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Five alternative investment funds have been selected, by a jury panel consisting of industry experts, to compete in The AIF Factor on February 17th, 2016 during the Amsterdam Investor Forum (AIF), organised by ABN AMRO Clearing. In a 3 minutes pitch the funds will present their strategy and delegates as well as the jury will cast their votes to elect the “AIF Factor Winner for 2016”
The 5 shortlisted funds are:
- Serone Key Opportunities Fund of Serone Capital Management
- Mint Tower Arbitrage Fund of Mint Tower Capital Management
- Devet Capital of Devet Capital Investments
- Amaerus Inv Fund SPC - Abrax Merger Arbitrage of Puzzle Capital
- Done Hedge Fund of Done Fund Management
Gildas Le Treut, Global Director Prime at ABN AMRO Clearing is enthusiastic about the competition: “For the 4th year running, the AIF Factor presents fund managers with a stage to showcase their investment strategy. We are very pleased to have received numerous submissions from a variety of strategies and countries, which demonstrates the ongoing dynamism of the Alternative Investment industry. It was a challenge to select only 5 finalists out of many compelling pitches, innovative strategies and sound track records. The wide interest underlines the relevance of the AIF Factor initiative. It is a great platform for managers that want to raise their profiles with professional investors. Receiving instant feedback from 200+ attendees and from an independent jury panel is a unique experience.”
The 5th edition of the Amsterdam Investor Forum
ABN AMRO Clearing is organising the event with the support of the ABN AMRO Private Banking’s Alternatives & Funds team. In its previous editions the AIF has gained wide recognition as the leading alternative investment conference in the Netherlands. The professional audience of the AIF includes institutional investors, funds of funds and high-net worth individuals. For the 2016 jubilee edition ABN AMRO Clearing is delighted to welcome a fine selection of leading industry professionals. The companies represented include: 100 Women in Hedge Funds, Abbey Capital, AIMA, Albourne Partners Limited, APG, Architas, BlackRock, Candriam Investors Group, Cantab Capital Partners, Cardano, CIAM, CME Group, Crabel Capital Management, Deloitte, Finisterre Capital, In Ink (London), ISAM, Lansdowne Partners, Laven Partners, LGT, Lyxor Asset Management, Man GLG, Maples and Calder, M&G, Mint Tower, Murano Systems Connect, Neuflize OBC Investissements, Parus Finance, Pictet Alternative Advisors, Privium Fund Management, RCMA, Robeco, Saemor, Schroders, Tages Group and Unigestion.
ABN AMRO Clearing is one of the world’s leading providers of clearing and financing services for listed derivatives and cash securities, OTC products, warrants, commodities and FX. With 11 offices globally employing more than 800 staff, ABN AMRO Clearing services clients on 160+ exchanges, MTFs, dark pools and FX liquidity centres and consistently ranks as a top 3 clearer in most time zones with a 10% global market share. ABN AMRO Clearing offers an integrated approach to global transaction processing, financial logistics and risk management and processes over 16 million trades per day.
ABN AMRO Clearing in December 2015 received the FOW award as the ‘Proprietary Traders Clearing Firm of the Year’ for the 3rd year in a row and the CTA Intelligence Award for FCM – Best Client Service (US, January 2015) and Best FCM – Overall (Europe, November 2015).
