The Tantallon fund is an Asian long/short equity hedge fund, whose objective is to generate positive returns in all market conditions. The fund's universe is predominantly Asia but it can take positions in companies in any geographic location where strong Asian influences exist. We have a net long and value bias.
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The principals have worked together before, and have a combined 48 years experience in Asia. We bring a strong combination of both buy & sell side industry experience gathered at the largest and most influential companies in the industry.
We run a concentrated portfolio. This ensures that we are constantly looking for the best absolute returns and that we are disciplined in culling the portfolio of tired or underperforming ideas.
The fund seeks to identify what it believes are the critical investment themes (top-down factors) in the region and then dedicates the fund’s resources to identifying the best investment opportunities (bottom-up) that reflect those themes via company visits, sell side analysis, quantitative research and industry contacts. Equal importance is attached to top down and bottom up factors. The investment process is characterised by a high level of company and corporate contact.
While the team pays a great deal of attention to the fundamental measures of value there is also a strong importance placed on liquidity and other technical indicators as a market driver. We are contrarian in our approach and pay great attention to consensus and to what is implicitly discounted in share prices.
While we invest in the Asian and Pacific Basin markets, we also believe that the development of Russia’s resource-rich Asian provinces makes Russia an integral part of the Asian story.
