Hedge Fund Awards 2015

Hedge Fund Awards 2015 www.acquisition-intl.com 90 LCJ Investments S.A. is the investment manager of the LCJ FX Strategy, a fundamental and discretionary global macro strategy expressing both directional and non-directional views on currencies. LCJ is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and was founded in 2007 by Conor MacManus, Jonathan Tullett and Leonora Kerry Keane. The LCJ FX Strategy was launched in Sep- tember 2007, and has returned 57% net since inception at an annualized volatility of 6.8%, with 2014 delivering 10.8% net. The portfolio managers, Conor MacManus and Jonathan Tullett, have between them over 37 years of working in FX markets and conceived the strategy back when working together in the late 1990s. The investment universe includes major currency pairs, non-traditional crosses, and emerging market currencies. Utilising a wide and diverse range of market data and analysis, and extensive experience of FX Markets and FX Options, we identify medium-term and long-term themes, for which we seek to find attractive risk-reward opportuni- ties within a well-defined risk and volatility mandate. The Strategy invests using FX Options because it is our belief that the natural leverage and deleverage elements of these products provide a favourable risk-return profile and furthermore allow the Strategy to buy time for antici- pated price behaviour to occur. Since inception the Strategy has been managed through a variety of different economic and market conditions, and has Protégé Partners, LLC (“Protégé) focuses on investing in small established and select emerging hedge fund managers. Protégé’s unique combination of tenured judgment, in- formation advantages and world class risk management allows it to identify quality managers and put capital to work through arms-length, seed and tactical invest- ments. In a constantly evolving industry, Protégé seeks to work side-by-side with institutional investors to help them address the challenges of building, executing and monitoring hedge fund portfolios. Protégé utilizes its strategic core competencies to provide a range of solutions for the challenges faced by today’s investors. Key components of the Protégé Solutions model include Fund-of-One customized portfolios and A-S.P.N., the AltShare Private Network, a comprehensive front, mid- dle, and back office technology platform which incorporates every aspect of the hedge fund investment process. Protégé is headquartered in New York, NY with a research office in Singapore. As of 1/1/2015, the firm’s 32-person team managed approximately $2.1 B in assets on behalf of investors. Protégé Partners Name: John D. Mackin, CFA, Senior Managing Director Address: 25 West 53rd Street, 15th Floor New York, NY 10019 USA Website: www.protegepartners.com consistently produced long term class-leading risk-adjusted returns utilizing a robust risk management framework. LCJ Investments S.A. Address: 118 Rue Du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland Website: www.lcjinvestments.com Best for Swaps & Derivatives - Switzerland Award for Excellence in Small Hedge Fund Investing LCJ Investments S.A.