Fund Finder
| Fund | Manager | Inception | Target Returns | Volatility (Risk) |
| The Evergreen Fund | Blue Ink Investments | November 2002 | Cash + 2% | 3 - 5% p.a |
| The Redwood Fund | Blue Ink Investments | August 2001 | Cash + 4% | 6 - 8% p.a |
| The Blue Sky Fund | Blue Ink Investments | November 2002 | Cash + 6% | 10 - 12% p.a |
| The Big Oak Fund | Blue Ink Investments | May 2006 | Cash + 8% | 15 - 18% p.a |
| The Blue Ink-Ubator Diversified Fund | Blue Ink-Ubator | September 2007 | Cash + 6% | 10 - 12% p.a |
| Fixed Income Fund | Blue Ink Investments | December 2008 | ||
| Equity Market Neutral Fund | Blue Ink Investments | December 2008 | ||
| Long Short Conservative Fund | Blue Ink Investments | December 2008 | ||
| Long Short Aggressive Fund | Blue Ink Investments | December 2008 | ||
| Aspen Yield Fund | Blue Ink Investments | March 2005 | ||
| Aspen Accelerator Fund | Blue Ink Investments | March 2005 | ||
| Aspen Accumulator Fund | Blue Ink Investments | March 2005 |
The Evergreen Fund
A conservative fund of hedge funds that aims to provide consistent,
positive returns over a 3-year investment period.
This fund is predominately exposed to managers invested in fixed income instruments
and uncorrelated equity based investment strategies.
The fund’s long-term target return objective is cash plus 2%.
The Redwood Fund
A balanced, multi-strategy fund of hedge funds that aims to provide
positive, risk-adjusted returns over a 3 to 5 year investment period, whilst maintaining
a limited level of correlation to equity markets.
This fund has an exposure to a diverse range of managers, asset classes and investment
strategies.
The fund’s long-term target return objective is cash plus 4%.
The Blue Sky Fund
A diversified fund of hedge funds that aims to provide equity like
returns over a 3 to 5 year investment period, whilst limiting short term volatility.
This fund has a significant exposure to managers using equity based investment strategies.
The fund’s long-term target return objective is cash plus 6%.
The Big Oak Fund
A concentrated fund of hedge funds that aims to provide equity
like returns, over a 3 to 5 year investment period.
This fund employs a limited number of managers and allows these managers to use
above average leverage and overweight certain stocks and sectors, subject to specified
mandates.
The fund’s long-term target return objective is cash plus 8%.
The Blue Ink-Ubator Diversified Fund
A diversified fund of hedge funds that aims to provide longer term
absolute returns, whilst limiting short term volatility. This fund has a significant
exposure to high calibre, early stage managers with varying strategies.
The fund’s long-term target return objective is cash plus 6%.
Fixed Income Fund
The fund is invested predominantly with underlying hedge funds that invest primarily
in interest rate instruments. These instruments include listed and unlisted debt
instruments, as well as over the counter (OTC) derivatives such as forward rate
agreements (FRAs), swaps and other unlisted derivatives, as well as commercial paper
issued by local institutions.
These underlying hedge funds maintain both long and short positions as well as gearing
to achieve their respective returns.
The underlying funds can be neutral in terms of risk exposures, but do take directional
exposure from time to time.
Equity Market Neutral Fund
The fund is invested predominantly in underlying hedge funds that invest in equities and apply a market neutral strategy with no directional bias. This implies that the underlying managers will in general maintain a net market exposure equal to zero. ((Long Positions + short positions) / fund NAV = 0). These funds maintain both long and short positions as well as gearing to achieve their respective returns. The underlying hedge funds may invest in a combination of listed as well as non-listed equities, contracts for difference (CFD’s) as well as derivative instruments.
Long Short Conservative Fund
The fund is invested predominantly in underlying equity long/short hedge funds that invest mostly in equities and apply a smaller directional bias in terms of their market exposure. This implies that the underlying managers will in general maintain a net market exposure of -30% to +40%. ((Long Positions + short positions) / fund NAV = -30% to 40%). These funds maintain both long and short positions as well as gearing to achieve their respective returns. The underlying hedge funds may invest in a combination of listed as well as non-listed equities, contracts for difference (CFD’s) as well as derivative instruments.
Long Short Aggressive Fund
The fund is invested predominantly in underlying equity long/short hedge funds that invest mostly in equities and apply a larger directional bias in terms of their market exposure. This implies that the underlying managers will in general maintain a net market exposure of -50% to 100%. ((Long Positions + short positions) / fund NAV = -50% to 100%). These funds maintain both long and short positions as well as gearing to achieve their respective returns. The underlying hedge funds may invest in a combination of listed as well as non-listed equities, contracts for difference (CFD’s) as well as derivative instruments.
Aspen Yield Fund
A low volatile/conservative fixed interest fund that aims to provide positive risk adjusted returns over a 3 year investment period. This fund currently has exposure to a combination of traditional ‘long-only’ funds and hedge funds and targets an asset allocation of 40% Absolute return funds, 35% Fixed Interest Hedge Funds and 25% Bond funds. The fund’s long-term target return objective is to achieve 60% of the All Bond Index’s return and 40% of Stefi’s return over a 3 year rolling period.
Aspen Accelerator Fund
An equity enhanced fund that aims to provide positive risk adjusted returns over a 3 year investment period. This funds equity exposure is obtained through a combination of long only managers and hedge funds, with a target asset allocation of 65% Equity funds and 35% Long/Short Equity Hedge funds. The fund’s long-term target return objective is to achieve 60% of the ALSI return and 40% of Steffi’s return over a 3 year rolling period.
Aspen Accumulator Fund
A balanced, multi strategy fund that aims to provide positive risk adjusted returns over a 3 year investment period. The fund has a target asset allocation of 35% Absolute Return Funds, 30% Equity Funds, 35% Fixed Hedge Funds. The fund’s long-term target return objective is to achieve a return equally balanced between the ALSI, ALBI and Steffi’s (Cash) return over a 3 year rolling period.
How To Invest
For information on how to invest in the funds offered by Blue Ink Investments and Blue Ink Institutional, please call Anton Hormann on +27 21 673 3333
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Services
Blue Ink's sophisticated administrative support systems keep clients informed on all matters relating to their investments:
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Portfolio performance and valuation reports (monthly or quarterly). |
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Dynamic internet access to portfolio valuations. |
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Experienced investment team and committees (collective hedge fund industry experience
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Comprehensive risk reports. |
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Newsletters. |
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Market Reports. |
