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London - January 2010 - Simplify is delighted to advise that one of clients Moonraker
Commodities Fund (US dollar class) has won ‘Best performing energy/commodity
Fund of Hedge Fund’ at Hedge Funds Review’s Eighth European Fund of Hedge Funds
awards. In winning the award the fund was ranked against its peers by its
annualized return and relative volatility, for the relevant period.
The fund, launched in June 2008, has delivered
outstanding performance having returned 22.80% since its inception up to 30
September 2009. Its Benchmark, the DJ-UBS Commodity index, returned -39.82%
over the same period.
Moonraker received this prestigious accolade at a gala
event held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Jeremy Charlesworth,
Moonraker portfolio manager, commented: "We are delighted to have won this
prestigious award, which demonstrates our committed efforts to delivering
out-performance to our investors. Financial events over the last two years’
have highlighted the need for careful fund selection, and this award is a
testament to our investment process, risk management techniques and the close
relationship we have with our underlying fund managers.”
To find out more about Moonraker Fund Managment Ltd.
(Commodities and Global Opportunities), call or email Lynn Nathan at +44 (0)
207 487 9780 or lynn.nathan@moonrakerfunds.com
New York City – March 23, 2009 – Simplify LLC today announced its launch as the asset management industry’s first true, month to month financial services technology solution. Both TKS Solutions and NerrenRisk Ltd have entered into strategic agreement that will see respectively the Penny ItWorks ™ and NerrenSync, solutions delivered to customers as on-demand hosted solutions by Simplify LLC (Simplify). Simplify’s Platform as a Service (PaaS) for alternative investment managers, provides hedge funds, funds of funds, family office, pensions & endowments and administrators with robust capabilities for shareholder management, tax, private equity management, fund of funds portfolio management, performance and attribution risk reporting and due diligence processing. Full Press Release
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The platform provides hedge funds, funds of funds, pensions and administrators with capabilities for shareholder management, tax, private equity management, fund of funds portfolio management, and performance and attribution risk reporting. Read the Full Article
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