Fund overview and investment objective

This Fund of Hedge Funds aims to deliver returns with an absolute return focus and potential to generate profits in rising, falling and flat markets.

The fund’s main investment features include

• Absolute Return focus with the potential to generate positive returns in rising, falling and flat markets
• Dynamic and active approach to manager selection
• Naturally wary managers focusing as much on operational risk, on an ongoing basis, as to monitoring managers' performance
• Pragmatic and decisive mindset, able to move swiftly and with determination
• Managed by Richard Hodgetts and a dedicated and experienced multi-disciplined investment team
• The fund is ranked in the top quartile of the peer group according to InvestHedge magazine
• Collins Stewart were Short-listed for Best Product Development for the Absolute Return Plus Fund in the Financial News Awards for Excellence in Hedge Fund Operations 2007

Fund’s investment strategy

• Aims to achieve consistent capital growth whilst maintaining a controlled level of risk and volatility
• Managed on a multi-manager, multi-strategy basis
• Fundamental approach is driven by 'comfort" in the manager or management company

Fund Manager profile

Richard is head of the Hedge Fund Selection Committee and is lead portfolio manager for our top-performing multi-strategy fund of hedge funds, the Collins Stewart Absolute Return Plus fund. He is also a member of the Fund Selection Committee and specialises in providing hedge fund analysis for our in-house portfolio managers.