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From Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: At the end of the conference (on 13 Sept. 07) organised by the Swiss asset management magazine BANCO (link) in Geneva, awards were distributed to 9 of the nominees. These were picked out of 200 products, with the help of research companies Lipper and Finlab, taking annual performances (over 1, 3 or 5 years) and drawdowns into account.

CHF portfolios Polygon Capital – GL Funds (5 years) Reichmuth Himalaja (3 years) PvB Andante Fund X-G7 (1 year)

EUR portfolios LCF Edmond de Rothschild Prifund - Alpha Uncorrelated (5 years) LODH MultiAdvisers Europe Equity Long short (3 years) Reichmuth Himalaja (1 year)

US$ portfolios Reichmuth Matterhorn (3 years and 5 years) LODH MultiAdvisers Latam Equity Long/Short (1 year)

Eminent panellists Messes. Fabien Pictet, Olivier d’Auriol and Daniel Penseyres (Bedrock) discussed the state of the hedge fund industry prior to the awards ceremony. Here are some of the ideas that came out: experience is the best criteria when selecting a hedge fund; there are no existing satisfactory hedge fund indices; the current crisis should not be overstated, it is a classic economic case (remember the 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004 crisis); new financial products have historically fared better; the future of the industry is full of opportunities alt......................

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