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Atyant launches new global opps fund with focus on precious metals

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London:

Atyant Capital Partners, an alternative asset management company based in Boca Raton, Florida (U.S.) and in Mauritius, which focuses on India, has recently launched its second fund, the Atyant Capital Global Opportunities Fund LP (ACGOF LP). The fund has returned -1.29% since its April 1st inception.

ACGOF employs a global-macro strategy which applies macroeconomic models based on capital flows to identify attractive asset classes. The fund is currently focused on the precious metals sector - as Atyant has been investing in the precious metals complex since February 2001 and continues to see a strong intermediate and long term future for the sector.

Managing director Pratik Sharma’s business partner, Vedant Mimani, directly manages the fund. Their goal is to leverage the macro-economic models and trading strategies Mimani has developed and refined over the last 12 years to navigate the volatility of the only sector that will see money flow until the Credit Bubble fully deflates. Mimani has been successful in this sector and has generated a 5.7X return, net of U.S. taxes, from February 2001 through January 2009. Pratik Sharma is confident that Mimani's knowledge of the sector and its market dynamics combined with trading strategies and techniques developed over the last 8 years will continue to deliver superior returns.

In the latest Atyant Capital Newsletter (May 26), Mimani writes that the last 6 months h......................

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