Hedge funds: Copernico sits back and waits

One of the more successful hedge funds in Latin America, Copernico Capital Partners, is sitting on the sidelines as the market volatility continues, having presciently disbursed most of its Argentine holdings back to investors in April.

Copernico, which started as a vehicle for Argentina’s recovery play, is now mostly invested out of the country and looking to the rest of Latin America for returns. Copernico is a low-risk hedge fund, investing mainly in fixed income: its Latin America fund has returned just over 14% a year since inception in 2003, with an annualized volatility of 3.75%.

Copernico founding partner Ricardo Maxit says the current stock-market correction is likely to continue, and he is even shunning local-currency bonds.

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