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FoHFs veteran on the evolution of the sector and of his own 20-year old group
Thursday, January 17, 2008

Benedicte Gravrand, Geneva: Gems Advisors is one of the original fund of hedge funds managers and celebrated its 20 years of existence through thick and thin last year. The firm has 55 staff and manages about $5billion for a mixture of institutional and private clients in over 40 countries. The group is spread across London, Tel Aviv, the Bahamas, New York, Sao Paolo, Buenos Aires, Geneva and recently in Singapore. Miguel Abadi, Gems’ CEO, is of Argentinean origin and is based in the London advisory office; he is one of the two founders of the firm, which primary objectives are preservation and long term growth of capital as well as delivering absolute returns. “Gems portfolios' characteristics vary,” Gem’s website says, “but the governing approach is conservative.”

Gems Advisors has gained vantage through seniority as the firm has won many awards, the most recent being the European Hedge Fund of Funds Awards 2007 for the Gems Recovery and Gems Multi-Strategy 2X portfolios at the event organised by Hedge Funds Review in November 2007 (see coverage here).

The Gems Recovery Portfolio invests in a broad range of distressed and post distressed situations, ......................

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