Hedge fund dodges mutual fund fallout

Hedge fund Aquila Capital Partners' founder Neal Berger makes no bones about his obligation to be quick-witted in exploiting new market inefficiencies as soon as they arise. If this means holding on only to employees that are equally adaptable, that's all part of his own survivor's mentality.

Neil Berger, founder of Aquila Capital Partners

IT WAS BECOMING such a popular trading strategy that in July Neal Berger decided to set up a separate fund dedicated to it. It was a significant departure for the president and founder of Aquila Capital Partners. He had started his hedge fund in 2000 as a multi-strategy fund. Now, though, more clients were clamouring for direct, exclusive exposure to a strategy called mutual-fund timing, and it was becoming difficult to say no, especially when Aquila was still trying to attract assets.

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