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2010's top fund manager, SPM's Don Brownstein forecasts a 'Bernanke moment' for the US

Friday, January 07, 2011

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Don Brownstein
From Kirsten Bischoff, Opalesque New York:

Ending the year perched at the top of the Bloomberg Markets Magazine Top 100 Hedge Funds List (full list available for download here: Source) is a coveted spot for any manager. Structured Portfolio Management's mortgage backed arb fund Structured Service Holdings has claimed that spot for 2010 with performance gains of +49.5% (following the fund's 2009 returns of +134.6%). SPM Founder and CEO Don Brownstein joined Matthias Knab and a group of Connecticut-based managers for the 2010 Opalesque Connecticut Roundtable, providing us with exclusive insight into the views and outlook of this year's top performing manager.

The firm has two funds still open for allocations, the SPM Core Fund and the SPM Opportunity fund (both up 31% in 2010), and both tied for ninth place ranking for performance in mid-sized funds. The Core fund invests "solely in mortgage backed securities utilizing various tactics that reflect our experience as analytical & statistical experts. SPM Opportunity invests not only in mortgage backed securities but in other fixed income and event driven strategies," Brownstein explained during the Roundtable event.

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