Welcome to our blog. We are using this platform to acquire further interest in our Private Fund and to provide on-going information as to what we are doing and how we are progressing in this challenging field as a Private Fund. Currently our status is that we are seeking capital in April and May of 2012. We will start trading our systems in June 2012. All results posted are theoretical gains from our systems that we track hourly. Real results could differ slightly due to slippage or other factors. Please contact lee@kinshipinvestments.com for further information.
A Merry Christmas and A Very Happy New Year!
Well looks like our systems are going to be positive for the year 2011 (See http://www.kinshipinvestments.com/ for the data).
Unfortunately we will not have the capital in place to take advantage of results like these for the first half of 2012. We were striving to acquire capital before the end of last week, but unfortunately there was not enough time.
Our main funds are being sought through the institutional / high net worth individuals / wealth management means now. They are interested but with our limited time frame we are unable to nail down the capital. We are being patient with these investors as at this time in the industry the word of the day is 'Redemptions' (Investors are pulling money out of many funds right now).
According to the numbers, the average Hedge Fund lost 4.4% for the first 11 months of this year. Some funds are an expensive asset class and some investors are not happy to have an industry average down year in 2008 of 19% as well. To give them credit, the market in 2008 was down '40 percent' so they did beat the market. The question is: For all the high fees that they are charging, how can they not even beat the market in 2011? Very good question, and many people are answering with their money. Thankfully we are not a part of these types of results.
According to the numbers, the average Hedge Fund lost 4.4% for the first 11 months of this year. Some funds are an expensive asset class and some investors are not happy to have an industry average down year in 2008 of 19% as well. To give them credit, the market in 2008 was down '40 percent' so they did beat the market. The question is: For all the high fees that they are charging, how can they not even beat the market in 2011? Very good question, and many people are answering with their money. Thankfully we are not a part of these types of results.
According to BarclayHedge they state that (I'm am estimating their figures) $14 billion (1% of assets) in assets have been redeemed this season. There has been an outflow of $10.8 in October alone, this is the largest since July 2009. Even the famed Bill Gross has a $1/2 billion being redeemed from their funds.
But, investors are still enthusiastic about commodity trading advisors (CTAs), which raked in $1.6 billion in October. This is the market we are in.
We have strong connections in place now so that I am sure we will acquire the capital we are seeking within 2012. Even though we estimate most if not all of this money will be from investors with large sums, we will keep you in the loop regardless when we are accepting funds again as we are very grateful for the support we have been given from everyone.
Our systems are stress free... Raising capital, eh... not so much :-)
Take care,
Lee MacFarlane
President
Kinship Investments Ltd.
cel (250-818-5330)
office (250-385-9132)
fax (250-385-9134)http://www.kinshipinvestments.com/
President
Kinship Investments Ltd.
cel (250-818-5330)
office (250-385-9132)
fax (250-385-9134)http://www.kinshipinvestments.com/
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