11.10.2008

Top Performing European Equity Hedge Funds

Top performing European Equity Hedge Funds for the quarter ending Dec 2007

Europe equity
O.E.I. MAC (US$)
Threadneedle UK Crescendo USD
Odey European GBP
Odey European Euro
Lansdowne UK Equity Fund GBP
Cazenove European Equity Abs. Rtn. GBP
Polar Capital Paragon Fund USD
Cazenove Leveraged UK Equity Abs. Rtn. GBP
AlphaGen Altai Fund (Class A)
Cazenove Leveraged U.K. Equity Abs. Rtn. USD
Polaris Prime Europe
NewSmith U.K. Hedge Fund GBP
Cazenove Leveraged U.K. Equity Abs. Rtn. EUR
NewSmith U.K. Hedge Fund USD
Ecofin Special Situations Utilities Fund
Polaris Prime Europe USD
Libra Europe Fund
Exane Vauban Fund
GLC Gestalt Europe Fund $

Top Performing Equity Arbitrage Hedge Funds

Top performing equity arbitrage hedge funds.
Equity Arbitrage funds
GAM Frontier Opp. Equity Hedge USD Open
Zacks Mkt. Neutral
GAM Frontier Opp. Equity Hedge EUR Open
IKOS Equity Hedge Fund
CC Asia Advantage Fund
Fortis Japanese Equity Long/Short Fund
Deephaven Market Neutral Fund
Black Diamond Relative Value
Titan Global Relative Value Vol. Fund
Finvest Primer
Titan Global Volatility Fund
Venus Arbitrage Fund
Talentum Enhanced Fund - USD Class
ThinkStrategy Capital Fund A Shares
Talentum Enhanced Fund EUR
Aletheia Insider Index
GLC Gestalt Fund
ART B Arbitrage Portfolio - EUR
Anaxis Sabre Style Arbitrage Fund - USD
Deephaven Market Neutral Fund
Titan Relative Value Volatility Fund
Orbis Optimal USD
Invesco Market Neutral Cash
Talentum Activedge Fund - USD Class

Top Performing Emerging Markets Hedge Funds

Top Performing Emerging Markets Hedge Funds for the quarter ending Dec. 2007.

Emerging market equity
Monsoon India Inflection Fund
Helios Strategic Fund
Helios Strategic
Kazimir Russian Growth Fund
Sattva Asia Opportunities
Polar Capital Elbrus Fund
CC Asia Absolute Return Fund
UFG Russia Select Fund
Halbis India Alpha Fund
Dynamic Power Emerging Markets Fund
Firebird New Russia Fund
Optima Opportunity Fund
PvB CH Russian Prosperity USD
Thames River Eastern European USD
GLS Offshore Global Opport.
Prosperity Cub
Firebird Fund
Praesidium SA Hedge Fund
Troika Russia Fund-U.S.
UG Hidden Dragon Undervalued Assets
RAB-Northwest Warrant Fund USD
Key Global Emerging Markets USD
AlphaGen EtaCas Fund (Class A)

Top Performing Distressed Securities Hedge Funds

Top performing distressed securities hedge funds.
Distressed securities funds
VR Global Partners
Valens Offshore Fund
Sandler Associates
DKR Wolf Point Fund
Millennium Global High Yield Fund
Brookdale Global Opportunity Fund
Gramercy Emerging Markets Fund
ASM Asia Recovery Fund
American Durham
Atalaya Special Opportunities Fund
Contrarian Capital Finance
Post Distressed Fund
International Durham
Contrarian Long Short
Catalyst Credit Opp. Offshore
Marathon Special Opportunity Fund
Momentum Debtmaster
Schultze Partners
Longacre Capital Partners
Longacre International

Top Performing Developed Asia Equity Hedge Funds

Top performing developed asia equity hedge funds for quarter ending Dec 2007.
Developed Asia equity
Ginga Service Sector Fund
SR Global: Asian Portfolio USD B
Boyer Allan Pacific Partners
MQ Absolute Return Strategy Asia
LG Asian Plus Fund
Hathersage Long Term Currency Program
DB Noetic Equity Long/Short Fund
AlphaGen Hokuto Fund (Class A)
Martin Currie ARF Asia USD
Thames River Edo C JPY
Absolute Partners Fund Limited
Henderson Asia Pacific Abs. Ret. USD
Ark. Royal B Class
UG Greater China Multi-Strategy Fund
SR Global Inc. H Japan
Prospect Absolute Return (Hybrid)
Tiedemann Falconer LP
Henderson Japan Absolute Return USD
DB Equilibria Japan Fund USD
HT Asian Catalyst Fund
Asuka Japanese Eq. L/S Offshore I B USD
H3 Japan Fund
Investcorp WMG Asia Fund

Top Performing Debt Arbitrage Hedge Funds

Top performing debt arbitage hedge funds for the quarter ending Dec 2007.
Debt Arbitrage funds
Whitebox Hedged High Yield
AAAsgard Fixed Income USD
Investcorp Fixed Inc. Rel. Value Fund
III Relative Value/Macro
JB Diversified Fixed Income Hedge Fund
Platinum Grove Contingent Capital Fd.
MKP Partners
Brookdale International Partners
Morley G7 Fixed Income Fund USD
Smith Breeden Mortgage Partners
Smith Breeden Global Funding
Brownstone Partners Catalyst Fund
Endeavour Fund I
Sanctum Fixed Income
Laurus U.S. Fund

