Pharos Financial Group - Hedge Funds

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• Pharos fund portfolio.
• Whitepaper on Pharos Fund. The White paper explains how the pharos fund manager makes decisions.
• Every letter to all investors for 2008, from the Pharos Fund and Gas Fund.
• Excel spreadsheet of every Pharos funds performance. So far, 2008 has a negative return on every fund.
• Excel spreadsheet breakdown of Sector allocations for the pharos fund.
• Excel spreadsheet breakdown of Sector allocations for the Gas fund. Pretty self-explanatory, the fund invests in options and futures in oil and natural gas.
• Article about how there will be an increasing demand for natural gas.
• Excel spreadsheet of Pharos small cap fund. The small cap fund uses Russia’s building economy and uses illiquid shares to make a profit.
• Daily market comment and performance of all three funds. The Political Environment is fragile, which will create volatility in the market overall, which is good for each hedge fund.
• Article about how all Pharos funds are down. The MSCI Russia Index is down 32.4% due to “a reversal of fortune from the market's earlier outperformance.”
• The Georgia conflict severely hurt the Russian economy because investors pulled out more than $7 billion. Russian may not be allowed to host the next Olympics and the U.S. is restricting Visas for Russians.
• Pharos said that the Russian economy is stable, but foreign investors insecurity will create short term-volatility.
• Name of this article pretty much sums it up- “Pharos, TPG to acquire American Beacon Advisors for $480m.”
• Interview with Peter Halloran. Eastern European (Russian affiliated) countries are rapidly growing faster than other developing nations.
• Article about the government planning to increase domestic gas prices by 25-40 per cent, over the next three years.
• A blog post that has a about positive outlook for every Pharos fund, for the month of June.
• Article about how hurricane Gustav may increase gas to $5 a gallon. This may effect pharos gas fund.

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Guide to Russian Hedge Funds

• Excellent New York Times article about a Russian multimillionaire, his hedge fund, and America
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• Good summary from Hermitage Capital Management about hedge funds in Russia
• Russia Hedge Funds 2008 Event in Switzerland
• “Russia’s hedge fund managers: The long, the short and the tall”
• Informative June 2008 Russian Hedge Fund analysis
• A link to one of the largest and most influential hedge funds based out of Russia
• “Russia Diversified: Hedge Funds Hone In On Growth Story”
• New Russian-focused hedge fund launched by UFG Asset Management
• Green light coming to hedge funds in Russia
• “Russia-focused fund becomes first listing on London’s Specialist Fund Market”
• Another Russian Hedge Fund Event
• An Explosion of Business Schools in Russia
• Alternative Investment Summit Russia 2008
• Singapore-based hedge fund with $1 billion assets to invest in Russian infrastructure
• Article titled “Hijacking the Hermitage Fund"
• Good and informative Question and Answer with Russian hedge fund manager
• DFJ launches the first US-Russia venture fund
  

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