Regulatory load mounts for European managers
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Rab starts the year well after a turbulent 18 months
January’s returns have started rattling in, which gives us all a chance to take a look at how the great and good of the hedge fund industry have started the year.
It was once the darling of the hedge fund set, but Rab’s star well and truly plummeted, along with its assets, over the last year and a half. Assets in its flagship Rab Special Situations Fund were a little over $500m in November last year, following a 76% drawdown peak to trough from July 2007 to March 2009. But January has started well, the fund is up more than 5%, and it isn’t the only Rab fund to have begun 2010 with a spring in its step; Rab Energy was up almost 7%.
III Offshore Advisors is another fund house that has endured much over the 18 months. In 2009, the fund returned 31% but continued to shed assets through to April. It started the year positively, however, with a 5.6% return.
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Editor's view: 1 February 2012
It’s well known that our industry likes to be viewed as on-trend, an early adopter, and generally ahead of the curve
Comment: William Keunen
"The administration function will continue to expand its horizons to meet the demands of the increasingly complex environment"
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