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Monday, September 29, 2008

Carbon hedge fund bounces back......

With August returns of +4.16% (offshore) and +4.03% (onshore) the Natsource Aeolus II funds have bounced back from a negative July to boost the funds’ returns to +22.24% (offshore) and +17.97% (onshore) YTD.

Natsource Asset Management has approximately $1.4bln in assets under management through several vehicles including the Greenhouse Gas Credit Aggregation Pool, a Carbon Asset Pool, and other private investment vehicles such as the Aeolus Funds which are managed by Michael Intrator, Benjamin Richardson, and Jack Cogen, acquire environmental and renewable energy assets.

A communication to Aeolus investors, which Opalesque was able to secure, revealed the Funds achieved positive returns amidst August’s falling value in the energy commodity sector through its exposures to the Certified Emission Reduction (CER) market.

Natsource’s view for the future of carbon markets
In research authored by Paul Vickers and Phil Gillam and released by Natsource in August 2008, the firm looks ahead to the next steps in the evolution of the carbon markets. The ever-......................


Source:
http://www.opalesque.com/AMB2008/47309Carbon_hedge_fund_bounces_back_in.html

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