Matthias Knab, Opalesque for New Managers: Najy Nasser and Henry Watkinson of London-based HeadStart Advisers explain how their fund of hedge funds has evolved into a high-conviction, alpha-centric vehicle – one that was up in both March and April 2020, outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 40 percentage points in 2022, and continued to prove its defensive construction during the Liberation Day sell-off of 2025. Going a bit further back, the HeadStart Fund of Hedge funds has almost tripled the HFRIFOF

HeadStart Advisers’ HeadStart Fund of Funds has won The Hedge Fund Journal Performance Award 2025 for Highest Absolute Return over 5 years ending in December 2024, in the Fund of Funds strategy category. Since 2020, the fund has averaged midteens net returns with three calendar years in excess of 20%, including 2022 when it beat the average fund of hedge funds by about 25 percentage points. The strategy has lived through four major bear markets: the TMT bubble of

Headstart Advisers Ltd is proud to announce that its flagship vehicle, the Headstart Fund of Funds, has won the prestigious ‘Fund of Funds – Highest Absolute Return over 5 Years’ award at The Hedge Fund Journal Performance Awards 2025. The annual awards recognise outstanding risk-adjusted performance across the hedge fund industry globally. The accolade for Highest Absolute Return reflects the strong and consistent performance of the Headstart Fund of Funds, which has delivered exceptional long-term returns to investors over a five-year

2024 was a remarkable year for stock market investors, with one record after another being broken. The year saw interest rates cut as inflation came under control, while economic growth was consistent and corporate profits were solid. The artificial intelligence boom underlay much of the growth in leading stocks. The question now is whether history will regard 2024 as a year when investors wisely backed the AI revolution, or as a year when AI stocks were driven into bubble territory in

Directors Najy Nasser and Henry Watkinson consider the performance edge of emerging fund managers and the value of an early start. Najy and Henry’s article was published in AlphaWeek, 17 March 2025, and can be found here. According to the English proverb: ‘hunger is the best sauce.’ In investment terms, those with the most to gain from strong performance, will work hardest to achieve it. Hunger can, therefore, be one of the best sources of return.  When it comes to

Directors Najy Nasser and Henry Watkinson explore the alpha premium of emerging markets, highlighting that getting a head start benefits investors long-term. Najy and Henry’s article was published in Alternative Fund Insight, 8 April 2025, and can be found here. When harvesting the emerging managers’ alpha premium, getting ahead matters. Research[i] shows that fund managers often perform best when establishing a new fund: they focus more on performance, posting strong returns to attract investors. Emerging funds can

London: Following the HFM European Performance awards evening held at London’s iconic Victoria and Albert Museum last Thursday 10th October, the team at Headstart Advisers limited are pleased to announce that the Headstart Fund of Funds won the long term (five year) performance award. For the five-year period under consideration (to 30th June 2024) Headstart Fund of Funds has returned 102.48% for its investors. Documents Headstart Fund of Funds Wins Long Term HFM European Performance Award

LONDON, April 15, 2024/PRNewswire/ — Headstart Fund of Funds (the ‘Fund’) posted its fourth consecutive double-digit positive annual return in 2023. Now in its 25th year, the Fund’s outperformance and back-to-back returns in excess of 20% in both 2022 and 2023meant it outperformed global equity and bond markets and every hedge fund index on both a one and two year basis. Documents Headstart Fund of Funds up more than 20% for second year running in 2023

LONDRA, 15 aprile 2024/PRNewswire/ — Headstart Fund of Funds (il “Fondo”) ha registrato ilsuo quarto rendimento annuale positivo a due cifre consecutivo nel 2023. Giunto al suo25esimo anno, la sua sovraperformance e i rendimenti consecutivi superiori al 20%conseguiti sia nel 2022 che nel 2023 hanno fatto sì che il Fondo abbia realizzato unnaperformance superiore rispetto ai mercati azionari e obbligazionari globali e ogni indice dihedge fund su base sia annuale che biennale. Documents Headstart Fund of Funds in rialzo di oltre

LONDRES, 15 avril 2024/PRNewswire/ — Headstart Fund of Funds (le « Fonds ») a enregistrésa quatrième année consécutive de rendement annuel positif à deux chiffres en 2023.Maintenant dans sa 25 année, la surperformance du Fonds et ses rendements consécutifssupérieurs à 20 % en 2022 et 2023 signifi ent qu’il a surpassé les marchés mondiaux desactions et des obligations et tous les indices de fonds spéculatifs sur une base d’un an et dedeux ans. Documents Headstart Fund of Funds en hausse de