James H. Hanna

Achievement Asset Management (AAM) focuses on growth by trading European credit and stocks. The investment strategies the firm employs with respect to the Achievement Funds generally combine elements of fundamental long-short equity and corporate credit relative value trading, but may also include statistical arbitrage, convertible arbitrage, convertible preferred and other related strategies or variations of these strategies. The Achievement Funds seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns by investing when and where it is believed such returns can be achieved. Their secondary objective preservation of capital. The funds may trade futures, indices, options, bonds, treasuries, OTC products, ETFs and other various instruments as part of their portfolio and risk management processes. The funds actively trade with the majority of their positions in U.S. and Canadian issuers and with significant exposure to European and U.K. issuers. The funds may also invest in certain other countries on an opportunistic basis. In addition, AAM may trade globally and has the the sole discretion to diversify the geographic allocation of the funds' capital.

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Amaranth manages a multi-strategy hedge fund. The firm invests in a broad spectrum of alternative investment and trading strategies in a disciplined, risk-controlled manner. The principal strategies they use are convertible arbitrage, statistical arbitrage, energy trading, merger arbitrage, long/short trading and credit arbitrage.

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Catapult Capital invests primarily in the North American capital markets. The firm employs multiple portfolio managers with specialized expertise in particular sectors, industry groups, or financial products. Portfolio managers are generally making investments based on detailed fundamental analysis of the industry, company, or products. Within their particular specializations, the managers and their teams of analysts determine the optimal mix of instruments on a relative value basis, aiming to maximize return while minimizing direct market exposure and controlling risk. Using this approach, the firm seeks superior risk-adjusted returns while minimizing correlation to the overall market or specific investment sectors. Catapult Capital has in place risk management processes to achieve portfolio diversification with defined parameters for each portfolio manager.

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North Reef Capital employs a "low net" long/short equity strategy focused primarily on the US Financial Services industry.