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London manager Amplitude launches two new CTAs

Thursday, June 18, 2009

By Benedicte Gravrand, Opalesque London:

London-based quant fund house Amplitude Capital International Ltd announced two new offerings – the Amplitude Klassik Fund and the Amplitude Sinfonie Fund.

Amplitude’s flagship fund, the Dynamic Trading Fund, celebrated its 4th anniversary on June 1st and has received substantial market recognition (past Opalesque Exclusive). The US$ C share class returned +12.18% in May 2009, marking its second best trading month – as the program benefited from good directionality across all asset classes. It hard closed in 2008 with $700m. The fund’s YTD performance is about +6% and +14.3% for 2008.

The Amplitude Select Fund, which was going to be launched last year was put on hold indefinitely as the launch date coincided with the US short-selling ban (past Opalesque Exclusive).

The launch of the Klassik Fund and Sinfonie Fund will provide investors with two new products from Amplitude Capital.

The Klassik Fund is a new medium term CTA product which plays on the core strengths of Amplitude Capital. Amplitude believes that the Klassik Fund’s pro-forma performance an......................

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