Lynx, best Long/Short Equity Fund of Hedge Funds

Lynx racks up the Banco award for second consecutive year in a row.

We are proud to announce that Long/Short Selection – Lynx was selected as the best Long/Short Equity Fund of Hedge Funds over 5 years during BANCO Swiss Hedge Funds Awards 2019 ceremony that took place in Geneva on the 31^stof October.

Caron Bastianpillai, manager of the fund

We are particularly proud to receive this award for the very challenging market period including 2016 and Q4 2018.

This is the fifth consecutive year that Long/Short Selection – Lynx wins a performance award (second consecutive Banco Award in a category covering all Equity Long /Short strategies). The restructuring of the portfolio into a more concentrated version of high conviction ideas continues to pay off.

Lynx scores a double in hedge fund awards

Lynx racks up two awards on the same night, at different events

In a universe of European Long Short managers that has been in steady decline since its peak in 2008, due in part to the lack of scalability in managing assets in the region for liquidity reasons and the ongoing political turmoil across the region, it should be of no surprise that investors have shied away from this space. However, this is where the opportunity set lies in terms of generating alpha through bottom-up stock picking; being small and nimble in a market that is swayed by market volatility has enabled our managers to outperform the market index and our peers over 1,3 and 5 years.

This is the fourth year in a row that Long/Short Selection Lynx wins an InvestHedge Award in the category of Best European Strategies. It is also the first time that it wins a BANCO Swiss Hedge Fund Award for Best Long / Short Equity fund over 5 years. With a Sharpe ratio of 1.63% (2.16% in USD), the restructuring of the portfolio into a more concentrated version of high conviction ideas has paid off.

Lynx scores a double in hedge fund awards

Lynx racks up two awards on the same night, at different events

In a universe of European Long Short managers that has been in steady decline since its peak in 2008, due in part to the lack of scalability in managing assets in the region for liquidity reasons and the ongoing political turmoil across the region, it should be of no surprise that investors have shied away from this space. However, this is where the opportunity set lies in terms of generating alpha through bottom-up stock picking; being small and nimble in a market that is swayed by market volatility has enabled our managers to outperform the market index and our peers over 1,3 and 5 years.

This is the fourth year in a row that Long/Short Selection Lynx wins an InvestHedge Award in the category of Best European Strategies. It is also the first time that it wins a BANCO Swiss Hedge Fund Award for Best Long / Short Equity fund over 5 years. With a Sharpe ratio of 1.63% (2.16% in USD), the restructuring of the portfolio into a more concentrated version of high conviction ideas has paid off.