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US Multi-Strategy Firm of the Year Firm Profile
Phalanx Capital Management was founded by Christopher McGuire in April 2005. Prior to launching the award-winning Asian-focused fund, he worked in the finance industry for 20 years, on both the buy and sell side. The past 18 years of Chris’ career have been trading in the Asia and Japan markets. Using his gained knowledge of the markets and extensive relationships in Asia, Chris launched Phalanx Capital Management, LLC.
One of the primary reasons Chris has been able to successfully build Phalanx from humble beginnings is his extensive business relationships in Asia. These relationships are built on mutual respect and integrity that Chris has always displayed with his partners. Integrity is the cornerstone of Phalanx, as is displayed by the trading team’s discipline in the selection and execution of strategies, the transparency of data distributed to investors and prospects in the monthly report, the operational excellence of the back office practices, and in the decision to partner with the best service providers in the industry so the main focus of our business remains returning consistent year on year profits for our investors.
When starting Phalanx Capital 9 years ago, Chris set out to change how traditional convertible bond and volatility arbitrage had been managed by others up until that point. Phalanx has pioneered the enhancement of traditional convertible arbitrage with volatility and credit strategies, the combination of which we believe can provide superior risk adjusted returns throughout all market cycles, regardless of market direction. Our belief is that hedge funds should be able to produce positive returns in all market cycles. Phalanx endeavors to provide consistent, uncorrelated, absolute return regardless of the dynamics in the market.
Phalanx has an investment team of three traders and two analysts, lead by Chris McGuire, each with intimate knowledge of the Asian markets, as well as comparable trading experience. The team has traded one portfolio together for 5 years, which brings the distinct advantage of cohesiveness and familiarity, and offers the experience and analytical skills that allows them to identify and profit from anomalies in the convertible markets. Chris and John Parrilli work overnight in the main office in Chicago with analyst, Bruce Zhao; John Holmes trades the US markets from the Chicago office; and Masa Hoshi provides trade ideas and portfolio analysis from our Hong Kong location.
Over the years, Phalanx has developed several different systems in which the traders screen the universe for mispriced volatility and convertibles. The traders work together to generate and research investment ideas. The most promising of these ideas are examined by the team in order to be deemed a viable investment. The premise
of our strategy is to profit from cheap or mispriced implied volatility opportunities imbedded in convertible securities and listed and OTC equity derivatives in Japan and broader Asian capital markets. Our target markets tend to have far greater volatility and are generally less crowded and efficient than average. This leads to significant and persistent pricing dislocations and more repeatable investment opportunities. Phalanx prides itself on finding these unloved or unwatched securities that may have fallen out of favor with the market as a whole. Our traders have been successful in isolating these opportunities and reacting quickly when market pricing has been out of line with our expectation of true value.
Phalanx is an award winning fund, with a 7 year track record of absolute returns, uncorrelated to the global markets. Our advantages lie within our experienced trading team that understands the nuances of the Asian markets, our unique investment mandate that enhances traditional convertible bond arbitrage with credit and volatility strategies, and our ability to quickly deploy capital to the strategy with the greatest risk-reward profile. In order for the focus of the business to remain on our expertise of Investment Management, we have partnered with the industries’ best, allowing for fluid and transparent operational processes. Integrity is the cornerstone of our business and we endeavor to deliver that honesty and veracity to our investors in everything that we do.
Contact:
Phalanx Capital Management LLC 300 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 1650-A
Chicago, IL 60606 USA
Tel: +1 (312) 930-2282/2266 Email:
Investor@phalanxcm.com
Christopher McGuire
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