OVERVIEW

Peak Ridge’s Hedge Fund Group offers investment vehicles focused on generating returns through expertise and knowledge within the commodities markets. Peak Ridge has demonstrated that its energy trading staff has keen insight into the direction and functioning of the North American and global energy markets, which provides sophisticated investors the ability to:

• Integrate a truly uncorrelated investment product to maximize portfolio diversification
• Effectively utilize commodities exposure to hedge against the negative impact of inflation
• Leverage the benefits of an actively-managed portfolio over an index-based strategy

PEAK RIDGE ADVANTAGES

Operations. Peak Ridge has developed a best-in-class operations team, the foundation of which includes a state of the art in-house trade capture system designed and built specifically for commodities. It is this trade capture system that allows Peak Ridge to manage the complexities within the commodity space.

Fundamental Approach to Markets. Peak Ridge has developed a strong network of domestic and international relationships that allow for a sharing of information in many commodity classes. This network provides us with a unique ability to be on top of the information flow and apply this information to the fundamental models we use to execute trade strategies.

INVESTMENT APPROACH

Peak Ridge has a unique and time-tested approach to identifying investment opportunities to exploit within the commodities markets. The following components are the foundation for our Group’s strategy:

• Fundamental trading approach which also utilizes quantitative models
• Implementation of arbitrage trading strategies within the commodities space
• Use of option markets to exploit volatility and correlation opportunities not available to a purely directional portfolio
• Leverage market inefficiencies with options strategies spanning both time and location