Brevan Howard
Brevan Howard is the world’s largest macro hedge fund. In August 2011 it made close to $1.5bn over three weeks on the back of turmoil in the global markets.
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Activities
According to the Financial Times, 'so-called global macro funds such as Brevan aim to profit from shifts in the world economy by trading in bonds, currencies, rates and equities'.
- Brevan is widely regarded as one of the most influential bond-trading firms in the world, thanks to both its size and the frequency with which it trades. However, it is a notoriously publicity-shy company.
- The firm’s principal founding partner, Alan Howard, a former top Credit Suisse trader, oversees as much as a third of the master fund’s $24bn portfolio by himself from the firm’s recently opened Geneva office.
Of the £1.5billion August 2011 windfall the FT commented that:
- In a month in which equity markets worldwide have seen declines of more than 10 per cent, the gain comes as a vindication for the $32bn London-based fund manager, which for more than a year – like many of its peers – has struggled to make headway in volatile conditions. [1]
Affiliations
Entities related to Brevan Howard Asset Management: BH Global; BH Macro; Brevan Howard Asia Fund; Brevan Howard Emerging Market Strategies Fund; Brevan Howard Master Fund Ltd; Brevan Howard Credit Catalysts; Brevan Howard Macro FX; Swiss Reinsurance Cite error: Closing </ref>
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- Trifon Natsis - co-founder
- Nagi Kawkabani, Co-Chief Executive Officer Brevan Howard Asset Management since 2003. He and James Vernon are the key public faces of the firm.
- Lord Andrew Turnbull - chairman
History
The “Brevan” in the name of fund derives from the first letter of the last names of Blochet, Rokos, Vernon and Natsis, according to Bloomberg News.
Based in Marks & Spencer's former headquarters on Baker Street in London, and in Geneva, the firm has grown to become the world's fourth-largest hedge fund with $30bn (£20bn) run by 300 staff.[2]
Contact
- 55 Baker Street
- London W1U 8EW
- United Kingdom
- Website:www.brevanhoward.com/ (holding page only)
Notes
- ↑ Sam Jones, Brevan Howard capitalises on turmoil, Financial Times, 25 August 2011, acc 15.12.2011
- ↑ Andrew Clarke, Alan Howard: New billionaire on the block, guardian.co.uk, 11 March 2010.