Inside Investment: I’m a hedge fund investor, get me out of here

The only UK stock that tried to keep pace with the plummeting Northern Rock in September was Absolute Capital Management. This serves as a warning to all hedge fund investors of the importance of proper due diligence.

Florian Homm has always attracted attention. He stands more than two metres tall, is the scion of a wealthy dynasty and a pioneer in European investment management, having established a hedge fund in 1993 when most German fund managers had barely heard of CAPM. He also did eye-catching things, such as getting shot in Venezuela and winning multiple awards from such respected publications as Hedge Fund Review and Eurohedge.

Homm is now on “holiday”, having resigned last month as the co-chief investment officer of Aim-listed Absolute Capital Management.

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