Singapore-based hedge fund, Artradis, well known for its multi-arbitrage Barracuda fund, is preparing a series of three new funds. In contrast with the relative value strategies of its existing fund, the new funds will be driven by a more fundamental research-based trading strategy. Steve Diggle, managing partner at Artradis expects the funds to launch in autumn this year.
While the three funds will have the same value-based intellectual underpinning, they will differ in their levels of market exposure with one being short-biased, the second long-biased and the third market neutral. The funds will invest in multiple asset classes including equities, equity derivatives and credit instruments over the Asia ex-Japan region and...