Top Performing Corporate Action Hedge Funds

Top Performing Corporate Action Hedge Funds for the quarter ending Dec 2007:
Corporate action funds
Venus Special Situations Fund
Libra Fund
Libra Fund
Owl Creek II
Owl Creek Overseas
Doric Focus Fund
Halcyon Offshore Asset-Backed Value
Marwyn Neptune Fund
Argo Global Special Situation Fund
Galbraith Global Strategies Offshore
RenGen Shares
Trophy Hunter Investments
PilotRock Investment Partners
SYSTEIA EVENT DRIVEN Program
North Pole Capital Investments
North Pole Capital USD
Canyon Value Realization Fund
Bay Harbour Partners
Canyon Value Realization Cayman A
Black Diamond Arbitrage
MQ Special Events Fd. Direct
KDC Merger Arbitrage Fund
Mariner Partners
Post Total Return Fund
Halcyon Offshore Fund

Top Performing Arbitrage Hedge Funds

Top Performing Arbitrage Hedge Funds through three months ending Dec 2007.
Convertible Arbitrage funds
AM Investment E Fund Convertible Arbitrage
AM Investment D Fd. I (QP)
Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage
Whitebox Convertible Arbitrage
Lionhart Aurora Fund - Optimum Class
Lionhart Global App. Global USD
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage C
Navesink Investments
IIU Convertible Fund
Whitebox Diver Convertible Arbitrage
Marathon Global Convertible Fund
Zazove Hedged Convertible
Fortis Alp Strat. Convertible Arbitrage EUR
Zazove Convertible Arbitrage
Arpeggio Fund
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage A,
Argent Classic Convertible Arbitrage B

Top 50 Hedge Funds in US

Below is a list of the top 50 hedge fund groups in the US. These are the largest US hedge funds ranked by assets under management (Jan 07 AUM).

JPMorgan Asset Management New York NY
Goldman Sachs Asset Management New York NY
Bridgewater Associates Westport CT
D. E. Shaw Group New York NY 2
Farallon Capital Management San Francisco CA
Renaissance Technologies Corp. East Setauket NY
Och-Ziff Capital Management New York NY
Cerberus Capital Management New York NY
Barclays Global Investors* San Francisco CA
ESL Investments** Greenwich CT
Citigroup Alternative Investments New York NY
Tudor Investment Corporation Greenwich CT
Caxton Associates New York NY
Atticus Capital New York NY
Campbell & Co. Towson MD
Citadel Investment Group Chicago IL
Moore Capital Management New York NY
Avenue Capital Group New York NY
Perry Capital New York NY
SAC Capital Advisors Stamford CT
Soros Fund Management New York NY
HBK Investments Dallas TX
FX Concepts New York NY
Angelo, Gordon & Co. New York NY
Fairfield Greenwich Group New York NY
Stark Investments* St. Francis WI
Davidson Kempner Advisers** New York NY
Highfields Capital Management Boston MA
Wellington Management Co.** Boston MA
Canyon Capital Advisors Beverly Hills CA
AQR Capital Management Greenwich CT
Fortress Investment Group** New York NY
Maverick Capital New York NY
Duquesne Capital Management** Pittsburgh PA
Millennium Management** New York NY
Adage Capital Management Boston MA
Cantillon Capital Management New York NY
York Capital Management New York NY
Lone Pine Capital Greenwich CT
Black River Asset Management Minnetonka MN
King Street Capital Management New York NY
Baupost Group Boston MA
Bain Capital/Brookside Capital Partners Boston MA
BlackRock New York NY
Pequot Capital Management Westport CT
AllianceBernstein* New York NY
TPG-Axon Capital New York NY
Paulson & Co. New York NY
Elliott Associates Greenwich CT
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo


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Hong-Kong Based Hedge Fund Closes

1-Apac Greater China hedge fund who once managed $55 billion is closing its doors. Dr. Ken Lu confirmed today the decision was made to pull the plug after 16% losses this month and assets diminishing to under $10 million.
Very bearish asian stock market returns have been pounding China focused hedge funds this year with more fund closings than openings this year. This is a sharp reversal from last year when almost twice as many hedge funds were opened as were closed.

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Some Hedge Funds Gaining in Bear Market

Hedge funds, even supposedly market neutral funds are struggling as a group. But not all hedge funds are posting negative returns. Take Bernard Drury and his Drury Capital who's fund is up 60% since January 1. Bernard is a bit of a rarity on Wall Street: a hedge fund manager who is making money instead of losing it. Faced with massive redemptions amid falling returns, many hedge funds have been forced to sell positions including stocks, bonds and other derivatives.

Some of the losers: Kenneth C. Griffinof The Citadel Investment Group and Lee Ainslie of Maverick Capital.

Some of the winners: Conquest Capital Group, R. G. Niederhoffer Capital Management, MKP Capital Management; and the John W. Henry & Company.

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Hedge Fund Managers to Apper Before Congress

After last month grilling Lehman CEO Richard Fuld, the same Congressional leaders has called upon several high-profile hedge fund managers to give testimony to discuss the failures of US financial institutions and the possible role of hedge funds.

Philip Falcone, Kenneth Griffin, John Paulson, James Simons and George Soros on Thursday are expected go before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. They will have several minutes each to make opening remarks, then will field questions from lawmakers, according to a committee spokeswoman.

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