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Of the £1.5billion August 2011 windfall the FT commented that:
 
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.  
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: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. <ref> Sam Jones, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60634250-cf02-11e0-86c5-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1ibGtuAVV Brevan Howard capitalises on turmoil], Financial Times, 25 August 2011, acc 15.12.2011 </ref>
 
 
 
 
<ref> Sam Jones, [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/60634250-cf02-11e0-86c5-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1ibGtuAVV Brevan Howard capitalises on turmoil], Financial Times, 25 August 2011, acc 15.12.2011 </ref>
 
  
 
==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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==People==
 
==People==
 
*[[Alan Howard]] - co-founder
 
*[[Alan Howard]] - co-founder
*[[Jean-Philippe Blochet]] - co-founder
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*[[Jean-Philippe Blochet]] - co-founder, left in November 2009
 
*[[Christopher Rokos]]  - co-founder
 
*[[Christopher Rokos]]  - co-founder
 
*[[James Vernon]]  - co-founder
 
*[[James Vernon]]  - co-founder

Revision as of 16:13, 5 January 2012

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.

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]

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Notes

  1. Sam Jones, Brevan Howard capitalises on turmoil, Financial Times, 25 August 2011, acc 15.12.2011