Event-driven strategies require a clear understanding of corporate developments and a precise projection of outcome scenarios. As the mutual fund industry is only making the first steps to offering such strategies to investors, Thomas Kirchner at Pennsylvania Avenue Event-Driven Fund focuses on four kinds of opportunities that are linked to
The Akros Absolute Return Fund aims at long-term capital appreciation and income, while seeking to protect principal during unfavorable market conditions. Fund manager
Brady T. Lipp uses quantitative factor modeling systems to identify companies of any size selling at a discount to their underlying assets and also companies that can grow
Getting the best long-term total return from stocks that appear to be currently underpriced is a difficult task. Quaker Core Value Fund manager John Geewax has quantitative investment approach that involves a blend of value and growth concepts. His team looks at yield, growth, valuation and an acceptable discount rate
Scientific breakthroughs in healthcare may spark enthusiasm among investors, but it is estimated that only one out of 5,000 drug candidates actually makes it to the market. That's why investing in biotech requires specialization, in-depth fundamental research, and understanding the complicated drug development process, according to Stephan Patten, co-manager of
Manu Daftary, the manager of Quaker Strategic Growth Fund, has quite a different approach to investing than most growth managers. Instead of chasing the next huge growth winner, he focuses on avoiding the losers. He believes that managers should have as broad a mandate as possible to be able to
Know your holdings and you will sleep better. The Quaker Capital Opportunities Fund holds concentrated positions in several diversified sectors. The research approach combines the macro economic analysis with the company research. Over the last five years the fund has stayed ahead of the market by investing in real-estate and
Although the Quaker Biotech Pharma-Healthcare Fund opened in November, lead manager and sub-adviser Michael Sjöström has more than 10 years experience studying this diverse sector. The approach is both concentrated and flexible, and allows for selling short. Total return for the past six months is more than double the S&P
True, the Quaker Aggressive Growth Fund charter allows its subadviser, Manu Daftary of Boston-based DG Capital, to sell short. However, the veteran manager combines that strategy with a mix of trading, longer term holds, plus the capacity to seek growth opportunities throughout all areas of equity capitalization. Morningstar ranked the
