firm acquired by Credit Suisse Group in 2003.

After the financial crisis in 2008 and specifically the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns, V2’s clients along with many other investors became very concerned with single counterparty risk from trading over the counter options. V2’s advisory business primary traded OTC options that were used to enhance the underlying position’s yield, analogous to creating a synthetic dividend.

After the financial crisis, one of V2’s clients was Ken Langone, co-founder of Home Depot. After discussions with Ken and other clients, it became apparent that there was a real demand for a product that combines a portfolio of long high quality dividend paying equities combined with a short options overlay using customized index options. The equity selection is based on rigorous bottoms up analysis, diversifying exposure across each of the sectors in the S&P 500. The short call options are selected based on the current volatility environment and used to manage net expos......................

To view our full article Click here
Article link
Banner
Today's Exclusives Today's Other Voices Banner More Exclusives
Previous Opalesque Exclusives                                  
More Other Voices
Previous Other Voices                                               
Access Alternative Market Briefing
  • Top Forwarded
  • Top Tracked
  • Top Searched
  1. Opalesque Exclusive: Endurance Series Trust launches first mutual fund, multi-series trust[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Endurance Series Trust, a multi-series trust, is launching with Gator Capital Management, LLC as the adviser for the Trust’s first mutual fund series. Endurance Fund Services, LLC, an independently owned and operated fund administration company will serve as t

  2. Morgan Creek Capital Management to acquire Signet Capital Management[more]

    Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: Investment firm Morgan Creek Capital Management has acquired Signet Capital Management a UK-based credit fund of funds with $700M in assets under management. Under the agreement, Signet will contribute its funds and senior investment management team to Morgan Creek

  3. Moore Capital founder Louis Bacon to anchor $750m senior loan fund[more]

    From PEhub.com: Billionaire hedge fund manager Louis Bacon is placing a big bet on mid-market lending by backing a new firm that is seeking to raise a $750 million debt fund aiming at the lower end of the middle market, two sources told sister magazine Buyouts. Bacon, the founder of Moore Capi

  4. North America – Students are launching hedge funds on colleges across America[more]

    From Valuewalk.com: …From Cornell, whose student-run hedge fund beat Wall Street returns to the University of Michigan, which allows its students to manage as much as $250,000, student hedge fund are becoming a more prominent part of financial education. Their success has attracted the attention of

  5. A SQUARE Index returns: The Opalesque A SQUARE Index gained 1.39% in the first month of 2013. The A SQUARE Funds of Funds Index performed slightly worse with a gain of 0.68%.
Click here for More about Opalesque Tracking
- A new, unique Premium Service -
  1. Aspiring
  2. wine investment
  3. Commodity Strategies
  4. Penrich
  5. MS
  1. managed account
  2. Ucits
  3. man group
  4. global macro
  5. asian hedge fund