Evolvence Capital MarketsEvolvence Capital Markets (“ECM”) is an investment company holding and managing Evolvence Capital’s (“Evolvence”) capital markets investments. ECM objective is to maximize Evolvence risk adjusted returns while meeting the company’s periodic yield requirement. ECM investment strategy focuses on two geographical areas: MENA Markets and Global Markets. The company is managed by Gihad Hallak and Ismail Zorob. MENA MARKETSECM leverages on Evolvence MENA Hedge Fund remarkable two-year track record of managing third party money (-2.6% in 2008, +4.7% in 2009, single digit volatility); the fund’s mandate changed to managing proprietary money under ECM in February 2010. ECM was a platform developed to leverage the extensive knowledge and expertise of the management of Evolvence in the regional markets. ECM primarily invests in MENA blue chip companies and the team implements a multi-strategy approach investing in both equities and fixed income securities. The strategy includes:
GLOBAL MARKETSThe team will initially focus on developing and implementing a trend following system investing in four global asset classes: equities, interest rates, currencies (FX), and commodities. All markets regularly enter into directional moves for a prolonged period of time. Accordingly, they exhibit an upward or downward trend which, if sustainable, could be captured and monetized. The reasons behind “trends formation” vary but they are often related to macroeconomics, demand/supply imbalances, and investor sentiment. In the absence of such circumstances, market prices tend to be erratic and mean reverting and trade sideways. The trend following trading method aims to take advantage of the prolonged periods of directional moves. The system never catches the low or the high of the market but it waits for the trend to clearly establish itself before entering into a position. The system maintains a continuous market exposure as a position is stopped and reversed when the previous trend pattern is broken and an opposite trend is signaled. The system favors low volatility directional environment while it fares poorly in constantly mean reverting markets. To reduce volatility and improve the Sharpe ratio, the system distributes both risk and capital among four asset classes and various futures indices within each asset class. Additional risk management tools will include reducing the trade size during periods of high volatility. The system would have a high capacity and can potentially put at work a large amount of money. For more information contact: ecm@evolvence.com |
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