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10 Oct 2007

TS Capital Launches $200 Million Fund Of Hedge Funds

Alternative asset management firm ThinkStrategy Capital, today announced the launch of the TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class B. The TS Multi-Strategy Fund is a hedge fund-of-funds designed to generate solid returns from creative strategies while preserving capital.

With a $1 million minimum investment and $200 million in assets under management, according to the announcement, this new class is an unleveraged version of ThinkStrategy's existing TS Multi-Strategy Fund LP Class A and will be based on a concentrated subset of current investments from which TS selected the best performers.

Headquartered in New York, NY, the fund targets medium-term capital appreciation in the mid-teens per annum with controlled risk. This share class exhibits lower risk parameters in terms of standard deviation, as well as stronger Sharpe ratios.

The TS Multi-Strategy Fund has an initial lock up period of 12 months with quarterly returns.

Camelot Hedge Fund Launch Announced

Alternative investing consultant and director Bob Torkelund has announced the launch of a new hedge fund, Camelot Global Investments, with the initial offering period running throughout October 2007.

Camelot Global Investment is a Global Macro Fund with a strategy of utilising global economical developments, cycles and events. Due to the investments in Futures, Camelot is able to profit from both falling and rising markets.

Analysis is founded on data from Torkelund's own researched stocks, the analysis of political and social environments, knowledge of biological facts and continuous observation, according to the statement.

State-of-the-Art trading programmes independently developed are used by an experienced team of traders, analytics and experts. Since the trading start, according to the statement, Camelot has outperformed almost all investments in different classes and performed well not correlating to the world markets.

Torkelund is Director of Global Retail Sales, Marketing & Operations for several boutique fund managers. He was also responsible for the formulation and execution of Threadneedle Investments as a serious and reliable player in Continental Europe.