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Performance: Opalesque Exclusives: IMFC Global at +22.87% for 1Q08, Positive March brings Efficient 12 month run to +42.33%, New Cannonball FOHF ends first quarter +2.7%, Crescent GLS Arabian Opportunities Fund ends March at -7.26%, Saudi Arabia and Dubai amongst world`s worst performing markets that month

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Opalesque Exclusive: IMFC Global at +22.87% for 1Q08 Canadian alternative asset company, Integrated Asset Management’s The IMFC Global Investment Program reported a strong first quarter with returns of +22.87% The program, which trades over 61 markets (half financial commodities and half physical commodities) has a 12-month return of 59.57%. Opalesque has learned although the program’s market exposure experienced a run up in February, portfolio risk management initiated a scaling back, leaving the program largely unscathed, reporting -1.19% in the March pullback. Source

Opalesque Exclusive: Positive March brings Efficient 12 month run to +42.33% Illinois based multi manager Efficient Capital Management which runs approximately $500m in AUM, reported to investors on its mid-level volatility and return composite, Diversified Standard, March performance of +.75% , capping a 12 month run of +42.33% and a 36 month run of +89.99%. March’s performance marks the 12th consecutive month of positive performance for the Diversified Standard’s portfolio of diversified CTAs. Source

Opalesque Exclusive: New Cannonball FOHF ends first quarter +2.7% The Cannonball Stability Fund has just completed its 1st quarter and has returned an estimated +2.7% year to date. While the broader debt and equity markets have been sellin......................

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