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New Managers January 2015

EMERGING MANAGER BULLETIN: Latest developments within the emerging manager community

 

Top U.S. equity emerging hedge fund managers now manage $78.5 billion

The Top U.S. Equity Emerging Hedge Fund Managers now manage $78.5 billion in U.S. equity assets, having seen their equity assets jump by nearly $18 billion during 2014, reports HedgeTracker.com. 56% of the hedge funds on the list saw their assets increase over the third quarter. Leading the top gainers were Voloridge Investment Management (+$1.1bn), Marcato Capital Management (+$925m) and Myriad Asset Management (+$585m).

The Top Emerging Manager List is led for the third consecutive quarter by #1 Keith Meister's Corvex Management. The Event-Driven focused hedge fund reported equity assets of $7.2 billion. Morphic Global Opportunities Fund up 27% since August'12 inception

Morphic Global Opportunities Fund outperformed its benchmark in 2014 as it ended the year up 14.01% (+2.62% in December). The MSCI AC World Total Return in Australian Dollars jumped 13.87% (+2.28% in December) during the same period. Since its inception in August 2012, the fund was up 27.40% with an annualized and net of all fees, against benchmark returns of 27.10%. (full article from K. Manalo). Ex-Goldman trader's fund up 51% playing energy's rise and fall

JonathanGoldberg's New York-based BBL Commodities Value Fund, which he formed barely a year ago and manages $540 million, returned a net 51 percent to investors in 2014, reports Reuters. Goldberg is a former Goldman Sachs oil trader. K1T's fund up almost 17% since Aug'14 inception

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