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Absolute Capital Management to appoint new CIO and a new risk manager, says it`s `operating well within its fixed-cost base and is solvent`, Absolute to allow pullouts from 3 funds, `Partying as though he hoped to forget himself `: Homm in Zurich, Homm`s surprise resignation was 2nd time the controversial hedge fund manager has disappointed investors and prompted big withdrawals from funds

Monday, September 24, 2007

Opalesque Exclusive: Absolute Capital Management to appoint new CIO and a new risk manager, says it`s `operating well within its fixed-cost base and is solvent` From Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: Jonathan Treacher, ACM’s CEO, said he would upload a Q&A on ACM’s website (link). The Q&A was prepared in response to questions received from investors following Thursday’s conference call. Here are some of the points that Mr. Treacher made:

  • NAVs for August: Mr. Treacher confirmed they were correct. The NAVs for the Activist, Octane and Catalyst funds included Florian Homm’s gift of shares to those funds.
  • Illiquid investments: these are not private equity-type investments but listed investments with quoted companies. Selling those assets in a short period of time would not allow ACM to realise proper value for those investments.
  • Portfolio managers and their commitment going forward: ACM is in the process of putting in place new contracts, share options, etc. to keep the portfolio managers motivated.
  • ACM is operating well within its fixed-cost base and is solvent.
  • ACM will appoint a new CIO and a new risk manager.

Andreas Rialas, head of Argo, (the hedge fund ACM bought last year that has 3 Argo funds and a real estate fund) and a board member of ACM, confirmed that the Argo business is completel......................

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