The Bowmoor Global Alpha US Fund is known for its trend-following and systematic macro approach. The investment portfolio spans 21 major futures markets on CME and Eurex, ensuring high liquidity and diversification across the largest financial and commodity sectors globally. Risk is meticulously managed through strict, comprehensive rules, with daily adjustments to portfolio allocation and position sizes.
Employing a reliable multi-strategy, multi-frequency approach, Global Alpha captures diverse price trends across various time horizons, from short-term to long-term positions, which can range from several days to many years. Its performance is driven by macroeconomic trends, with both favorable and unfavorable long-term trends consistently providing a clear and repeatable source of alpha.
The Investment Team consists of Gareth Abbot and Brendan Mulvany.
Gareth Abbot - Gareth is a mathematician by profession and passion and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA). Gareth has a trading, research and investment management career built over 20 years, reading pure mathematics at Glasgow and Strathclyde University. Gareth started out his professional career in the City of London, heading up the derivatives desk at Duncan Duckett. He then joined Harmonic Capital Partners - a leading global macro hedge fund - where he was instrumental in its growth during that period from $10m to $250m in assets under management. Gareth designed and developed the Global Alpha strategy from 2003 to 2006 and, as Investment Manager, continues to run the strategy and is responsible for its on-going research and development.
Brendan Mulvany - Brendan Mulvany is an experienced Head of Execution, with over 30 years of trading experience. Brendan started his trading career with Dresdner Bank and Bank of America, specialising in the derivatives, futures and options markets. This led to Brendan building highly successful trading operations at the forefront of the investment industry, from the trading floor of the LIFFE EXCHANGE, to the desks of member firms KYTE FUTURES, REFCO, GHF FUTURES and MAREX. As Head of Execution, Brendan leads all aspects of the Global Alpha strategy implementation.