AI Hedge Awards 2017

10 Acquisition International - Hedge Fund Awards 2017 Best Latin America Emerging Markets Fund (3 Years): Adar Macro Fund Ltd. Adar Capital Partners Ltd ACP is a Cayman based investment manager with a presence in Latin America, Europe and Israel which has been providing investment advice to institutional investors, family offices and private investment funds since 2011. Central to the firm’s operation is its role as the investment manager of Adar Macro Fund, which seeks to achieve high-interest income and capital appreciation through investment in a combination of different fixed-income and equity securities, with particular attention to European and South American markets. In managing the Fund’s portfolio, the Investment Manager takes into account such factors as the credit quality of issuers; changes in and levels of interest rates; projected economic growth rates; volatility; capital flows; debt levels; liquidity; inflation trends; and anticipated movements in foreign currency and governmental initiatives. The Fund’s portfolio typically contains fixed- income and equity securities, notes, corporate bonds, commercial paper, euro-time deposits, euro-depository receipts representing certificates of deposit, bank loans and other non-securitized extensions of credit made to sovereign and corporate issuers. Some derivatives are used when the fund manager feels it is justified. Funds are invested 70% in Latin America and 30% in Europe. The principal focus is fixed income for two thirds of the fund’s investments, and then listed equity for the remaining third. Zev, in his opening comments, discusses the firm’s mission and how it works to achieve this through its strong expertise and local knowledge. “Our mission at ACP is to provide standards of excellence, trust and stability. We are focused on securing best performance, achieving this goal by the large experience of our team of professionals and extensive market knowledge, especially in Latin American and European markets. The company gives great importance to capital preservation and counts with an extensive network of contacts developed with investment banks and institutions throughout the regions where it invests.” “In addition, the management team of ACP has over 25 years’ experience in investment banking, risk management and compliance. We have experienced many challenges through those years, gaining the expertise a fund needs in order to take advantage of the current volatile investment scenario. As such our team is able to provide full planning with special emphasis on service quality.” Hiring new staff is a key part of the firm’s strategy, as it is through acquiring dedicated personnel that ACP is able to flourish and adapt, as Zev outlines. “Over the years we have come to realize that our structure was made more efficient by hiring qualified staff and dedicating sufficient time to supporting their development, ensuring that new staff understand the tasks, the methods and the goals. When hiring, we care deeply about the values and principles of each member of the staff. We intend to understand their vision and personal objectives, helping them on their personal and professional development, while it also adds value and interest to our company. Expertise and professionalism is what distinguishes our team and we are deeply proud of them and the achievements they have made over the years.” The quality of the firm’s staff is vital to its success, as Zev explains, because risk management is a core component in all of the firm’s investment decision processes. “ACP’s integrated trading, monitoring and risk- management system enables extensive analysis to be performed in a timely manner. The company can profile portfolios on a regular basis, providing itself with summary matrices, market movers, and forward-looking cash flow analyses, using EZE Castle technology. The fund’s portfolio is monitored on a live basis for signs of any credit deterioration, drawing on broad sets of market data, including both current levels and historical trends.” Adar Capital Partners Ltd. (ACP) provides investment advice to institutional investors, family offices and private investment funds. We invited CIO Zev Marynberg to talk us through the firm and the support it provides. Company: Adar Capital Partners Ltd Address: One Capital Place, 4th Floor Shedden Road, George Town Grand Cayman KY1-1103 Email: [email protected] Website: adarcapitalpartners.com “Our mission at ACP is to provide standards of excellence, trust and stability .” HF170019