OCTAGON
TACTICAL
SHORT
FUND
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Octagon Tactical Short
Fund is an aggressive short bias directional equity fund that seeks to
achieve capital appreciation in down markets and capital preservation in
up markets, by tactically exploiting short opportunities across Pan
Asia. The Fund will vary its net exposure between -20% to 200%,
maintaining net short at all times.
The Fund provides
actively managed short exposure for investors who are looking to express
a negative tactical market view, or to have a structural hedge for their
long-biased portfolios. |
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
In addition to Lam Poh Min and
Nelson Chia, Mr Fletcher and Mr van Tuyll have been appointed as independent
Directors of the Fund.
PETER
H.
FLETCHER
Mr. Fletcher is the Managing
Director of Parly Company S.A., Geneva. He has over 30 years of international
experience that covers a broad spectrum of financial management functions in the
trust and banking industry in Canada, Australia, Bermuda, Hong Kong and
Switzerland. In addition to holding numerous directorships of investment funds
and companies, he has served on various government financial regulatory bodies.
H-W.R. BARON
VAN TUYLL
VAN SEROOSKERKEN
Mr van Tuyll joined
the Cargill group in 1969. After various positions in Holland, Brazil, Belgium,
New York and Tokyo, he returned to Geneva in 1979 to be involved in various
acquisitions of the group. H-W joined Cargill Investor Services Inc (CIS) in
1983 concentrating on the development of Alternative Investments until 2003
when, after his retirement, he was appointed a CIS Senior Independent Advisor.
He was elected to the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA,
London) Board from 1995-2003 and ended his tenure as Chairman of the Board. From
1997 until 2001, he was Honorary Consul General for the Netherlands in the
French speaking part of Switzerland. He is currently active in a number of Board
Memberships and/or Director positions. |