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Opalesque Exclusive: Quilvest to launch a non-equity FoHFs, the QSAM Diversified By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London: Zurich-based shop Quilvest has decided to leave something out in order to get something back in: the managers are launching a fund of hedge funds that will exclude equity-related strategies.

“The QSAM Diversified Non Equity fund concentrates on HF managers that operate outside the equity markets,” confirmed manager Florian Agarwalla in an e-mail communication to Opalesque. “The managers included in the portfolio either trade no equities at all or have no bias to equities (fundamental / long or short). The fund concept is not new, but differs strongly to a typical diversified FoHFs portfolio. Currently we are positioning the portfolio within ABL, CTA/Macro and relative value strategies.”

“The risks in the portfolio therefore should be very different to a typical FoHFs portfolio and benefit strongly when equity markets experience large monthly losses and in times of economic uncertainty such as high periods of high volatility.”

The fund is to be launched on 1st October. The target return is Libor +5%-7% with a volatility of ......................

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