The RAM (Lux) Systematic Funds – Long/Short Global Equities Fund looks to capture market inefficiencies across the developed markets’ universe of more than 6,000 stocks through a quantitative model-driven fundamental and behavioral based stock selection process, the company said.
The new fund will be collectively managed by Thomas de Saint-Seine, Maxime Botti and Emmanuel Hauptmann, senior equity fund managers and founding partners, who have run the firm’s systematic equity strategies since 2007.
“The RAM Long/Short Global strategy will focus purely on stock selection,” said de Saint-Seine.
“In an environment of increased uncertainty and market volatility, stock selection requires a disciplined approach. Our beta neutral and actively-managed strategy mitigates against market exposure and downside risk,” he said.
RAM AI has offered actively-managed, beta-neutral long/short equity funds to institutional and professional investors since 2009, and had more than $776m (£643.9m, €731.4m) in assets under management in existing beta-neutral long/short strategies as of 31 December 2016.
The fund is currently available in the UK, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Sweden and Norway.
